What is Validation in OnStyle?

Last Updated: September 24, 2025

Validation in OnStyle is a process that inspects a Word document for formatting, style, and structural issues in accordance with predefined company or industry standards. It helps ensure compliance by identifying inconsistencies and errors, then providing options to correct them. How Validation works Validation is performed by running Inspections. An Inspection in OnStyle refers to…

Exporting Validation Reports

Last Updated: September 24, 2025

Validation Reports provide a PDF summary of inspection results. They include document statistics, issue summaries, and correction details. Exporting reports creates a permanent record that can be shared or archived for compliance purposes. This feature is available in the Professional edition. Steps Note The report only includes findings from the executed module(s), group(s), or set….

Executing Inspections

Last Updated: September 30, 2025

This article explains what inspections are and how to run an inspection module, group, or set in OnStyle. It also outlines the differences between Global and Custom Inspection Sets. What is an Inspection, an Inspection Group, and an Inspection Set? The Inspection Module is the basic unit of validation designed to detect a specific type…

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