Google Docs Replace Text module keeps returning Missing value

Questions
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:bullseye: What is your goal?

Google Docs Replace Text module keeps returning Missing value of required parameter ‘oldText’ error. Old Text field has a mapped variable containing {{parent_name}}. Using Google Forms trigger with Google Drive Copy a File. Has anyone solved this

:thinking: What is the problem & what have you tried?

I am building an enrollment automation for a daycare center. Here is my current scenario flow:

Google Forms → Google Drive (Copy a File) → Google Docs (Replace Text) → Google Drive (Download as PDF) → Docuseal (Send for Signing)

What I am trying to do:
When a parent submits a Google Form, Make copies a Google Doc template that contains {{parent_name}} placeholder, replaces it with the actual parent name from the form, converts it to PDF, and sends it to Docuseal for signing.

What I have tried:
Typing {{parent_name}} directly in Old Text field with Map toggle OFF
Typing {{parent_name}} directly in Old Text field with Map toggle ON
Using Tools Set Variable module to store {{parent_name}} and mapping that to Old Text
Remapping New Text field multiple different ways
Deleting and recreating the Google Docs module multiple times
The placeholder definitely exists in the Google Doc template (confirmed with Find and Replace)

What I notice:
When I type {{parent_name}} in any field Make automatically converts it to a dark tag showing just parent_name — is this stripping the curly brackets and causing the oldText to not match?

:clipboard: Error messages or input/output bundles

The Google Docs Replace Text module keeps returning this error:
A required field is empty or in the wrong format. Validation failed for 1 parameter(s). Missing value of required parameter ‘oldText’. Code: BundleValidationError

:camera_with_flash: Screenshots (scenario flow, module settings, errors)

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Hey Stacey,

that’s not going to work. The double curly brackets are special operands and used to change the text string inside into items (functions, formulas, special symbols like new lines, spaces, mapped items from previous modules).

Save the document as a template and use Create a Document form a template module. Then you can replace tags inside the document with new values.

Or change your tag to something else without the curly brackets so you can use it in Make.