Well, how are you displaying it ? You'd end up with something like That's SO rough, that I recommend you do some actual research for real examples, but MyFunction is a method on your page, that takes an object, which is the data you display, and parses it to return the strings Normal or Bold. Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums. I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp

It is not possible in a text area. You have to look for some other options where html elements can be embedded. There is no foolish question, there is no final answer...