New version copied from & & & &

What causes this issue?

You want to create a new version of an existing document. The following
situations trigger this message:
Automatic version assignment has been defined for the selected document
type via settings in Customizing.
You have entered the special character "<LB>*</> at the beginning of
the field <LS>Document version</>. In this case, the version number is
assigned internally by the system, even if the settings in Customizing
are not defined so as to support automatic version assignment.

How to fix this error?

Confirm the message. The system creates a new version of the existing
version with the highest number, &V1& &V2& &V3& &V4&.
The document data of the reference version is copied as default values,
except for the document status.

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