Styles

Apply Character Style .docx

Applies an existing character style to the text of the matching paragraphs.

When to use it: to give words a predefined text look (a character style) in a single step, instead of setting bold, color, and so on by hand.

Important behavior: if Style ID is empty, the instruction does nothing.

The style has to exist in the document. A document this workflow creates carries no style definitions at all, so naming one that is not there writes the reference and leaves the text looking exactly as it was. Define it first with Create Style .docx, or bring the styles of another file with Copy Styles From Document .docx; a document opened from disk already carries its own. When the style is missing the run says so, naming the styles the document does have, and validate warns before running.

Apply Paragraph Style .docx

Applies an existing paragraph style to the matching paragraphs.

When to use it: to turn paragraphs into headings, quotes, or any predefined paragraph style in a single step.

Important behavior: if Style ID is empty, the instruction does nothing.

The style has to exist in the document. A document this workflow creates carries no style definitions at all, so Heading1 on its title writes the reference and leaves the text looking exactly as it was — no heading, no outline level, no navigation. Define it first with Create Style .docx, or bring the styles of another file with Copy Styles From Document .docx; a document opened from disk already carries its own. When the style is missing the run says so, naming the styles the document does have, and validate warns before running.

Copy Styles From Document .docx

Copies style definitions from another document into the current one.

When to use it: to reuse a set of styles you defined in a template or another file, without recreating them by hand.

Important behavior: if Source document path is empty, the instruction does nothing; if a path is given but the file does not exist, the instruction reports an error and the workflow stops. When Overwrite existing is No, any style whose ID already exists in the destination is skipped.

Create Style .docx

Creates a new custom style that you can then apply with Apply Paragraph Style or Apply Character Style.

When to use it: to define your own reusable paragraph or character style with a specific font, size, color, and alignment.

Important behavior: if Style ID or Display name is empty, the instruction does nothing. If a style with the same ID already exists, it is not recreated. Alignment applies only to paragraph styles. For a character style, a Based on of Normal is ignored (Normal is a paragraph style).

Delete Custom Style .docx

Deletes a custom style. Paragraphs and text that used it revert to the default (Normal).

When to use it: to remove a custom style you no longer need.

Important behavior: only custom styles can be deleted; the built-in styles are protected and left untouched. If Style ID is empty, or the style does not exist or is not custom, nothing happens.

Modify Style .docx

Changes the formatting of an existing style. The change applies to every paragraph or piece of text that uses that style.

When to use it: to restyle everything using a style at once — for example, make all “Heading 1” paragraphs a different color.

Important behavior: if Style ID is empty or the style does not exist, nothing happens. Empty fields are left unchanged, so you can change just the properties you specify. Alignment is applied only to paragraph styles.