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I tried that but it didn't work. But it does work if I first remove all the formatting by copying it onto my desktop notepad. I suppose I can do that. Thank you so much for sticking with me! Any idea why my styles aren't working though?

Yes, thank you for correcting me. I was typing fast....

Good news! If I copy all my text into my notepad to remove the formatting from Word, then copy and paste it back into affinity, the italics and bold work! Now I still have to figure out why styles don't work.

Okay, now I tried deleting my text box and opened a new text box. If I retype my text it shows the italics and bold... I don't want to have to retype my whole document. There must be an easy fix right in front of my eyes, I am just not seeing it.

I could try that. But I just tried something you suggested earlier. You said maybe the style I created was causing the problem. So I deleted the body style I created (which now made a mess), but now the italics and bold are showing. But only for that text frame. On the other text frame for another style I created, it won't show either unless I delete the style. Does that give us any more clues what could be happening. I suppose I could write it without any styles... not the best, but might work. Thoughts?

The only font I create a style for is Andika (body).... the other problem is that when I imported my Word document Affinity won't give me the usual style options. It's rather upsetting. I feel like I am going to have to start from scratch, or go back to Word.

I am using Affinity Publisher. I just tried opening a new document and the italics and bold work in the new document for all my fonts, but not in the document I imported from Word. Gosh, I would hate to have to start my book over

Thank you so much for taking the time to explain. I just switched from Word to Affinity and am not sure this is the problem though. In Word, all these common fonts are easily made to italics or bold with one click. I imported my Word doc to Affinity to complete it and now am wondering if somehow Affinity doesn't recognize my file, and so is stuck. I just don't know and feel helpless. Thank you for trying to help .

Thank you for responding. The problem is that it won't do italics or bold for any font. It's constantly greyed out. I am stumped.

Hi, thank you for responding. I am using Adobe Carlson Pro, a pretty common font. The italics and bold won't work for any fonts actually. I am stumped. Any other thoughts? Thank you again.

Hello, can anyone help me figure out why the italics and bold is greyed out in my tool bar? I cannot make my words italics or bold. Thank you for any help.