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Which word is better suited to reference an action? For example,

Setting appearance of each report component is too long process. It’s easier to use styles for it.

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Setting appearance of each report component is too long process. It’s easier to use styles for this.

I'm trying to refer not to some object but to all previous sentence.

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'This' is the better choice, as it is a demonstrative pronoun. 'It', on the other hand, is a personal pronoun, rendering it less than ideal.

I also notice that your example is slightly awkward. Might I humbly suggest:

Setting the appearance of each report component is a long process. It's easier to use styles for this.

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Isn't this also singular? – brick Mar 5 at 11:09
Yes, it was a silly brain fart. I changed my reasoning to be more appropriate. And here I was hoping that with only five views, no one saw that. – jimbotherisenclown Mar 5 at 11:10
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Thank you for the correction. It's very helpful for me as your whole answer. – HighAley Mar 5 at 11:11
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