diff --git a/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/frmEPAnnotationDetails.cs b/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/frmEPAnnotationDetails.cs
index 13077a6f..a641fd1c 100644
--- a/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/frmEPAnnotationDetails.cs
+++ b/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/frmEPAnnotationDetails.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 		private AnnotationConfig MyConfig;
 
 		private StepTabRibbon _MyStepTabRibbon;
-		private Dictionary<string, StepRTB> _DicStepRtb;
+		private Dictionary<string, TextBox> _DicTB;
 		private Dictionary<string, CheckBox> _DicCheckBox;
 		private Dictionary<string, ComboBox> _DicComboBox;
 		private Dictionary<string, ComboBox> _DicSingleRO;
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 		public frmEPAnnotationDetails(AnnotationInfo currAnn)
 		{
 			InitializeComponent();
-			_DicStepRtb = new Dictionary<string, StepRTB>();
+			_DicTB = new Dictionary<string, TextBox>();
 			_DicCheckBox = new Dictionary<string, CheckBox>();
 			_DicComboBox = new Dictionary<string, ComboBox>();
 			_DicSingleRO = new Dictionary<string, ComboBox>();
@@ -72,28 +72,20 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 
 				if (EP.type.ToLower() == "text")
 				{
-					StepRTB tb = new StepRTB();
-					tb.Font = tb.FormatFont = new Font("Arial", 8);
-					tb.FieldToEdit = E_FieldToEdit.PSI; //use same right click menu as PSI
+					TextBox tb = new TextBox();
+					tb.Font = tb.Font = new Font("Arial", 8);
 					tb.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.FixedSingle;
 					//aligning to both left and right stretches the textbox to the width of the form
 					tb.Anchor = AnchorStyles.Left | AnchorStyles.Right | AnchorStyles.Top;
-					tb.Enter += new System.EventHandler(this.FieldStepRTB_Enter);
-
-					string val = MyConfig.GetValue("EP", EP.name).Replace("\\u8209?", "-");
-					DisplayText dt = new DisplayText(val, new VE_Font("Arial", 10, E_Style.None, 12), false);
-					StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-					sb.Append(@"{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset2 Arial;}");
-					sb.Append(@"{\f1\fnil\fcharset0 Arial;}}{\colortbl ;\red255\green0\blue0;}"); //C2017-036 changed to just Arial because Microsoft removed Arial Unicode MS with Word16
-					sb.Append(@"\viewkind4\uc1\pard\sl-240\slmult0\fs" + (int)(this.Font.SizeInPoints * 2) + " " + dt.StartText + @"}");
-					tb.Rtf = sb.ToString();
+					string val = MyConfig.GetValue("EP", EP.name).Replace("\\u8209?", "-").Replace(@"\u9586?", @"\");
+					tb.Text = val;
 					tb.Visible = true;
 					tb.Height = EP.numlines * tb.Font.Height + 1 + tb.Margin.Vertical;
 					tb.MinimumSize = new Size(0, EP.numlines * tb.Font.Height + 1 + tb.Margin.Vertical);
 					if (EP.numlines > 1)
 					{
 						tb.Multiline = true;
-						tb.ScrollBars = RichTextBoxScrollBars.Both;
+						tb.ScrollBars = ScrollBars.Both;
 						panelEP.RowStyles.Insert(panelEP.RowCount - 1, new RowStyle(SizeType.Absolute, 50));
 					}
 					else
@@ -101,7 +93,7 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 						panelEP.RowStyles.Insert(panelEP.RowCount - 1, new RowStyle(SizeType.AutoSize));
 					}
 
-					_DicStepRtb.Add(EP.name, tb);
+					_DicTB.Add(EP.name, tb);
 					panelEP.Controls.Add(tb, 1, panelEP.RowCount - 1);
 				}
 				else
@@ -226,9 +218,8 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 			{
 				if (EP.type.ToLower() == "text")
 				{
-					StepRTB cur = _DicStepRtb[EP.name];
-					string rtf = cur.Rtf;
-					string newval = DisplayText.StaticStripRtfCommands(rtf, false);
+					TextBox cur = _DicTB[EP.name];
+					string newval = cur.Text;
 					string oldval = MyConfig.GetValue("EP", EP.name);
 					if (oldval != newval) 
 					{
@@ -318,11 +309,6 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 		//remove events so no memory loss
 		private void frmEPAnnotationDetails_FormClosing(object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e)
         {
-			foreach (StepRTB tb in _DicStepRtb.Values)
-			{
-				tb.Enter -= FieldStepRTB_Enter;
-			}
-
 			foreach (ListBoxMulti lb in _DicMultiRO.Values)
 			{
 				lb.Dispose();