John Keane wrote: > description= > "^S={font_size=14pt foreground=white background=black}" || > Strip(Put(groupvalue, $GEOgroupdesc.)) || > '^R/RTF" \cell \row \trowd "' || > "^S={font_size=10pt foreground=black background=white}" || > put(groupvalue, $GEOgroupvalue.); > > The code above is used in a COMPUTE block in PROC REPORT. It ends a > row in the output table in the RTF document and starts a new row. In > the new row I insert some text. > > I am unable to set the background color for the new row. It is > always the same as the initial row. I can however change the font > size and the font color.

Can you post a complete example ? Are you trying a have multilple rows in a cell? Is "description" used in a LINE statement ?

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