3609659 - In Document Generation, Styles such as bold, italic, etc., cannot be applied to placeholders or tokens - 1H 2025

In Document Generation, Styles such as bold, italic, etc., cannot be applied to placeholders or tokens.

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central - Document Generation

1. Navigate to Manage Document Template and select an existing template.
2. Add a Placeholder/Token to the template.
3. Select the Placeholder/Token and attempt to apply styles (e.g., bold, italic).
4. Observe that the applied styles are not reflected on the Placeholder/Token.

The solution to this issue is currently under investigation. Please follow this KBA for updates.

Workaround -

Pre-apply the styles and then insert the token.
                                  OR 
Make the token be mixed with other text or space, select the whole paragraph with text or space and then apply the styles, then delete the dummy text or space.
                                  OR
Use Source to add the styles.

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