MATLAB: How to format sections of text within a paragraph in Report Generator

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How can I easily programmatically format small portions of the texts with Report Generator? For example:
 
Here is some text I would like to include in my report. I would like some of it to be bold and some of it to be red and italic.
I am also looking for an easy way to apply formatting to some of the text in an OrderedList, e.g. # I would like to format some of the list items # this item I would like to be blue and bold
It would be great if I could do it with objects of Report class, not just Document class.

Best Answer

There are several ways to achieve this result.
1. Applying formatting by using properties of the "Text" object and using "append" to add text to Paragraph.
Example with a Document:
 
import mlreportgen.dom.*;
doc = Document('mydoc','docx');
para = Paragraph('A ');
para.WhiteSpace = 'pre';
append(doc,para);
boldText = Text('magic square');
boldText.Bold = 1;
append(para, boldText);
append(para, ' is an N-by-N ');
colorText = Text('matrix');
colorText.Color = 'red';
colorText.Italic = 1;
append(para, colorText);
append(para, [' constructed from the integers 1 through N^2 '... 
    'with equal row, column, and diagonal sums.']);
close(doc);
rptview('mydoc','docx');
Example with a Report:
 
import mlreportgen.report.*;
import mlreportgen.dom.*;
doc = Report('myrpt','docx');
para = Paragraph('A ');
para.WhiteSpace = 'pre';
add(doc, para);
boldText = Text('magic square');
boldText.Bold = 1;
append(para, boldText);
append(para, ' is an N-by-N ');
colorText = Text('matrix');
colorText.Color = 'red';
colorText.Italic = 1;
append(para, colorText);
append(para, [' constructed from the integers 1 through N^2 '... 
    'with equal row, column, and diagonal sums.']);
close(doc);
rptview('myrpt','docx');
2. Applying formatting by using  the "HTML" object and HTML tags, including creating a list.
Example with a Document:
import mlreportgen.dom.*;
doc = Document('mydoc_html','docx');
para = HTML( ...
['<p style="white-space:pre">A <b>magic square</b> is an N-by-N ' ...
'<span style="color:red;font-style:italic">matrix</span>' ...
' constructed from the integers 1 through N^2 ' ...
'with equal row, column, and diagonal sums.</p>']);
append(doc,para);
ol = HTML(['<ol>', ...
    '<li> <b> bold item </b> </li>',...
     '<li> normal item </li>',...
     '<li style="font-style:italic"> italic item </li>',...
     '<li style="color:red"> colorful item </li>'...
     '</ol>']);
 append(doc,ol); 
close(doc);
rptview('mydoc_html','docx');
Example with a Report:
 
import mlreportgen.report.*;
import mlreportgen.dom.*;
doc = Report('myrpt_html','docx');
para = HTML( ...
['<p style="white-space:pre">A <b>magic square</b> is an N-by-N ' ...
'<span style="color:red;font-style:italic">matrix</span>' ...
' constructed from the integers 1 through N^2 ' ...
'with equal row, column, and diagonal sums.</p>']);
add(doc,para);
ol = HTML(['<ol>', ...
    '<li> <b> bold item </b> </li>',...
     '<li> normal item </li>',...
     '<li style="font-style:italic"> italic item </li>',...
     '<li style="color:red"> colorful item </li>'...
     '</ol>']);
 add(doc,ol); 
close(doc);
rptview('myrpt_html','docx');
3. Applying formatting by using Word styles from a template.
You would first need to create a Word template, and add the styles you would like to be able to apply to your text. You need to supply the template as an argument when creating a Document or a Report object. Then you can specify a style from that template for any Text objects you create.
Example with a Document:
(mytemplate.dotx attached)
import mlreportgen.dom.*;
doc = Document('newdocument','docx', 'mytemplate'); 
list = OrderedList({Text('This is normal text'),...
    Text('This is bold text', 'Strong'),...
    Text('This is red italic text', 'RedItalic')});
append(doc, list);
close(doc);
Example with a Report:
(mytemplate.dotx attached)
 
import mlreportgen.report.*;
import mlreportgen.dom.*;
doc = Report('newreport','docx', 'mytemplate'); 
list = OrderedList({Text('This is normal text'),...
    Text('This is bold text', 'Strong'),...
    Text('This is red italic text', 'RedItalic')});
add(doc, list)
close(doc);
 
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