hi, As your text field's height is big enough you can use this style to accomplish this effective "good"+"(backslash)n"+"morning" the attachment is a sample. hope to help you! cheng.ken [file name=new_line_character.jrxml size=3263]http://www.jasperforge.org/components/com_joomlaboard/uploaded/files/new_line_character.jrxml[/file] Post edited by: Cheng.Ken, at: 2007/07/16 10:13 Post edited by: Cheng.Ken, at: 2007/07/16 10:14