diff --git a/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/frmVEPROMS.cs b/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/frmVEPROMS.cs
index 8fcf2c69..b5a1a1d6 100644
--- a/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/frmVEPROMS.cs	
+++ b/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/frmVEPROMS.cs	
@@ -1039,6 +1039,8 @@ namespace VEPROMS
 				ui = UserInfo.Get(u.UID);
 			}
 			ctrlAnnotationDetails.MyUserInfo = ui;
+			DisplayRO.MyUserInfo = ui; // set the user's security information in the properties RO panel
+			StepTabRibbon.MyUserInfo = ui; // set the user's security information in the ribbon
 			bool isVisible = ui.IsAdministrator();
 			btnManageSecurity.Visible = isVisible;
 			btnUpdateFormats.Visible = isVisible;
diff --git a/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/DisplayRO.cs b/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/DisplayRO.cs
index bd8121e1..c8cd8585 100644
--- a/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/DisplayRO.cs
+++ b/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/DisplayRO.cs
@@ -186,6 +186,14 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 		//   }
 		//}
 
+		private static UserInfo _MyUserInfo = null;
+
+		public static UserInfo MyUserInfo
+		{
+			get { return _MyUserInfo; }
+			set { _MyUserInfo = value; }
+		}
+
 		#endregion
 		#region Constructors
 		public DisplayRO()
@@ -224,7 +232,7 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 					childroid = childroid.Substring(0, 16);
 					btnSaveRO.Enabled = ((_SavCurROLink == null) || !(childroid.Equals(SavROLink.ROID.ToLower())));
 					btnCancelRO.Enabled = ((_SavCurROLink != null) && childroid != SavROLink.ROID.ToLower());
-					btnGoToRO.Enabled = true;
+					btnGoToRO.Enabled = CanEditROs(); // Writers and Reviewers cannot edit ROs (run the RO Editor)
 					switch (chld.type)
 					{
 						case 1: // standard (regular) text RO type
@@ -843,10 +851,18 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 
 		#endregion // utils
 
+		private bool CanEditROs()
+		{
+			// Test to see if the user is allowed to run the RO Edior
+			// writers and reviewers are not allowed to run the RO Editor
+			return MyUserInfo.IsAdministrator() || MyUserInfo.IsSetAdministrator(Mydvi) || MyUserInfo.IsROEditor(Mydvi);
+		}
+
 		private string _SelectedRoidBeforeRoEditor = null;
 		private void lbROId_DoubleClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
 		{
 			if (tvROFST.SelectedNode == null) return;
+			if (!CanEditROs()) return; // do not allow writers and reviews to run the RO Editor
 			if (VlnSettings.ReleaseMode.Equals("DEMO"))
 			{
 				MessageBox.Show("Referenced Object Editor not available in the Demo version.", "PROMS Demo Version");
diff --git a/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/StepTabRibbon.cs b/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/StepTabRibbon.cs
index a93b4696..efa6f6ce 100644
--- a/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/StepTabRibbon.cs
+++ b/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/StepTabRibbon.cs
@@ -101,6 +101,14 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 				return null; 
 			} 
 		}
+		private static UserInfo _MyUserInfo = null;
+
+		public static UserInfo MyUserInfo
+		{
+			get { return _MyUserInfo; }
+			set { _MyUserInfo = value; }
+		}
+
 		private DevComponents.DotNetBar.ButtonItem _DefaultContextMenu;
 
 		public void ClearContextMenu()
@@ -659,17 +667,24 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 				btnCMEditRO.Enabled = false;
 			}
 		}
+		private bool CanEditROs()
+		{
+			// Test to see if the user is allowed to run the RO Edior
+			// writers and reviewers are not allowed to run the RO Editor
+			return MyUserInfo.IsAdministrator() || MyUserInfo.IsSetAdministrator(MyDVI) || MyUserInfo.IsROEditor(MyDVI);
+		}
 		private void SetupGoToButton()
 		{
 			if (MyEditItem is GridItem && (MyEditItem as GridItem).MyFlexGrid.IsRoTable)
-				btnCMGoTo.Enabled = btnGoTo.Enabled = true;
+				btnCMGoTo.Enabled = btnGoTo.Enabled = CanEditROs();//Don't allow Writers and Reviews run the RO Editor
 			else
 			{
 				if (_MyStepRTB == null) return;
 				if (_MyStepRTB.IsSelectionLinked(_MyStepRTB.SelectionStart, _MyStepRTB.SelectionLength))
 				{
 					// if selected text = ?, i.e. a missing/undefined destination, don't allow go to
-					btnCMGoTo.Enabled = btnGoTo.Enabled = !_MyStepRTB.SelectedText.StartsWith("?");
+					// if the selected link is an RO then check to see if the user is allowed to run the RO Editor (writers and reviewers cannot run the RO Editor)
+					btnCMGoTo.Enabled = btnGoTo.Enabled = !_MyStepRTB.SelectedText.StartsWith("?") && (_MyStepRTB.SelectedText.Contains("Transition") || (_MyStepRTB.SelectedText.Contains("ReferencedObject") && CanEditROs()));
 				}
 				else
 					btnCMGoTo.Enabled = btnGoTo.Enabled = false;