Use ItemBold, ItemItalic, ItemUnderline or ItemStrikeOut property to apply different font attributes to the item. Use the CellItalic, CellUnderline, CellBold or CellStrikeOut property to apply different font attributes to the cell. Use the CellValueFormat property to specify an HTML caption. Use the ConditionalFormats method to apply formats to a cell or range of cells, and have that formatting change depending on the value of the cell or the value of a formula.

The following VB sample makes italic the selected item:

Private Sub Grid1_SelectionChanged()
    If Not (h = 0) Then Grid1.Items.ItemItalic(h) = False
    h = Grid1.Items.SelectedItem()
    Grid1.Items.ItemItalic(h) = True
End Sub

The following VB sample makes italic the focused item:

With Grid1.Items
    .ItemItalic(.FocusItem) = True
End With

The following C++ sample makes italic the focused item:

#include "Items.h"
CItems items = m_grid.GetItems();
items.SetItemItalic( items.GetFocusItem() , TRUE );

The following C# sample makes italic the focused item:

axGrid1.Items.set_ItemItalic(axGrid1.Items.FocusItem, true);

The following VB.NET sample makes italic the focused item:

With AxGrid1.Items
    .ItemItalic(.FocusItem) = True
End With

The following VFP sample makes italic the focused item:

with thisform.Grid1.Items
	.DefaultItem = .FocusItem
	.ItemItalic( 0 ) = .t.
endwith