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@@ -166,8 +166,11 @@ comprise your recent typing will be listed below the edit window.
 <pre>  SAVE FILE FIRST</pre> 
 below the edit window.
 <br>
-- If you try to save before editing out the [square brackets] stuff then you wil get a message 
-<pre>  Error: remove all []s from the text. They are only template guidance.
+- If you try to save before editing out the [square brackets] stuff then you will get a message 
+<pre>Error: remove all []s from the text.
+Everything inside [] are only template guidance.
+
+All [] must be edited out and replaced with real data before you can save this file.
 </pre> below the editing window.
 <br>
 - But if you have done all that, then survex will process your new survex file and tell you interesting things about 
@@ -176,8 +179,7 @@ survex engine which we use to process survex files.)
 
 <p style="margin:4%">
 <em>Technical Note:</em> When the survex file is saved, it is being saved to the permanent store on the expo file 
-server. It is also being automatically registered in the version control system [or will be, if Philip & Wookey get 
-their act together March 2022]. So don't worry about losing data. A super-nerd can always recover it (not a job for an ordinary nerd though).
+server. It is also being automatically registered in the version control system. So don't worry about losing data. A super-git-nerd can always recover it (not a job for an ordinary nerd though).
 
 <h4>Understanding the messages</h4>
 <p>You may see a number of error messages below the editing window: <em>read them and understand them</em>. If you