diff --git a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/DocumentExt.cs b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/DocumentExt.cs
index 6ad33e4f..0f56c814 100644
--- a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/DocumentExt.cs
+++ b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/DocumentExt.cs
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 			fs.Close();
 			pdfFile.Delete();
 			Pdf.DeleteAll(doc.DocID); // clear the PDF table for DocID first
-			DocStyle myDocStyle = myItemInfo.MyActiveSection.MyDocStyle;
+			DocStyle myDocStyle = myItemInfo.ActiveSection.MyDocStyle;
 			using (Pdf myPdf = Pdf.MakePdf(doc, MSWordToPDF.DebugStatus, (int) myDocStyle.Layout.TopRow, (int) myDocStyle.Layout.PageLength,
 				(int) myDocStyle.Layout.LeftMargin, (int) myDocStyle.Layout.PageWidth, (double)myItemInfo.MSWordPageCount, buf)) { ;}
 			doc.UpdateDRoUsages(roids);
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 			pdfFile.Delete();
 			using (Document doc = docInfo.Get())
 			{
-				DocStyle myDocStyle = sect.MyActiveSection.MyDocStyle;
+				DocStyle myDocStyle = sect.ActiveSection.MyDocStyle;
 				using (Pdf myPdf = Pdf.MakePdf(doc, MSWordToPDF.DebugStatus, (int)myDocStyle.Layout.TopRow, (int)myDocStyle.Layout.PageLength,
 					(int)myDocStyle.Layout.LeftMargin, (int)myDocStyle.Layout.PageWidth, (double)sect.MSWordPageCount, buf)) { ;}
 				doc.UpdateDRoUsages(roids);
diff --git a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/ItemExt.cs b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/ItemExt.cs
index 1c5482b9..92490ed6 100644
--- a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/ItemExt.cs
+++ b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/ItemExt.cs
@@ -1752,7 +1752,10 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 			}
 		}
 		private ItemInfo  _ActiveSection = null;
-		public ItemInfo MyActiveSection { get { return ActiveSection; } }
+		/// <summary>
+		/// MyActiveSection is used to determine if _ActiveSection is null or not.
+		/// </summary>
+		public ItemInfo MyActiveSection { get { return _ActiveSection; } }
 		public ItemInfo ActiveSection
 		{
 			get
@@ -1993,7 +1996,7 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 			if (IsCaution || IsNote) tbformat = CheckNoteCautionTab(tbformat);
 
 			int ordinal = Ordinal;
-			if (!IsSection && !IsProcedure) tbformat = tbformat.Replace("{Section Prefix}", this.MyActiveSection.MyTab.CleanText);
+			if (!IsSection && !IsProcedure) tbformat = tbformat.Replace("{Section Prefix}", this.ActiveSection.MyTab.CleanText);
 			string alpha = AlphabeticalNumbering(ordinal);
 			tbformat = tbformat.Replace("{alpha}", alpha.ToLower());
 			tbformat = tbformat.Replace("{alphaWpar}", alpha.ToLower());