WD: TC and XE Fields Lose Spaces When Converted to RTF

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TC and XE fields in a Word for Windows document will lose the initial and final spaces of the field if the document is saved in Rich Text Format. For example, this field

   { xe "Birds of South America" }
				

will be converted to the following:

   {xe "Birds of South America"}
				

Further, if there are no quotation marks surrounding the text of the entry, Word will remove spaces in the text and place quotation marks around the newly concatenated text. For example, the entry

   { tc This is the first chapter }
				

will change to the following when the document is saved as Rich Text Format and re-opened in Word:

   {tc "Thisisthefirstchapter"}
				

   { tc This is the first chapter }
				

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