if (document.selection) {
	strSelection = document.selection.createRange().text 
	if (!strSelection) {
		AddTxt="<b></b>";
		AddText(AddTxt);
	} else {	
		document.selection.createRange().text = "<b>" + strSelection + "</b>" 
		return;						
	}
} else {
	AddTxt="<b></b>";
	AddText(AddTxt);
}

function AddText(NewCode) {
	if (document.PostTopic.Message.createTextRange && document.PostTopic.Message.caretPos) {
		var caretPos = document.PostTopic.Message.caretPos;
		caretPos.text = NewCode;
	} else {
		document.PostTopic.Message.value+=NewCode;
	}
	document.PostTopic.Message.focus();
}

function bold() {
	var text = getText();
	if (helpstat) {
		alert("Bold Tag Makes the enclosed text bold.\n\nUSE: [b]This is some bold text[/b]");
	} else if (basic) {
		AddTxt="[b]" + text + "[/b]";
		AddText(AddTxt);
	} else {
		if (text) {
			txt=prompt("Text to be made BOLD.",text);
		} else {
			txt=prompt("Text to be made BOLD.","Text");
		}
		if (txt!=null) {
			AddTxt="[b]" + txt + "[/b]";
			AddText(AddTxt);
		}
	}
}

function getText() {
	if (document.PostTopic.Message.createTextRange && document.PostTopic.Message.caretPos) {
		return document.PostTopic.Message.caretPos.text;
	} else {
		return '';
	}
}

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Thanks for the reply, Richard. If you ever come across a fix for NN, please remember me.

Etymon

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