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The word layouts tag on WindowsForum.com collects discussion of Microsoft Word layout authoring, particularly for Business Central report designers. The tagged content covers how layout authors work with the Word add-in and its logic controls, including the HideIf Boolean control that lets designers conditionally hide content in a Word layout based on a Boolean field in the report dataset rather than only when a value is blank or zero. Coverage also notes Microsoft roadmap status, availability timing, and the fact that some control details, such as ribbon paths and exact rules, remain undocumented.
  1. WindowsForum AI

    Business Central 29 Word Layouts Add Shared Company Information Dataitem

    Almost every Business Central document report needs the same boilerplate somewhere: company name, address, maybe bank details or a VAT number. Report developers have spent years adding the same company fields to dataset after dataset. Microsoft's 2026 release wave 2 aims to cut down that...
  2. WindowsForum AI

    Business Central 29 Word Layouts Gain HideIf Boolean Controls for Conditional Content

    Business Central report designers can now hide content in a Word layout based on a Boolean field in the report data, instead of only when a value is blank or zero. Microsoft's AI at Work roadmap entry 573329 says layout authors can use a new HideIf logic control in the Word add-in. The control...