# Template Editor - Formatting

**URL:** <https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/template-editor-formatting/3912>\
**Category:** TaxCycle General\
**Created:** [January 4, 2021, 5:47am UTC](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/template-editor-formatting/3912 "2021-01-04T05:47:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![brian1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@brian1](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/u/brian1)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2021, 5:47am UTC](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/template-editor-formatting/3912/1 "2021-01-04T05:47:29Z")

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Is it possible to format text brought in by way of a field code? For example, I am bringing in a set of initials into my template, but I want them to always show as lowercase even if they are entered uppercase.

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**Author:** ![brian1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@brian1](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/u/brian1)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 5:52am UTC](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/template-editor-formatting/3912/2 "2021-01-06T05:52:07Z")

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Another question:

I’m using a table to set up an invoice format and I want to put some underlines beneath the amounts that are to be totalled. The table is 2 columns, 1 column with the description and 1 column with the amount. I thought about using the table border to do this, but Tax Cycle wants to put the border across the entire table, I ONLY want it underneath of the amount column.

Does anyone know of a way to do this, or another workaround? I still haven’t figured out the answer to my first question either.

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**Author:** ![Nezzer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/www.protaxcommunity.com/nezzer/32/3845_2.png) [@Nezzer](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/u/Nezzer)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 8:20pm UTC](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/template-editor-formatting/3912/3 "2021-01-09T20:20:34Z")

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Not sure, myself, but I think @Elizabeth may be able to help you - she’s the expert on the template editor.

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**Author:** ![Elizabeth](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/www.protaxcommunity.com/elizabeth/32/2588_2.png) [@Elizabeth](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/u/Elizabeth)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/template-editor-formatting/3912/4 "2021-01-27T16:03:11Z")

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I’m not aware of any way to do what you describe with your first question. @Cameron Is there something to help with this?

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> For example, I am bringing in a set of initials into my template, but I want them to always show as lowercase even if they are entered uppercase.

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**Author:** ![Elizabeth](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/www.protaxcommunity.com/elizabeth/32/2588_2.png) [@Elizabeth](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/u/Elizabeth)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/template-editor-formatting/3912/5 "2021-01-27T16:09:34Z")

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> I want to put some underlines beneath the amounts that are to be totalled. The table is 2 columns, 1 column with the description and 1 column with the amount. I thought about using the table border to do this, but Tax Cycle wants to put the border across the entire table, I ONLY want it underneath of the amount column.

Looks like you can’t make this work in the editor when I tried it today. So, I cheat and edit the HTML and CSS in the source of the template when it comes to creating detailed formatting for our built-in templates. If you change the file extension to .html, the files can be edited in any HTML/CSS tool and even viewed in a browser. That is a whole other skill set though… If you want, once you are happy with the rest of your invoice template send it to [info@taxcycle.com](mailto:info@taxcycle.com), and I can take a look. I think I can make it work for you if I look at the code. Make sure you mention that you want me to look

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**Author:** ![brian1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@brian1](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/u/brian1)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 6:16pm UTC](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/template-editor-formatting/3912/6 "2021-01-27T18:16:20Z")

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That would be amazing! I may take you up on that. Thanks Elizabeth.
