Use the Bold, Italic, Underline and StrikeOut properties to apply different font attributes to the group. Use the Caption property to display different parts of the caption using HTML format. Use the Font property to specify the control's font. Use the Italic property to make an item appear in italic. 

The following VB sample makes all groups appear in italic:

Private Sub ExplorerBar1_AddGroup(ByVal Group As EXPLORERBARLibCtl.IGroup)
    With Group
        .Italic = True
    End With
End Sub

The following C++ sample makes all groups appear in italic:

void OnAddGroupExplorerbar1(LPDISPATCH Group) 
{
	CGroup group( Group ); group.m_bAutoRelease = FALSE;
	group.SetBold( TRUE );
}

The following VB.NET sample makes all groups appear in italic:

Private Sub AxExplorerBar1_AddGroup(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As AxEXPLORERBARLib._IExplorerBarEvents_AddGroupEvent) Handles AxExplorerBar1.AddGroup
    With e.group
        .Italic = True
    End With
End Sub

The following C# sample makes all groups appear in italic:

private void axExplorerBar1_AddGroup(object sender, AxEXPLORERBARLib._IExplorerBarEvents_AddGroupEvent e)
{
	e.group.Italic = true;
}

The following VFP sample makes all groups appear in italic:

*** ActiveX Control Event ***
LPARAMETERS group

with group
	.Italic = .t.
endwith