When you're translating a DOCX, XLSX, or PPTX file, you can apply inline formatting straight to your target text in the wxrks Editor — no need to export the file first to bold a term or underline a heading.
💡 Who is this for? This guide is for Vendors and Project Managers who translate or edit target text directly in the Editor and need to preserve or apply inline formatting (Bold, Italic, Underline, Strikethrough) in a DOCX, XLSX, or PPTX file.
Key Concepts
Term | Description |
Formatting toolbar | A small floating toolbar that appears above your text selection, with buttons for Bold, Italic, Underline, Strikethrough, and Clear Formatting. |
Active format | A format currently applied to your selection — its button is shown highlighted in the toolbar. |
Clear Formatting | Removes every format (Bold, Italic, Underline, and Strikethrough) from the selected text in one click. |
Important: the formatting toolbar only appears for DOCX, XLSX, and PPTX files. Other file formats (HTML, JSON, XLIFF, and so on) don't support inline target formatting, since there's no rich-text structure in the original file to carry it.
How to Format Target Text
Open a segment in the Editor (or the Review view) for a DOCX, XLSX, or PPTX file.
Click into the target text field and select the text you want to format.
A formatting toolbar appears automatically above your selection.
Click a formatting button to apply it: B for Bold, I for Italic, U for Underline, S for Strikethrough. The button lights up to show the format is now active.
The formatted text renders immediately in the segment:
To remove a single format, select the text again and click the same button — it toggles off. You can also combine formats on the same text (for example, Bold together with Underline):
To remove every format from the selection in one step, click Clear Formatting at the end of the toolbar.
Important Behavior and Edge Cases
The toolbar only appears while you have an active text selection. It disappears as soon as you click elsewhere, start typing, or collapse your selection.
You can combine multiple formats on the same text — for example, Bold and Underline together.
If your selection is only partially formatted, clicking a format button applies it to the whole selection first; click again to remove it.
Formatting is preserved on export — Bold, Italic, Underline, and Strikethrough applied in the Editor appear in the downloaded DOCX, XLSX, or PPTX file.
The toolbar doesn't appear on read-only segments or in source text fields — it only applies to editable target text.
Troubleshooting
The formatting toolbar doesn't appear when I select text. Confirm the file type is DOCX, XLSX, or PPTX — other formats don't support inline formatting. Also confirm the segment's target field is editable (not locked, confirmed, or read-only).
My formatting disappeared after editing the text. Avoid selecting across a tag or special character, which can affect how the format wraps your text. Re-select just the text you want to format and apply it again.
I can't tell if a format is applied. Click inside the formatted text and check the toolbar — the matching button appears highlighted.
Quick Reference
Action | How |
Apply Bold / Italic / Underline / Strikethrough | Select target text → click the format button in the floating toolbar |
Remove a single format | Select the formatted text → click the same button again |
Remove all formatting at once | Select text → click Clear Formatting |
Toolbar not showing | Confirm the file type is DOCX, XLSX, or PPTX, and the segment is editable |
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