I'm attempting to style a textfieldexpression like so: (First code snippet) Exporting the data as XML results in: (Second code snippet) Keep in mind I only what the static text bolded. Any ideas as to what could going wrong? Mac 10.6 Java 1.6 Jasper 3.5.3 Thanks in advance for any tips or help! Post Edited by eaustin at 03/04/2011 20:06 Code:<!-- Style Template --><style name="parentStyle" isDefault="true" fontName="Arial" isBold="false" fontSize="13" pdfFontName="Helvetica"/><!-- Relevant Example --><textField isStretchWithOverflow="true"> <reportElement x="200" y="0" width="200" height="15" stretchType="RelativeToTallestObject"> <property name="net.sf.jasperreports.export.pdf.tag.td" value="full"/> </reportElement> <box leftPadding="10"> <leftPen lineWidth="0.5"/> <bottomPen lineWidth="0.5"/> </box> <textElement markup="html"> <font size="11"/> </textElement> <textFieldExpression><![CDATA[ "<b style='font-weight:bolder'>Account ID:</b><br/>" + $F{accountId} + "<br/><br/>" + "<b style='font-weight:bolder'>Email Address:</b><br/>" + $F{emailAddress} + "<br/><br/>" + "<b style='font-weight:bolder'>Status:</b><br/>" + $F{accountActiveStatus} + "<br/>" + $F{accountLockStatus} + "<br/><br/>" ]]></textFieldExpression> </textField><!-- XML Output --><text textHeight="177.08496" markup="html" lineSpacingFactor="1.1499023" leadingOffset="-2.3310547"> <reportElement x="200" y="0" width="200" height="212" origin="1"> <property name="net.sf.jasperreports.export.pdf.tag.td" value="full"/> </reportElement> <box topPadding="3" leftPadding="10"> <leftPen lineWidth="0.5"/> <bottomPen lineWidth="0.5"/> </box> <font size="11"/> <textContent><![CDATA[<style isBold="true">Account ID:</style>FIID#.loginId10<style isBold="true">Email Address:</style>10firstname_lastname@intuit.com<style isBold="true">Status:</style>DeactivatedUnLocked<style isBold="true">Last Login:</style>Fri Mar 04 15:19:50 EST 2011]]></textContent> </tex Post Edited by eaustin at 03/04/2011 20:22