VMS Help CC, Run-time functions, [w]standout  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

  Curses Screen Management function and macro that activate the
  boldface attribute of the specified window.  The standout macro
  acts on the stdscr window.

  Syntax:

       #include <curses.h>

       int standout(void);
       int wstandout(WINDOW *win);