# FormattedText The object for specifying formatted text content and styling for captions in table cells. ``` object FormattedText ``` ## Discussion Use a `FormattedText` object to provide the content and style for text strings you use in data tables and as caption descriptors. You can use a `FormattedText` object for: - Row and column headers (the value of the `label` property in [`DataDescriptor`](/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/DataDescriptor)) - Data in JSON tables (the value of a key-value pair in a record in [`RecordStore`](/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/RecordStore)) To apply a style to a `FormattedText` object, you can use a [`ComponentTextStyle`](/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/ComponentTextStyle). You can also use either HTML or [`InlineTextStyle`](/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/InlineTextStyle) objects to further customize ranges of text. See . > Note: > `FormattedText` objects don’t support Markdown syntax. You can use this object in [`DataDescriptor`](/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/DataDescriptor), [`RecordStore`](/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/RecordStore), and [`CaptionDescriptor`](/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/CaptionDescriptor). ### Example ```json { "components": [ { "role": "datatable", "data": { "descriptors": [ { "identifier": "id-title", "key": "title", "dataType": "text", "label": "Title" } ], "records": [ { "title": { "type": "formatted_text", "text": "Name", "format": "html" } } ] } } ] } ``` --- Copyright © 2026 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. | [Terms of Use](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/terms/site.html) | [Privacy Policy](https://www.apple.com/privacy/privacy-policy)