Sometimes, just having the right information in a report doesn’t completely fill the requirement. You can enrich the content by formatting items in your report using some simple formatting codes. Follow these steps:

- Right-click the field(s) you want to format
- Choose Properties & navigate to the Format tab. **
- Click on the ellipsis (…) on the right of the Format code text box.

- Click the Standard radio button and select a basic format from the list available – an example will be provided in the right-hand box.

If you need to further tweak the format, click on the Custom radio button and enter you can use the following codes to do so:

Formatting Codes and examples

Example below:

** Or select the cell you want to format and then edit the Format property in the Property pane (usually located on the right of the design environment).