Any Office 2019 Word Gurus Here? “Save As” Causing Original File To Be Edited

Soldato
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Bizarre Office 2019 Word issue that started happening a month ago and we only just noticed. PC running latest Windows 10 build.

Request for payment form is made as a .docx with the filename being “#1234” where this is the next vacant booking number.

When full payment is received .docx file “#1234” is edited to become an invoice showing amount paid etc. and saved as “#5678” where this is the next vacant invoice number.

The problem is that changes to “#5678” are being copied into “#1234”, which must not happen as this has to be kept intact for years for tax purposes.

What I’ve also seen is Word displays “^Nxxxx” at the very top of screen when editing a file with name in format “#xxxx.docx”.

All help gratefully received.
 
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