*I don't understand the details of your issue, so there is nothing under development to "fix" this. * *JasperReports does not deal with RTF content in the way you are trying. You will need to extract the underlying text from the *RTF and put it into a JasperReports field or variable in order to use it. * *Sherman *Jaspersoft ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ok one more time... In our application, we store a RTF formatted narrative in a DB Field. In a jasper report created via iReport., we reference that field and display the narrative on the report using the Markup Property = RTF for that particular field If the narrative was entered as: The boy then said, "I saw the quick brown fox jump over the fence" On the report the narrative is generated/displayed: The boy then said, I saw the quick brown fox jump over the fence We are hoping of a fix, workaround or other option so that the text is rendered on the report/pdf correctly. Any suggestions? thank you David Post Edited by DavidRees at 04/28/2009 11:06