Change a site column type from “Enhanced Rich Text” to “Rich Text”, will corrupt the data . even if we do not already have images and tables

Question

I have an issue tracking list , and I chose to have the Description field as “Enhanced Rich Text” field, then I added a test content using text and bullets only. Then we decide to not allow users to insert images or tables inside the field, so I simple went to the list setting and the changed the column type at list level to be “Rich Text” instead of “Enhanced Rich Text”, as follow:-

But after doing so, I get the description field showing “View Entries” instead of showing the old text..,, as follow:-

So can anyone advice what is causing this problem and how I can overcome it,,, or at-least to return the old data as it was?. and as I said although we use to have “Enhanced Rich Text” field but we only added text and bullets,, so I though it is safe to changed it to “Rich Text”or at-least I though the images will be removed,, but what is the status now ,, and what does “Show Entries ” means , and even if I return the type back as “Enhanced Rich Text”, will not solve the problem?

Can anyone advice on this please?

Answer 1

Its showing "View Entries" because you have "Append Changes to Text" turned on. Because of this for any update that is made to an item a new version is getting created.