Update DHTML Effects in Topics

Hi all,
In several posts I have seen our gurus (you know who you are !-) recommending Tools > Update DHTML as a possible fix for various vague and/or ill-defined problems.
Has anyone looked into what the command does, or possible side-effects? Should we add it to our toolkit along with "Reboot" and "Rename CPD"?
Just wondering.
--- Derek

By switching to HTML view and making a small change, on returning to Design View the code gets rewritten. Contrary to what I had been told, there is no way to force all topics to be rewritten.
Really it shouldn't be necessary as they get rewritten on upgrade and are then written correctly in Design View. If you screw up in HTML view, it gets rewritten there and then.
The crashing is more likely something else which should be the subject of a new post.
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