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Problem with multilevel list
Hello LuisElCaminante ,
The multilevel numbers are corrupted. This is a known issue. I had raised a request for a fix with Microsoft two years ago, and it was released - but in Word 2019. There seem to be different fix releases for different version.
This might help you:
MS Word heading styles are showing black boxes instead of numbers--how - Microsoft Community
Or, you could call your MS support - call, not write - and mention it to them saying it is years old issue, how they can help you fix it.
I hope this helps. Good luck.
Lenka
It is almost impossible to tell why a particular document becomes corrupt. Possible causes include editing a Word document in several different programs. Also, saving to removable media is unsafe. I'm not saying that you have done either of those things, only that these are actions that generally can cause corruption.
Historically, numbering in Word has been especially prone to corruption. The underlying structures where number formats are stored (so-called list template objects) have been almost the same since 1997. But numbered lists have been made more stable over the years. You still have to be careful setting up your numbering, though (see https://shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/numbering20072010.html).
Stefan_Blom Thank you very much for the level of detail in your answer.
I appreciate it.
I will check the link