diff --git a/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/DisplayText.cs b/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/DisplayText.cs
index f3b691f2..580ab014 100644
--- a/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/DisplayText.cs
+++ b/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/DisplayText.cs
@@ -1445,6 +1445,10 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 			// Exclude Link Text from Replace Word process
 			myMatches.AddLink(regFindLink, _MyFormat.PlantFormat.FormatData.SectData.ReplaceWordsInROs, _MyItemInfo.MyProcedure.MyDocVersion); 
 			ReplaceStrList rsl = _MyFormat.PlantFormat.FormatData.SectData.ReplaceStrList;
+			
+			// The only way to get an 'empty' list is to have one 'dummy' replacestr, i.e. that has ReplaceWord as an empty string.  If the 
+			// ReplaceStrData xml node is empty, it does the inheritance and gets the 'base' format's list.
+			if (rsl.Count==1 && (rsl[0].ReplaceWord == null  || rsl[0].ReplaceWord == "")) return Text;
 			// Loop through text looking for words to be replaced
 			foreach (ReplaceStr rs in rsl)
 			{