Autocorrect SEQ fields disappeared?

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Why does this seem to reinforce the advocacy "Never use Word".

Scott

On Tue Nov 20  7:57 , Geoff Hart  sent:

>Nancy Allison wondered: 
>created a set of templates, all of which use the SEQ technique to  
>create "unbreakable" numbered lists. They were unbreakable . . .  
>until all trace of the SEQ field autocorrect entries mysteriously  
>dropped out of my templates. All of them.>>
>


<SNIP>

>This suggests that one of the previous field codes has been corrupted  
>somehow. One way this might happen is if one of your colleagues has  
>their copy of Word set to display the field codes as {field code}  
>instead of concealing the codes and displaying only the resulting  
>text (here, a number). In that case, it's reasonably easy to scroll  
>the cursor into the middle of the brackets and delete a character,  
>thereby trashing the field code. Alternatively, if the field codes  
>are concealed, someone might have inadvertently deleted the first  
>field code in each sequence by trying to manually renumber a  
>paragraph, and all subsequent codes that refer back to that original  
>code would then be pointing to a nonexistent reference. It's also  
>possible that both have happened.
>
>To find out whether this is the case, toggle Word's settings so that  
>it displays the codes as {field code}, then check each numbered list  
>to see what happened.
>
>
>edited by others, if that has anything to do with it. Undoubtedly  
>they use different versions of Word and different operating systems.>>
>
>No idea whether Sharepoint could do this, but using different Word  
>versions could explain it. For example, Word XP/2002 and earlier  
>versions have this glitch in which comments inserted while revision  
>tracking is enabled are accepted when you move between versions.  
>They're still present in the file, but are no longer tracked as  
>revisions. If possible, you should all be using the same version of  
>Word. That eliminates a great many problems.
>
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