Have you tried both available converters? Go to Preferences > Advanced, and note which converter is selected for docx files. Try the other one and see what results you get. I always use the LibreOffice converter for docx files and have never had such a problem.

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Rick Davis

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> I have received a MS Word .docx document which I must revise.
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> For some reason the document opened in Nisus is showing an intrusive number which is not there in the document when opened in Word:
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>> 656515777 On Saturday morning, three officers of the Service Régional de la Police Judiciaire656515777  presented themselves at the offices of the Centre Environnement. According to eyewitnesses, Monsieur Dugain appeared his normal, jovial self,656515777 
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>> On Saturday morning, three officers of the Service Régional de la Police Judiciaire presented themselves at the offices of the Centre Environnement. According to eyewitnesses, Monsieur Dugain appeared his normal, jovial self,
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> What is causing this intrusion?
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> How can I get rid of it while editing in Nisus without radically changing the document which I must send back to my editor? I
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