diff --git a/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/frmVEPROMS.cs b/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/frmVEPROMS.cs
index e46cafb1..e153e7fa 100644
--- a/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/frmVEPROMS.cs	
+++ b/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/frmVEPROMS.cs	
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ namespace VEPROMS
 		}
 		private void tv_SectionShouldClose(object sender, vlnTreeSectionInfoEventArgs args)
 		{
-			if (!args.MySectionInfo.IsStepSection) tc.CloseWordItem(args.MySectionInfo);
+			if (!args.MySectionInfo.IsStepSection) tc.CloseWordItem(args.MySectionInfo,args.IsDeleting);
 		}
 		private void tv_WordSectionDeleted(object sender, WordSectionEventArgs args)
 		{
diff --git a/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/DSOTabPanel.cs b/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/DSOTabPanel.cs
index d377cfae..63d8f321 100644
--- a/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/DSOTabPanel.cs
+++ b/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/DSOTabPanel.cs
@@ -434,6 +434,12 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 			}
 			return true;
 		}
+		private bool _IsBeingDeleted = false;
+		public bool IsBeingDeleted
+		{
+			get { return _IsBeingDeleted; }
+			set { _IsBeingDeleted = value; }
+		}
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Cleans-up the DSO Framer window
 		/// </summary>
@@ -455,7 +461,8 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 			{
 				if (_MyDSOFramer != null)
 				{
-					SaveDirty();
+					if(!IsBeingDeleted)
+						SaveDirty();
 					_MyDSOFramer.Close();
 					Controls.Remove(_MyDSOFramer);
 					components.Remove(_MyDSOFramer);
diff --git a/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/DisplayTabControl.cs b/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/DisplayTabControl.cs
index 8c41c077..bae8886d 100644
--- a/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/DisplayTabControl.cs
+++ b/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/DisplayTabControl.cs
@@ -404,6 +404,10 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 			}
 		}
 		public void CloseWordItem(ItemInfo myItemInfo)
+		{
+			CloseWordItem(myItemInfo, false);
+		}
+		public void CloseWordItem(ItemInfo myItemInfo, bool isBeingDeleted)
 		{
 			CleanUpClosedItems();
 			string key = "Doc - " + myItemInfo.MyContent.MyEntry.MyDocument.DocID.ToString();
@@ -413,6 +417,7 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 				myTabItem = _MyDisplayTabItems[key];
 				if (myTabItem.MyDSOTabPanel != null)
 				{
+					myTabItem.MyDSOTabPanel.IsBeingDeleted = isBeingDeleted;
 					CloseTabItem(myTabItem);
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/vlnTreeView.cs b/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/vlnTreeView.cs
index 1f3d7d46..11709497 100644
--- a/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/vlnTreeView.cs
+++ b/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/vlnTreeView.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 	public delegate void WordSectionDeletedEvent(object sender, WordSectionEventArgs args);
 	public partial class vlnTreeSectionInfoEventArgs
 	{
+		private bool _IsDeleting = false;
+		public bool IsDeleting
+		{
+			get { return _IsDeleting; }
+			set { _IsDeleting = value; }
+		}
 		private SectionInfo _MySectionInfo;
 		public SectionInfo MySectionInfo
 		{
@@ -37,6 +43,11 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 		{
 			_MySectionInfo = mySectionInfo;
 		}
+		public vlnTreeSectionInfoEventArgs(SectionInfo mySectionInfo,bool isDeleting)
+		{
+			_MySectionInfo = mySectionInfo;
+			_IsDeleting = isDeleting;
+		}
 	}
 	public partial class vlnTreeEventArgs
 	{
@@ -1064,7 +1075,7 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 				}
 				else if (_LastSectionInfo != null)
 				{
-					OnSectionShouldClose(this, new vlnTreeSectionInfoEventArgs(_LastSectionInfo));
+					OnSectionShouldClose(this, new vlnTreeSectionInfoEventArgs(_LastSectionInfo,true));
 					// always return false because an event gets fired to delete tree nodes.
 					if (!DeleteItemInfoAndChildren(_LastSectionInfo))
 					{