https://www.infopathdev.com:443/blogs/ernesto/archive/2008/02/11/characters-in-word-cannot-be-loaded-into-infopath-xml.aspxMicrosoft Word's auto-formatting creates special ASCII characters that are illegal in XML and, thus, in InfoPath. Here is a list of ASCII Control Characters that are unique to Word, followed by their ASCII hex value: Tab (hex 09) New line (hex 0BenCommunityServer 2007 SP3 (Build: 31118.962)