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I am designing an online Help system, using Word 6.0. A section
contains a numbered list. I did not use Word's automatic numbering
feature, but, rather, used a specific paragrpah format, adding numbers
and tabs manually. A piece of the RTF export looks like this:

\par \pard\plain \s18\fi-360\li360\sb40\sa80\tx360\tx720 \f5\fs20
1.\tab In the Selector...
\par \pard \s18\fi-360\li360\sb40\sa80 \tab You can create...
\par \pard\plain \s15\sb40\sa80\tx360 \f5\fs20 2.\tab From the Devices
menu...
\par \pard\plain \s18\fi-360\li360\sb40\sa80\tx360\tx720 \f5\fs20 \tab
The {\uldb\cf11 Create...
\par \pard\plain \s15\sb40\sa80\tx0\tx360 \f5\fs20 3.\tab From the...
\par \pard\plain \s18\fi-360\li360\sb40\sa80\tx360\tx720 \f5\fs20 \tab
If you choose...
\par \pard \s18\fi-360\li360\sb40\sa80\tx0\tx720 4.\tab If you want to
limit...

\par \pard \s18\fi-360\li360\sb40\sa80 5.\tab In the Create...
\par \pard \s18\fi-360\li360\sb40\sa80\tx0 6.\tab Set the...

(the ellipses indicate that the sentence continues.)

For some reason, the 4th step has different formatting. The result,
when compiled, is extra space between the "4." and the start of the
sentence.

I opened the RTF file in a text editor and, after reading in the RTF
spec, changed the "\tx0" to "\tx360" like the other paragraphs. It
worked fine.

My question: why is this inconsistent? Is there something worng with
Word's RTF export that allows this to happen? I have had similar
incident's, but running WoboHelp's "automatic fixing" of RTF
formatting usually solves the l\problem. This time it did not. Any
thoughts on where this quirk comes from?

--
"You don't look American."
"Everyone looks American, because Americans are from everywhere."
                                                   - Doonesbury
Chuck Martin
Technical Writer, FWB, Inc         | Persoanl
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