I am not sure how I would know that. The Word document was actually created
as the result of scanning/converting a PDF file and converting it to RTF,
and then saving a copy in Word. In my earlier drafts, which still contain
the "invizzzzible" text, i.e., what I can see but cannot Find, I cannot
discern any Outline Numbering. I stuck the cursor in what would be
Outline-numbered headings (e.g. "Interrogatory No. 21") but when I checked
Format, Bullets and Numbering, Outline Numbering, the setting was None. I
explained a few other aspects in my response to Klaus.

I know there is a feature to have Word use Automatically Numbered Lists in
Autoformat As You Type. I always keep this feature turned off because it is
positively dangerous in the legal setting, where paragraph numbers in a
responsive pleading are frequently supposed to match the numbering of what
you are answering! In this particular document the paragraphs were not
really sequentially numbered. Interrogatories, Requests for Production and
Requests for Admissions were intermingled. Thus, e.g., Interrogatory 34
might have been followed by Request for Production No. 24, which may have
been followed by Request for Admission No. 15. This could only come from a
certain one of these hallowed United States, but discretion precludes me
from mentioning the name of this Republic. The whole system obviously even
confused its authors, who even got their own numbers totally
confused--repeating some, entirely missing some others.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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Very likely the interrogatories were numbered using outline numbering. In
which case, you don't have to use F&R; just modify the number format to
include underlining.

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"Klaus Linke" wrote in message
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Hi Joe,

So I figure something bizarre was going on like invizzzible characters.

Very likely!

Ones that only some secret part of the computer can see.

Might have been fields (which can be shown with Alt+F9) or hidden text
(usually shows when you hit the ¶ button on the formatting toolbar).

You can also use "Tools Options View" to toggle the display of field
codes, hidden text, and other stuff.
Wildcard searches are more prone to be duped by the invisible stuff than
regular searches.

Regards,
Klaus