I was editing an old description (changed font, spacing, wording, alignment), and when I selected a category (the old category field was blank -- former category no longer exists), the description suddenly looked like this:

{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Maiandra GD;}{\f1\froman Georgia;}}
{\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;}
\viewkind4\uc1\pard\qc\cf1\f0\fs28 My description My description My description\par
\par
My description\par
\par
My description\par
\par
My description

I am good at saving changes (hitting that crucial checkmark) when I'm about to change the Auction Profile, for example, but I've never had this happen when selecting a category. I realize I could have saved my changes before going to the category list, but I'm curious about the not-quite-HTML code it changed to. What exactly is \par and \rtf1 and \ansicpg, and why did my description change to this language?

Sue