diff --git a/dll/win32/riched20/editor.c b/dll/win32/riched20/editor.c
index b2a0f78200c..ca85ce40a3f 100644
--- a/dll/win32/riched20/editor.c
+++ b/dll/win32/riched20/editor.c
@@ -1521,6 +1521,61 @@ static void ME_RTFReadParnumGroup( RTF_Info *info )
     RTFRouteToken( info );     /* feed "}" back to router */
 }
 
+static void ME_RTFReadPntextGroup( RTF_Info *info )
+{
+    int level = 1;
+    WCHAR buf[256];
+    int buf_len = 0;
+
+    ME_DestroyString( info->pntext );
+    info->pntext = NULL;
+
+    for (;;)
+    {
+        RTFGetToken( info );
+
+        if (info->rtfClass == rtfEOF)
+            return;
+
+        if (RTFCheckCM( info, rtfGroup, rtfBeginGroup ))
+        {
+            level++;
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (RTFCheckCM( info, rtfGroup, rtfEndGroup ))
+        {
+            level--;
+            if (level == 0) break;
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (buf_len >= ARRAY_SIZE(buf) - 1)
+            continue;
+
+        if (info->rtfClass == rtfText)
+        {
+            buf[buf_len++] = (WCHAR)(unsigned char)info->rtfMajor;
+        }
+        else if (info->rtfClass == rtfControl && info->rtfMajor == rtfSpecialChar)
+        {
+            switch (info->rtfMinor)
+            {
+            case rtfTab:        buf[buf_len++] = '\t'; break;
+            case rtfBullet:     buf[buf_len++] = 0x2022; break;
+            case rtfNoBrkSpace: buf[buf_len++] = 0x00A0; break;
+            case rtfNoBrkHyphen:buf[buf_len++] = 0x2011; break;
+            case rtfOptDest:
+            default: break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    info->pntext = ME_MakeStringN( buf, buf_len );
+
+    RTFRouteToken( info );
+}
+
 static void ME_RTFReadHook(RTF_Info *info)
 {
   switch(info->rtfClass)
@@ -1678,6 +1733,7 @@ static LRESULT ME_StreamIn(ME_TextEditor *editor, DWORD format, EDITSTREAM *stre
       RTFSetDestinationCallback(&parser, rtfPict, ME_RTFReadPictGroup);
       RTFSetDestinationCallback(&parser, rtfObject, ME_RTFReadObjectGroup);
       RTFSetDestinationCallback(&parser, rtfParNumbering, ME_RTFReadParnumGroup);
+      RTFSetDestinationCallback(&parser, rtfParNumText, ME_RTFReadPntextGroup);
       if (!parser.editor->bEmulateVersion10) /* v4.1 */
       {
         RTFSetDestinationCallback(&parser, rtfNoNestTables, RTFSkipGroup);
diff --git a/dll/win32/riched20/reader.c b/dll/win32/riched20/reader.c
index 95360d8b9d4..402335d4b68 100644
--- a/dll/win32/riched20/reader.c
+++ b/dll/win32/riched20/reader.c
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ RTFDestroy(RTF_Info *info)
 	}
 	RTFDestroyAttrs(info);
 	free(info->cpOutputBuffer);
+        ME_DestroyString( info->pntext );
         while (info->tableDef)
         {
                 RTFTable *tableDef = info->tableDef;
@@ -252,6 +253,7 @@ void RTFInit(RTF_Info *info)
         info->nestingLevel = 0;
         info->canInheritInTbl = FALSE;
         info->borderType = 0;
+        info->pntext = NULL;
 
         memset(&info->fmt, 0, sizeof(info->fmt));
         info->fmt.cbSize = sizeof(info->fmt);
@@ -2498,13 +2500,42 @@ static void SpecialChar (RTF_Info *info)
 	case rtfPage:
 	case rtfSect:
 	case rtfPar:
+        {
+                ME_Paragraph *para;
                 RTFFlushOutputBuffer(info);
+                if ((info->fmt.dwMask & PFM_NUMBERING) && !info->pntext)
+                    info->fmt.wNumbering = 0;
+
+                if (info->pntext && info->pntext->nLen &&
+                    info->pntext->szData[info->pntext->nLen - 1] == '\t')
+                {
+                    info->pntext->szData[--info->pntext->nLen] = 0;
+                    if ((info->fmt.dwMask & PFM_NUMBERINGTAB) &&
+                        info->fmt.wNumberingTab == 0)
+                        info->fmt.wNumberingTab = lDefaultTab;
+                }
+
                 editor_set_selection_para_fmt( info->editor, &info->fmt );
+                para = info->editor->pCursors[0].para;
                 memset(&info->fmt, 0, sizeof(info->fmt));
                 info->fmt.cbSize = sizeof(info->fmt);
 		RTFPutUnicodeChar (info, '\r');
 		if (info->editor->bEmulateVersion10) RTFPutUnicodeChar (info, '\n');
+
+                if (info->pntext)
+                {
+                    if (info->pntext->nLen && para->fmt.wNumbering)
+                    {
+                        para_num_clear( &para->para_num );
+                        para->para_num.text = info->pntext;
+                        info->pntext = NULL;
+                        para_mark_rewrap( info->editor, para );
+                    }
+                    ME_DestroyString( info->pntext );
+                    info->pntext = NULL;
+                }
 		break;
+        }
 	case rtfNoBrkSpace:
 		RTFPutUnicodeChar (info, 0x00A0);
 		break;
diff --git a/dll/win32/riched20/rtf.h b/dll/win32/riched20/rtf.h
index f2d446ac5d3..69deb28ea0c 100644
--- a/dll/win32/riched20/rtf.h
+++ b/dll/win32/riched20/rtf.h
@@ -1175,6 +1175,7 @@ struct _RTF_Info {
     int borderType; /* value corresponds to the RTFBorder constants. */
 
     PARAFORMAT2 fmt; /* Accumulated para fmt for current paragraph. */
+    ME_String *pntext; /* Explicit paragraph number text from \pntext destination. */
 };