diff --git a/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/DisplayText.cs b/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/DisplayText.cs
index 7b5aac39..f7f1b6ca 100644
--- a/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/DisplayText.cs
+++ b/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/DisplayText.cs
@@ -133,8 +133,12 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 			bool ROsShouldBeAdjusted = wordsShouldBeReplaced; // same logical value
 			if (epMode == E_EditPrintMode.Print && _MyItemInfo.IsStep)
 			{
+				// Add 3 spaces before if there is prefix so that wrapping in RTB accounts for vertical lines
+				// (the three spaces after the first "\par " command).  Note that tried adding a single
+				// space at beginning and a single space at end, this wasn't enough, and when added two
+				// spaces at beginning and end, there was an extra line after hls text.
 				if (_MyItemInfo.FormatStepData.Prefix != null && _MyItemInfo.FormatStepData.Prefix != "")
-					text = ReplaceLinesWithUnicode(_MyItemInfo.FormatStepData.Prefix) + @"\par " + text + @"\par ";
+					text = ReplaceLinesWithUnicode(_MyItemInfo.FormatStepData.Prefix) + @"\par    " + text + @"\par ";
 				if (_MyItemInfo.FormatStepData.Suffix != null && _MyItemInfo.FormatStepData.Suffix != "")
 					text = text + ReplaceLinesWithUnicode(_MyItemInfo.FormatStepData.Suffix);
 			}
@@ -156,6 +160,7 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 			text = text.Replace("\x253c", @"\u9532?");	// Plus
 			return text;
 		}
+
 		public DisplayText(string text, VE_Font vFont, bool colorLinks)
 		{
 			TextFont = vFont;
@@ -400,7 +405,10 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 						string newvalue = g.ToString();
 						int indexLastSpace = newvalue.LastIndexOf(' ');
 						if (indexLastSpace >= 0)
-							retstr = beforeTran + newvalue.Substring(0, indexLastSpace) + @"\u160?" + newvalue.Substring(indexLastSpace + 1) + afterTran;
+							// Use a "\x1" as a token to replace later.  Insert the unicode char, whose length is
+							// more than 1 character was throwing of the regexp Matches index, so that the resulting
+							// string may have been incorrect.
+							retstr = beforeTran + newvalue.Substring(0, indexLastSpace) + "\x1" + newvalue.Substring(indexLastSpace + 1) + afterTran;
 						else
 							if (beforeTran.EndsWith(" ") )
 								retstr = ReplaceLastSpaceWithHardSpace(beforeTran) + newvalue + afterTran;
@@ -409,7 +417,7 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 					}
 				}
 			}
-			return retstr;
+			return retstr.Replace("\x1", @"\u160?");
 		}
 		private string ReplaceLastSpaceWithHardSpace(string str)
 		{
@@ -424,7 +432,11 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 			// If the previous character is a comma or a space then don't add a Hard Space 
 			if (ind > 1 && (str[ind - 2] == ',' || str[ind - 2] == ' ')) return str;
 			if (ind <= 0) return str;
-			return str.Substring(0,ind - 1) + @"\u160?" + str.Substring(ind);
+
+			// replace with a 'token' "\x1" instead of a hardspace unicode char.  When using a hardspace unicode
+			// char the string length/contents was thrown off so that the calling method's processing was off
+			// in terms of regexp matches in string.
+			return str.Substring(0, ind - 1) + "\x1" + str.Substring(ind);
 		}
 		private bool StepTransition(int TransId)
 		{