# Format text in XML file?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/format-text-in-xml-file/158020>\
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**Created:** [August 5, 2005, 11:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/format-text-in-xml-file/158020 "2005-08-05T23:05:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![dphan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@dphan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dphan)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 11:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/format-text-in-xml-file/158020/1 "2005-08-05T23:05:17Z")

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If I have an XML file with a child node for description of something…, can I format it using HTML tag ? I tried the example below and it did not work.

for example:  
\<description\>  
This is the description, I want to format this next word to be \<B\>BOLD\</B\>  
\</description\>

in the dynamic text field, I turned on the option “render text as HTML”

what did I do wrong here ??? Please advise…