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title: "Introduction"
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Introduction to Actions

### General

Actions are used in [Tasks](/release36/docs/tasks) and in [Reports](/release36/docs/introduction-to-reports) to perform specific operations (depending on the type of action).

### Properties

Every type of action has the following properties:

| Name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Has Custom Color | Determines whether the action has a custom text color in which it shall be displayed in the [Task](/release36/docs/tasks) editor. |
| Custom Color | The custom text color in which to display the action in the [Task](/release36/docs/tasks) editor. |
| Has Custom Caption | Determines whether the action has a custom caption to display in the [Task](/release36/docs/tasks) editor. |
| Custom Caption | The custom caption to display in the [Task](/release36/docs/tasks) editor. By default, the caption is displayed in bold. You can, however, specify your own HTML tags to make text portions bold or italic (e.g. the custom caption *MY CUSTOM CAPTION* will lead to the text to be displayed in bold; the custom caption *<b>MY</b> <i>CUSTOM</i> CAPTION* will lead to the word *MY* to be displayed in bold, the word *CUSTOM* to be displayed with italics, and the word *CAPTION* to be displayed normally). |