diff --git a/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/frmSectionProperties.cs b/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/frmSectionProperties.cs
index e8921eac..0372bc44 100644
--- a/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/frmSectionProperties.cs	
+++ b/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/frmSectionProperties.cs	
@@ -933,7 +933,9 @@ namespace VEPROMS
 			ppLblDefSettingsInfo.Visible = ppCbShwDefSettings.Checked;
 			ppLblFormatDefault.Visible = ppCbShwDefSettings.Checked && ppBtnDefaultFmt.Visible;
 			ppLblDefaultNumColumns.Visible = _isStepSection && ppCbShwDefSettings.Checked && ppBtnDefaultNumColumns.Visible;
+			ppBtnDefaultNumColumns.Visible = _isStepSection && ppBtnDefaultNumColumns.Visible;  // bug fix B2016-241 something was sometimes setting this to true for Word sections
 			ppLblDefPaginationStyle.Visible = _isStepSection && ppCbShwDefSettings.Checked && ppBtnDefaultPaginationStyle.Visible;
+			ppBtnDefaultPaginationStyle.Visible = _isStepSection && ppBtnDefaultPaginationStyle.Visible; // bug fix B2016-241 insurence based on DefaultNumColumns sometimes set to true
 			//ppLblDefaultPrintSize.Visible = !_isStepSection && ppCbShwDefSettings.Checked && ppBtnDefaultPrintSize.Visible;
 
 		}