Quote Originally Posted by Rob-Xar View Post
How are you trying to apply styles to your smart field value? If I insert a SF, then highlight it with the text tool I can apply bold / italic or change any style aspect of it. You won't be able to apply any styles to a SF within the dialog.
Rob, my suggestion was in copying & pasting form existing text into the Smart Field Value, the formatting needs to be retained at the character level. When applying the Smart Text Name into an new/existing text area, the Paragraph Style dominates but allows Character Styling to be re-applied.

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