diff --git a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Format/PlantFormat.cs b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Format/PlantFormat.cs
index cadd0b41..d5e7627e 100644
--- a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Format/PlantFormat.cs
+++ b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Format/PlantFormat.cs
@@ -1311,6 +1311,14 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 				return LazyLoad(ref _Macro, "@Macro");
 			}
 		}
+		private LazyLoad<bool> _NotOnEmpty;
+		public bool NotOnEmpty
+		{
+			get
+			{
+				return LazyLoad(ref _NotOnEmpty, "@NotOnEmpty");
+			}
+		}
 		public override string GetPDDisplayName()
 		{ return string.Format("[{0}]",Index); }
 		public override string GetPDDescription()
@@ -4704,6 +4712,7 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 				return LazyLoad(ref _NotInRNO, "@NotInRNO");
 			}
 		}
+		
 		private bool? _Inherited;
 		public bool Inherited
 		{
diff --git a/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/DisplayTags.cs b/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/DisplayTags.cs
index 1490991a..1d859b10 100644
--- a/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/DisplayTags.cs
+++ b/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/DisplayTags.cs
@@ -156,7 +156,11 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 				cmbCheckoff.Enabled = false;					// Checkoffs already assigned to RNO.
 			if (StepOverRide()) cmbCheckoff.Enabled = false;	// Checkoffs already assigned to AER
 
-			if (fmtdata.ProcData.CheckOffData.CheckOffList == null || fmtdata.ProcData.CheckOffData.CheckOffList.Count == 0)
+			// if there are no checkoffs OR
+			// if this is a sign-off, the checkoff list is not enabled either (matches 16bit functionality) At some point, we
+			// may want to allow them to turn off the checkoff
+			if ((fmtdata.ProcData.CheckOffData.CheckOffList == null || fmtdata.ProcData.CheckOffData.CheckOffList.Count == 0) ||
+				fmtdata.ProcData.CheckOffData.Menu=="Signoff")
 				cmbCheckoff.Enabled = false;
 			
 			if (sc == null)		// if there is no config data, Page Break and CAS check boxes are false
diff --git a/PROMS/Volian.Print.Library/vlnParagraph.cs b/PROMS/Volian.Print.Library/vlnParagraph.cs
index 7830e168..81c07d28 100644
--- a/PROMS/Volian.Print.Library/vlnParagraph.cs
+++ b/PROMS/Volian.Print.Library/vlnParagraph.cs
@@ -1373,27 +1373,32 @@ namespace Volian.Print.Library
 			CheckOff co = itemInfo.GetCheckOffStep();
 			if (co != null)
 			{
-				float xloc_co = (float)itemInfo.MyDocStyle.Layout.LeftMargin;
-				// if the format has 'SkipSpaces', look at the tab, and back up the macros to the number of 
-				// spaces in the tab.
-				if (formatInfo.PlantFormat.FormatData.ProcData.CheckOffData.SkipSpaces)
+				// if this item's content is empty, and the flag is set to 'notonempty', don't print out the
+				// checkoff - this was added for shearon harris:
+				if (!(co.NotOnEmpty && itemInfo.MyContent.Text.Replace(@"\u160?"," ").TrimEnd() == ""))
 				{
-					if (mytab != null)
-						xloc_co = mytab.XOffset;
-					else
-						xloc_co = XOffset;   //there's no tab - put checkoff at step's xoff.  Macro should back up from step's x.
-				}
-				else
-				{
-					if (formatInfo.PlantFormat.FormatData.ProcData.CheckOffData.XLocation != null)
-						xloc_co += (float)formatInfo.PlantFormat.FormatData.ProcData.CheckOffData.XLocation;
-					if (formatInfo.PlantFormat.FormatData.ProcData.CheckOffData.RelXLocation != null)
+					float xloc_co = (float)itemInfo.MyDocStyle.Layout.LeftMargin;
+					// if the format has 'SkipSpaces', look at the tab, and back up the macros to the number of 
+					// spaces in the tab.
+					if (formatInfo.PlantFormat.FormatData.ProcData.CheckOffData.SkipSpaces)
 					{
-						float relX = (float)formatInfo.PlantFormat.FormatData.ProcData.CheckOffData.RelXLocation;
-						xloc_co = XOffset + (relX > 0 ? Width : 0) + relX;
+						if (mytab != null)
+							xloc_co = mytab.XOffset;
+						else
+							xloc_co = XOffset;   //there's no tab - put checkoff at step's xoff.  Macro should back up from step's x.
 					}
+					else
+					{
+						if (formatInfo.PlantFormat.FormatData.ProcData.CheckOffData.XLocation != null)
+							xloc_co += (float)formatInfo.PlantFormat.FormatData.ProcData.CheckOffData.XLocation;
+						if (formatInfo.PlantFormat.FormatData.ProcData.CheckOffData.RelXLocation != null)
+						{
+							float relX = (float)formatInfo.PlantFormat.FormatData.ProcData.CheckOffData.RelXLocation;
+							xloc_co = XOffset + (relX > 0 ? Width : 0) + relX;
+						}
+					}
+					PartsRight.Add(new vlnMacro(xloc_co, yForCheckoff, co.Macro));
 				}
-				PartsRight.Add(new vlnMacro(xloc_co, yForCheckoff, co.Macro));
 			}
 			float yOffRight = yoff;
 			float RnoOffset = ToInt(formatInfo.MyStepSectionLayoutData.ColRTable, maxRNO);
diff --git a/PROMS/fmtxml/AppendPlantSpecific.cs b/PROMS/fmtxml/AppendPlantSpecific.cs
index 7a74da51..f9c9439b 100644
--- a/PROMS/fmtxml/AppendPlantSpecific.cs
+++ b/PROMS/fmtxml/AppendPlantSpecific.cs
@@ -999,6 +999,7 @@ namespace fmtxml
 		}
 		private void AddSHEfmt(ref FormatData fmtdata)
 		{
+			fmtdata.ProcData.CheckOffData.CheckOffList[0].NotOnEmpty = "True";
 			fmtdata.SectData.StepSectionData.StpSectLayData.ColRTable = "0,198,144";
 			fmtdata.SectData.StepSectionData.StpSectLayData.RNOWidthAlt = "0,186,0";
 			fmtdata.StepData[2].TabData.Ident = " {numeric}.";
diff --git a/PROMS/fmtxml/FmtFileToXml.cs b/PROMS/fmtxml/FmtFileToXml.cs
index f7062199..47b6cee1 100644
--- a/PROMS/fmtxml/FmtFileToXml.cs
+++ b/PROMS/fmtxml/FmtFileToXml.cs
@@ -555,6 +555,7 @@ public struct CheckOff
     public byte UIMark;
 	public string MenuItem;
 	public string ExcludeInSectMenu;
+	public string NotOnEmpty;
 	public string Macro;
     public float CheckOffWidAdjust;
 	public int CheckOffXtraLines;
@@ -5092,6 +5093,7 @@ namespace fmtxml
 				if (mco.CheckOffList[i].UIMark == sco.CheckOffList[i].UIMark) subFmt.ProcData.CheckOffData.CheckOffList[i].UIMark = NullByte;
 				if (mco.CheckOffList[i].MenuItem == sco.CheckOffList[i].MenuItem) subFmt.ProcData.CheckOffData.CheckOffList[i].MenuItem = null;
 				if (mco.CheckOffList[i].ExcludeInSectMenu == sco.CheckOffList[i].ExcludeInSectMenu) subFmt.ProcData.CheckOffData.CheckOffList[i].ExcludeInSectMenu = null;
+				if (mco.CheckOffList[i].NotOnEmpty == sco.CheckOffList[i].NotOnEmpty) subFmt.ProcData.CheckOffData.CheckOffList[i].NotOnEmpty = null;
 				if (mco.CheckOffList[i].Macro == sco.CheckOffList[i].Macro) subFmt.ProcData.CheckOffData.CheckOffList[i].Macro = null;
 				if (mco.CheckOffList[i].CheckOffXtraLines == sco.CheckOffList[i].CheckOffXtraLines) subFmt.ProcData.CheckOffData.CheckOffList[i].CheckOffXtraLines = NullInt;
 				if (mco.CheckOffList[i].CheckOffWidAdjust == sco.CheckOffList[i].CheckOffWidAdjust) subFmt.ProcData.CheckOffData.CheckOffList[i].CheckOffWidAdjust = NullInt;
diff --git a/PROMS/fmtxml/TranslateFMT.XSL b/PROMS/fmtxml/TranslateFMT.XSL
index ed91e18b..170247d8 100644
Binary files a/PROMS/fmtxml/TranslateFMT.XSL and b/PROMS/fmtxml/TranslateFMT.XSL differ