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Making bold 1 word out of a text paragraph

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kovas

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Aug 6, 2002
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I have a text field on my report about a paragraph long, how can I make one word in it bold?

example:

Make bold in <bold> bold </bold> ?

I know i can do this using a few different text fields but is there an easier way?

thank you.
 
Just found a solution, but a new question, is it possible to edit font size using method? seems like the font size can not be changed. thank you

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Create a formula field that contains your text. Use HTML formatting tags, as in

&quot;This is a &quot; + &quot;<strong>&quot; + totext(variable A) + &quot;</strong>&quot; + &quot; licence. The licence has been defined utilising the &quot; + &quot;<strong>&quot; + totext(variable B) + &quot;</strong>&quot; + &quot; licensing rule.&quot;

Place the formula field, right click, select Format Field, Paragraph Formatting tab, Text Interpretation, pick HTML Text.

I think this only works with version 8 and above. Strong is HTML lingo for bold.
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You can also use the Replace function on the field you want to embed HTML tags for this, allowing for a parameter to prompt with what's to be bolded, or base it on a formula, field, etc.

Fonts can be increased using HTML also:

&quot;This is some text <FONT SIZE=-1>text in a smaller font</FONT>&quot;

-k kai@informeddatadecisions.com
 
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