diff --git a/PROMS/Volian.Print.Library/PromsPrinter.cs b/PROMS/Volian.Print.Library/PromsPrinter.cs
index bc638180..cd6fbf0e 100644
--- a/PROMS/Volian.Print.Library/PromsPrinter.cs
+++ b/PROMS/Volian.Print.Library/PromsPrinter.cs
@@ -1015,9 +1015,18 @@ namespace Volian.Print.Library
 				float pdfSize = 0;
 				using (PdfInfo myPdf = PdfInfo.Get(mySection,false))
 				{
-					sectPageCount = (int)(Math.Ceiling(myPdf.PageCount));
-					locEndOfWordDoc = (float)(myPdf.PageCount - (sectPageCount - 1)) * 100;
-					pdfSize = (float)myPdf.PageCount;
+					if (myPdf == null) // B2017-218 Handle invalid word sections
+					{
+						cb.SetFontAndSize(BaseFont.CreateFont(BaseFont.HELVETICA, BaseFont.WINANSI, BaseFont.EMBEDDED), 20);
+						cb.SetTextMatrix(cb.PdfDocument.Left+200,cb.PdfDocument.Bottom+cb.PdfDocument.Top / 2);
+						cb.ShowText("Word Section Invalid");
+					}
+					else
+					{
+						sectPageCount = (int)(Math.Ceiling(myPdf.PageCount));
+						locEndOfWordDoc = (float)(myPdf.PageCount - (sectPageCount - 1)) * 100;
+						pdfSize = (float)myPdf.PageCount;
+					}
 				}
 				string tocKey = string.Format("TOC{0}", mySection.ItemID);
 				if (_MyHelper.MyTOCPageCounts.ContainsKey(tocKey))
@@ -2288,6 +2297,12 @@ namespace Volian.Print.Library
 					{
 						try
 						{
+							FileInfo fi = new FileInfo(MyPdfFile);
+							if (fi.Length == 0) // B2017-218 Handle invalid word sections
+							{
+								MessageBox.Show(si.DisplayNumber + " " + si.DisplayText + " is not valid", "Invalid Word Section", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation);
+								return;
+							}
 							MyReader = MyPdfFile != null ? new PdfReader(MyPdfFile) : null;
 							string key = string.Empty;
 							for (int i = 1; i <= MyReader.NumberOfPages; i++)