diff --git a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/TransitionExt.cs b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/TransitionExt.cs
index 903b3630..7c7d727a 100644
--- a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/TransitionExt.cs
+++ b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/TransitionExt.cs
@@ -551,9 +551,28 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 				case 2:  // step
 					
 					ItemInfo pitem = item;
+					bool hasDelim = item.ActiveFormat.PlantFormat.FormatData.TransData.StepSubstepDelimeter != null;
+					List<string> DelimList = null;
+					if (!hasDelim)
+					{
+						DelimList = new List<string>();
+						SeqTabFmtList seqtabs = item.ActiveFormat.PlantFormat.FormatData.SectData.StepSectionData.SeqTabFmtList;
+						foreach (SeqTabFmt seqtab in seqtabs)
+						{
+							string delim = seqtab.PrintTabFormat.Replace("{seq}", "");
+							DelimList.Add(delim.Trim());
+						}
+					}
+
 					while (!pitem.IsHigh)
 					{
 						string thisTab = StepInfo.Get(pitem.ItemID).MyTab.CleanText;
+						// remove delimiters of '.' and ')' in tab.
+						if (!hasDelim)
+						{
+							// get list of delimiters to remove from the format:
+							foreach (string rmvDelim in DelimList) thisTab = thisTab.Replace(rmvDelim, "");
+						}
 						if (pitem.IsRNOPart)
 						{
 							if (thisTab == null || thisTab == "")
@@ -569,7 +588,7 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 							if (thisTab != null && thisTab != "")
 							{
 								thisTab =   thisTab.Trim(" ".ToCharArray());
-								if (!thisTab.EndsWith(".") && !thisTab.EndsWith(")")) thisTab = thisTab + ".";
+								if (hasDelim && !thisTab.EndsWith(".") && !thisTab.EndsWith(")")) thisTab = thisTab + ".";
 							}
 							sret = thisTab + sret;
 						}
@@ -580,8 +599,10 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 					if (pitem.IsHigh)
 					{
 						string hlsTab = StepInfo.Get(pitem.ItemID).MyTab.CleanText;
+						if (!hasDelim)
+							foreach (string rmvDelim in DelimList) hlsTab = hlsTab.Replace(rmvDelim, "");
 						hlsTab = hlsTab.Trim(" ".ToCharArray());
-						if (!hlsTab.EndsWith(".") && !hlsTab.EndsWith(")")) hlsTab = hlsTab + ".";
+						if (hasDelim && !hlsTab.EndsWith(".") && !hlsTab.EndsWith(")")) hlsTab = hlsTab + ".";
 						sret = hlsTab + sret;
 					}
 					break;