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I was working in a word document this morning and all was well, it has custom styles I've used many times. I made a bunch of changes to the document, saved it and sent it off. The person I sent it to said the numbering was messed up, when I re-opened it, sure enough, all the numbers have been replaced by black boxes.

I'm working in Office 2013, they are working in 2010 and 2007. Anyone ever seen this or know how to fix it?

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Sounds like a font issue. What font were you using and does the person you sent the document to have those fonts? – burrowsrjl Dec 24 '12 at 0:34
Sorry, missed this over the holidays. Standard font, Calibri I think. User definitely has the same font. – McB Jan 14 at 18:09
When you say the numbering is messed up, are you talking about the numbers of numbered lists, heading numbers, or page numbers? Is the black box that appears a font? Select it and see what it is. If it isn't a font issue and Word's built-in styles are Ok with the move from 2013 to 2010 and 2007, then the custom style might be the candidate. Have a look at what happens to the style definition on 2010 and 2007 and when its opened again in 2013. – burrowsrjl Jan 15 at 22:37

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