Asterisks on some topic name tabs in RH7

Sorry for the "stupid question" but I can't find anything in
the RH Help on this and was wondering why some topics have an
asterisk at the end of their names in the RH 7 HTML editor...? I'm
working with imported topics from various older versions of RH so I
thought maybe it was that these topics used a different style sheet
or had not yet been entered in the TOC or maybe they were using a
template... None of these are true. Can someone explain what the
asterisks mean? Not all topics have them.
Thanks!
kc

Hi KC
Normally it means the page has been edited but hasn't been
saved. Try clicking File > Save All (or pressing Ctrl+S) and see
if those asterisks perform a magickal disappearing act.
Cheers... Rick

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