Auto-numbering in a field

[J. Landman Gay]

On 11/14/11 11:41 PM, AcidJazz wrote:
> If I paste an auto-numbered text from Microsoft Word (albeit on a Mac) into a
> field, I can't seem to delete the very first number no matter what I do.   I
> can delete the text, and all the numbers but the very first one.   I'm in
> the "contents" box of the properties window.  I can't select it, and there's
> no way to turn it off that I know of, because I don't think Livecode even
> has autonumbering.   Short of deleting the field and starting over (which is
> what I've had to do), is there a way to fix this?   Is it a bug?
>
>     1.   first line
>     2.   second line
>     3.   third line
>
> Delete all
>
>     1.

Don't use the property inspector, use the message box or a temporary 
script somewhere. Try:

delete char 1 of fld <whatever>

I'm guessing Word is adding a non-typeable character to the front of 
each line. You might have to delete char 1 more than once.

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