Dynamic layout formatting in Oracle BI Publisher reports

We are creating a planning report in BI Publisher, where in we have a requirement of dynamic formatting based on the month we are running the report. In the report we have different months as columns which displays the values for different KPIs (displayed in the rows).. Now, we need the current month data be highlighted down the column for all KPIs. This means that if it is April, April would be highlighted for all KPIs. Next month when we are currently in May, April would no longer be highlighted and May would be highlighted for all KPIs.. How can we achieve this via BI Publisher? Any help regarding this is really appreciated.

Hi;
When we are runnng BI Publisher reports, in the output of reports all the time if any Hypahan symbol comes then it automatically converting into question mark.You got hit this when you are printing?
Regard
Helios

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