We currently are using Simple numbering to solve this issue. This is the only way other RTF editors/viewers can see the numbering correctly. If I save the RTF from WPtools with another RTF Editor, The numbering is not visible in the WPTools editor. Below is the RTF that was read into another RTF editor (originally saved by WPTools). Nothing was changed, just saved. If you now view it in WPTools, the second set of number is not visible. If I save this in WPTools editor, the second set of number is completely removed. You can easily verify this by opening it up in WORD or WordPad. Open the same document in WPTools, and the second set of numbering is missing.
we enabled simple: - {$DEFINE SIMPLE_AS_OLDPN} // enabled
Sample RTF:
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