Edit Reports Formatted Text
When a report field’s Editor is set to Formatted Text (on the Fields (tab) in Edit Reports), tags around the text set how it looks in the report. The table below lists the tags.
Text Formatting Examples (Editor = Formatted Text)
- Text is formatted by surrounding the text with the appropriate tag in this format: [TAG] text [/TAG].
- The table below provides examples of tags you can use to format the text.
- Multiple formatting options can be applied to the same text (e.g. [B] [I] [COLOR = RED] text [/B] [/I] [/COLOR]).
- If a tag is not closed with [/TAG], the formatting continues until the end of the report.
| Design Option | Tag |
|---|---|
| Background Colour | [BACKCOLOR = red] text [/BACKCOLOR] The colour red in this example can be replaced by standard colours (e.g. red, orange, blue, green) or by HTML colour codes (e.g. #FF0000). Most colours are supported (BB Examples, HTML Examples). These are external websites that are not affiliated with QuickEasy Software. |
| Bold | [B] text [/B] |
| Colour | [COLOR = red] text [/COLOR] The colour red can be replaced by standard colours (e.g. red, orange, blue, green) or by HTML colour codes (e.g. #FF0000). Most colours are supported (BB Examples, HTML Examples). These are external websites that are not affiliated with QuickEasy Software. |
| Font | [FONT = Verdana] text [/FONT] You can replace the font Verdana with the font of your choice. However, all your users must have it installed. Otherwise, they might not be able to view the report. Common fonts are:
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| Hyperlink | [URL=https://www.quickeasysoftware.com]QuickEasy[/URL] Replace www.quickeasysoftware.com with your website address. Replace QuickEasy with the name of the website. Opens the hyperlink in the user’s default browser. |
| Italics | [I] text [/I] |
| Size | [SIZE=12] text [/SIZE] You can select any size. Sizes from 8 upwards are readable on most devices if the display is not scaled. Sizes above 36 tend to be too large. |
| Subscript | [SUB] text [/SUB] This tag must be used on its own. It cannot be nested. |
| Superscript | [SUP] text [/SUP] This tag must be used on its own. It cannot be nested. |
| Underline | [U] text [/U] |