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How do I make string bold in SSRS expression?

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Matthew Perez

Updated on March 10, 2026

How do I make string bold in SSRS expression?

SSRS… How to bold part of an expression

  1. Click the Design tab and double click the current expression we currently have.
  2. This brings up the placeholder properties screen.
  3. That brings up our current expression (see below).
  4. Below I concatenate the HTML tag for bold and to turn it off I add the tag at the end.

How do you make text show as bold?

Make text italic, bold, or underlined….Bold.

BoldCtrl+B (Command+B for Macs)
ItalicsCtrl+I (Command+I for Macs)
UnderlineCtrl+U (Command+U for Macs)

How do I change the font in SSRS report?

In the SSRS report, We can change the background color and font color. Right-click on a column and goto text box property. In the Font option, we change the font, style color and so on.

How do I display HTML content in SSRS report?

To add HTML from a field in your dataset into a text box

  1. On the Insert tab, click List.
  2. On the Insert tab, click Text Box.
  3. Drag an HTML field from your dataset into the text box.
  4. Right-click the placeholder, and then click Placeholder Properties.

Which data report control is used to format text?

To format text in the FormattedText report control, enter HTML code into the Html property. The design time editor displays the HTML text with the applied formatting, so you can view the text just as it will be displayed at run time in the Designer tab.

How do you make the text bold and italic?

To make text bold, select and highlight the text first. Then hold down Ctrl (the control key) on the keyboard and press B on the keyboard. To make text italic, select and highlight the text first. Then hold down Ctrl (the control key) on the keyboard and then press the I on the keyboard.

How do I write multiple IIf expressions in SSRS?

You simply begin another IIf statement after the comma. You can keep adding multiple IIf statements until all scenarios are handled, and then simply add the default action after the comma of the last IIf statement as you would normal do with a single IIf statement.

How do you alternate row colors in SSRS?

Right-click the data row as shown in the below screenshot, click F4 or properties window in the View menu. When selecting this, you will see the BackgroundColor option. By default, it is No Color, which means that there is no color for the background and use can select any colors.

How do I change font size in SSRS report?

Changing font size on SSRS reports in AX 2012

  1. Rename your new template.
  2. Right click your new template and add it to your project.
  3. Open your newly created template and change the Font Size from the default of 8pt on all the Cell Style definition nodes in the template.

How do you add a textbox in SSRS?

To add a text box in a list

  1. On the Insert tab in report design view, click List.
  2. On the design surface, click and then drag a box to the desired size of the list.
  3. On the Insert tab, click Text Box.
  4. On the design surface, click and then drag a box to the desired size of the text box inside the list you added in step 1.