diff --git a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/DocumentExt.cs b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/DocumentExt.cs
index 16ee919f..ce768df8 100644
--- a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/DocumentExt.cs
+++ b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/DocumentExt.cs
@@ -723,7 +723,11 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 						try
 						{
 							val = val.Replace("`", "\xB0");
-							sel.Text = "";
+							//sel.Text = "";
+							// An X/Y Plot RO type might have text preceding the Plot Commands
+							int pstart = val.IndexOf("<<G"); //  find the starting Plot Command
+							sel.Text = val.Substring(0, pstart); // replace the RO token with what's in front of the X/Y Plot
+							val = val.Substring(pstart); // set val to the start of the plot commands
 							//float width = 72 * Int32.Parse(vals[3], System.Globalization.NumberStyles.AllowHexSpecifier) / 12.0F;
 							//float height = 72 * lines / 6.0F;
 							string pngFile = VlnSettings.TemporaryFolder + @"\XYPlot1.png"; //@"C:\Temp\XYPlot1.png";
@@ -732,6 +736,14 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 							float x = (float)sel.get_Information(LBWdInformation.wdHorizontalPositionRelativeToPage);
 
 							float y = (float)sel.get_Information(LBWdInformation.wdVerticalPositionRelativeToPage);
+							// if there is regular text before the plot, then count the number of lines
+							// and adjust the y position accordingly
+							int idx = sel.Text.IndexOf("\r");
+							while ((idx>0) && (idx < sel.Text.Length+1))
+							{
+								idx = sel.Text.IndexOf("\r", idx + 1);
+								y += (float)sel.ParagraphFormat.LineSpacing; // get_Information(LBWdLineSpacing.wdLineSpaceSingle);
+							}
 							//LBInlineShape shape = sel.InlineShapes.AddPicture(pngFile);
 							LBRange myRange = sel.Paragraphs.First.Range;
 							float yTop = (float)myRange.get_Information(LBWdInformation.wdVerticalPositionRelativeToPage);
diff --git a/PROMS/XYPlots/XYPlots.cs b/PROMS/XYPlots/XYPlots.cs
index fc6b417b..1c6537f2 100644
--- a/PROMS/XYPlots/XYPlots.cs
+++ b/PROMS/XYPlots/XYPlots.cs
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ namespace XYPlots
 		private int addpower(int i)
 		{
 			int tlen;
-			powerstring = string.Format("x10{0}{1}{2}", SuperScript[1], i.ToString(), SuperScript[2]);
+			powerstring = string.Format("x10{0}{1}{2}", SuperScript[0], i.ToString(), SuperScript[1]);
 			valuestring = valuestring + powerstring;
 			tlen = SuperScript[0].Length + SuperScript[1].Length;
 			return (powerstring.Length - tlen);