diff --git a/PROMS/Volian.Print.Library/PDFReport.cs b/PROMS/Volian.Print.Library/PDFReport.cs
index 9d73f32b..08db4313 100644
--- a/PROMS/Volian.Print.Library/PDFReport.cs
+++ b/PROMS/Volian.Print.Library/PDFReport.cs
@@ -949,9 +949,16 @@ namespace Volian.Print.Library
 
 						string hlsTab = stpinfo.MyTab.CleanTextNoSymbols; //StepInfo.Get(pitem.ItemID).MyTab.CleanTextNoSymbols;
 						string typeName = stpinfo.FormatStepData.StepEditData.TypeMenu.MenuItem;//stpinfo.FormatStepData.GetPDDisplayName(); //.ToString();
+						// C2020-043: don't remove delimiters on tabs if this step's tab has the parent tab included.
+						bool hasParent = false;
+						if (IncludesParentToHLS(stpinfo) && !hlsTab.Contains("\u25CF"))
+						{
+							hlsTab = hlsTab.Trim(" ".ToCharArray()).TrimEnd(".".ToCharArray());
+							hasParent = true;
+						}
 						if (hlsTab == null || hlsTab == "")
 							hlsTab = "{" + typeName + " " + pitem.Ordinal.ToString() + "}.";
-						else if (!sret.StartsWith(hlsTab.Trim(" ".ToCharArray())))
+						else if (!hasParent && !sret.StartsWith(hlsTab.Trim(" ".ToCharArray())))
 						{
 							foreach (string rmvDelim in DelimList) hlsTab = hlsTab.Replace(rmvDelim, "");
 							hlsTab = hlsTab.Trim(" ".ToCharArray());