Required fields are fields you must enter before you can save
the item. Some fields are only required if the item has a specific
status code. To attract your attention to the required fields, you
can display the labels of required fields, for example, in
bold or bold and
red text.
To set the font for required field labels:
Choose Options from the Tools
menu.
Click the Form Formats tab.
In the Form Formats tab page, select the Required
fields font check box, then click Font.
In the Font dialog box, choose a Font
type, a Font Style and a font Size.
To change the color of the font, select a color from the
Color list in the Effects
area.