diff --git a/PROMS/LBWordLibrary/LBComObject.cs b/PROMS/LBWordLibrary/LBComObject.cs
index 25cb6442..a8a585a3 100644
--- a/PROMS/LBWordLibrary/LBComObject.cs
+++ b/PROMS/LBWordLibrary/LBComObject.cs
@@ -339,7 +339,9 @@ namespace LBWordLibrary
 		}
 		public void ExportAsFixedFormat(string OutputFileName, LBWdExportFormat ExportFormat)
 		{
-			InvokeMethod("ExportAsFixedFormat", OutputFileName, ExportFormat, Missing.Value, Missing.Value, Missing.Value, Missing.Value, Missing.Value, Missing.Value, Missing.Value, Missing.Value, Missing.Value, Missing.Value, Missing.Value, true, Missing.Value);// Embed Fonts into PDF
+			// iso 19005-1 compliant (PDF/A) should be set to false. setting it to true causes the background
+			// for x/y plots to be set to black rather than transparent.  (2nd to last parameter (field is: UseISO19005_1) in next line)
+			InvokeMethod("ExportAsFixedFormat", OutputFileName, ExportFormat, Missing.Value, Missing.Value, Missing.Value, Missing.Value, Missing.Value, Missing.Value, Missing.Value, Missing.Value, Missing.Value, Missing.Value, Missing.Value, false, Missing.Value);
 		}
 		public void ExportAsFixedFormat(string OutputFileName, LBWdExportFormat ExportFormat, Boolean OpenAfterExport, LBWdExportOptimizeFor OptimizeFor, LBWdExportRange Range, int From, int To, LBWdExportItem Item, Boolean IncludeDocProps, Boolean KeepIRM, LBWdExportCreateBookmarks CreateBookmarks, Boolean DocStructureTags, Boolean BitmapMissingFonts, Boolean UseISO19005_1, object FixedFormatExtClassPtr)
 		{