diff --git a/Build/buildLocalLibraries.sh b/Build/buildLocalLibraries.sh
index be836b7384..ee778df999 100755
--- a/Build/buildLocalLibraries.sh
+++ b/Build/buildLocalLibraries.sh
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ function delete_and_pack_liblcm {
 			(cd "$liblcm_dir/artifacts" && rm *nupkg)
 
 			echo "Running 'dotnet pack' in the liblcm directory: $liblcm_dir"
-			pack_output=$(cd "$liblcm_dir" && dotnet pack -c Debug)
+			pack_output=$(cd "$liblcm_dir" && dotnet pack -c Debug -p:TargetFrameworks=net461)
 
 			# Extract version number using regex
 			if [[ $pack_output =~ $version_regex ]]; then
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ function delete_and_pack_chorus {
 			(cd "$chorus_dir/output" && rm *nupkg)
 
 			echo "Running 'dotnet pack' in the chorus directory: $chorus_dir"
-			pack_output=$(cd "$chorus_dir" && dotnet pack -c Debug)
+			pack_output=$(cd "$chorus_dir" && dotnet pack -c Debug -p:TargetFrameworks=net461)
 
 			# Extract version number using regex
 			if [[ $pack_output =~ $version_regex ]]; then
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ function delete_and_pack_libpalaso {
 			(cd "$libpalaso_dir/output" && rm *nupkg)
 
 			echo "Running 'dotnet pack' in the libpalaso directory: $libpalaso_dir"
-			pack_output=$(cd "$libpalaso_dir" && dotnet pack -c Debug)
+			pack_output=$(cd "$libpalaso_dir" && dotnet pack -c Debug -p:TargetFrameworks=net461)
 
 			# Extract version number using regex
 			if [[ $pack_output =~ $version_regex ]]; then
diff --git a/Src/xWorks/WordStylesGenerator.cs b/Src/xWorks/WordStylesGenerator.cs
index c5d1419c01..d48bba8f7c 100644
--- a/Src/xWorks/WordStylesGenerator.cs
+++ b/Src/xWorks/WordStylesGenerator.cs
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ internal static Style GenerateWordStyleFromLcmStyleSheet(
 
 				if (exportStyleInfo.HasTrailingIndent)
 				{
+					// Check bidirectional flag to determine correct orientation for indent
 					if (exportStyleInfo.DirectionIsRightToLeft == TriStateBool.triTrue)
 						parProps.Append(new Indentation() { Left = MilliPtToTwentiPt(exportStyleInfo.TrailingIndent).ToString() });
 					else
@@ -279,6 +280,7 @@ internal static Style GenerateWordStyleFromLcmStyleSheet(
 						ancestorIndents = CalculateParagraphIndentsFromAncestors(ancestorIndents.Ancestor, styleSheet, new AncestorIndents(0f, 0f));
 						var leadingIndent = CalculateMarginLeft(exportStyleInfo, ancestorIndents, hangingIndent);
 
+						// Check bidirectional flag to determine correct orientation for indent
 						if (exportStyleInfo.DirectionIsRightToLeft == TriStateBool.triTrue)
 							parProps.Append(new Indentation() { Right = leadingIndent.ToString() });
 						else
@@ -286,16 +288,10 @@ internal static Style GenerateWordStyleFromLcmStyleSheet(
 					}
 				}
 
-				// If text direction is specified, add specification to paragraph properties
-				if (exportStyleInfo.DirectionIsRightToLeft != TriStateBool.triNotSet)
+				// If text direction is right to left, add BiDi property to the paragraph.
+				if (exportStyleInfo.DirectionIsRightToLeft == TriStateBool.triTrue)
 				{
 					parProps.Append(new BiDi());
-
-					if (exportStyleInfo.DirectionIsRightToLeft == TriStateBool.triTrue)
-						parProps.Append(new TextDirection() { Val = TextDirectionValues.TopToBottomRightToLeft });
-
-					else
-						parProps.Append(new TextDirection() { Val = TextDirectionValues.LefToRightTopToBottom });
 				}
 				exportStyle.Append(parProps);
 			}
@@ -441,12 +437,18 @@ private static Style GenerateWordStyleFromWsOptions(ConfigurableDictionaryNode c
 				// if the writing system isn't a magic name just use it otherwise find the right one from the magic list
 				var wsIdString = possiblyMagic == 0 ? ws.Id : WritingSystemServices.GetWritingSystemList(cache, possiblyMagic, true).First().Id;
 				var wsId = cache.LanguageWritingSystemFactoryAccessor.GetWsFromStr(wsIdString);
+				var wsString = String.Format("[lang=\'{0}\']", wsIdString).Trim('.');
 
 				var wsStyle = new Style();
+
 				if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(configNode.Style))
 					wsStyle = GenerateWordStyleFromLcmStyleSheet(configNode.Style, wsId, propertyTable);
 
-				wsStyle.StyleId = configNode.Style + (String.Format("[lang=\'{0}\']", wsIdString)).Trim('.');
+				//style should be based on the span for the current ws as well as the style info for the current node that is independent from the ws
+				wsStyle.Append(new BasedOn() { Val = "span" + wsString });
+				wsStyle.Append(new BasedOn() { Val = configNode.Style });
+
+				wsStyle.StyleId = configNode.Style + wsString;
 
 				if (!IsEmptyStyle(wsStyle))
 					return wsStyle;