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It is amazing that essentially 100% of the responses to this are lawyers saying “because renumbering is hard”. That is both true (Word sucks; human search and replace is very fallible) and an extremely, extremely solved problem here in the year 2026.

Mike Masnick@masnick.com

Kinda wondering what was 2.4... and why they didn't just delete it entirely.

Dave Lundeen

@dmlundeen.bsky.social

It’s a solution in search of a problem; lawyers do this for a good reason, stated by some of your commenters.

Luis Villa

@lu.is

I know what lawyers do, thanks; signed, guy whose current titles are VP Legal and Adjunct Professor of Law; etc etc etc

Dave Lundeen

@dmlundeen.bsky.social

Good for you. I can guaranty you that nearly every lawyer who does complex transactional work agrees on this point-it’s not a real problem.

Luis Villa

@lu.is

Oh, it’s completely accepted practice, and in the vast majority of cases it’s accepted practice because we all just accept that our tools suck. But anyway you’re convinced of your righteousness so have a great day!

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Dave Lundeen

@dmlundeen.bsky.social

I don’t think it’s a tooling problem; I think you are looking to solve something that doesn’t need solving. I’ve occasionally had a client ask why this is done, but none have ever demanded a “fix” upon hearing the explanation.