it seems to be only happening in Internet Explorer 6 and 7, Firefox and Safari aren't doing it. It was also noted that we experienced the same problem with the word 'selected'.
where do i find the build number i am using? currently using a version which was downloaded a month or two ago after receiving an email?
i completely stripped the html editor out, and placed it on a page with just the editor, and i still get the same problem.
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simply downloaded the current available build, and if by magic.... the problem goes away in IE