FAQ/Questions/Add-Formatting-Options.md
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Here we will show you how to easily add a new formatting option to the "Formats" dropdown menu on the Fields tab of the Report Designer. These should be handled in your ``InitializeReporting()`` method in your global.asax.
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In this example, we will quickly add a new format option to the list called "Bold". New formats added this way will be available for every type of data and will not override the existing built-in formats for each type of data. The symbol {0} acts as a token to represent the data that is returned by the query.
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```csharp
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AdHocSettings.Formats.Add("Bold", "<strong>{0}</strong>");
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We can also use an Izenda Format object as an argument. Below is the method of adding a formatting option called "Scientific" to the list of formats. Items added this way can be made available for specific **SqlTypeGroups** and will not override any of the existing formats.
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```csharp