One irritating thing about SSRS is that you have to set the text box properties (say, to format numbers as currency) for each individual text box, unlike Excel. Here's a better way (with some restrictions) to update the formatting for multiple text boxes. Companion tutorial to my Tip: <a href = "http://www.midnightdba.com/Jen/2010/08/tip-change-multiple-field-formats-in-ssrs">Change Multiple Field Formats in SSRS</a>