diff --git a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/ItemExt.cs b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/ItemExt.cs
index 497015ed..b9b95162 100644
--- a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/ItemExt.cs
+++ b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/ItemExt.cs
@@ -3099,7 +3099,8 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 						newtab = @"\ul " + newtab.Substring(0, newtab.IndexOf(":") + 1) + @"\ulnone " + newtab.Substring(newtab.IndexOf(":") + 1);
 					}
 					// also see if there is the 'pagelist' string in this tab:
-					else if ((FormatStepData.TabData.Font.Style & E_Style.Underline) == E_Style.Underline)
+					else if ((FormatStepData.TabData.Font.Style & E_Style.Underline) == E_Style.Underline &&
+						((MyActiveSection.MyDocStyle.StructureStyle.Style & E_DocStructStyle.DSS_PageListSpBckgrnd) != E_DocStructStyle.DSS_PageListSpBckgrnd))
 						// the reason that the underline commands were not included in format file is that the '\' character
 						// is used as a separator and the following code will not impact other formats
 						HighLevelStepTabPageList = @"\ul " + FormatStepData.TabData.IdentAltPrint.Substring(0, indxnewtab).Trim() + @"\ulnone " + (tbformat.StartsWith(" ") ? "" : " ") + tbformat;
diff --git a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Format/ENums.cs b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Format/ENums.cs
index cf65a13b..790f8c8c 100644
--- a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Format/ENums.cs
+++ b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Format/ENums.cs
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 		DSS_SkipOneStepLevel = 0x40000000,	// Skip one step level for this doc style
 		DSS_SimpleTopSectionContinue = 0x80000000, // Use the Top continue message as the section continue */
 		DSS_DontDoCheckOffs = 0x100000000,	// format has checkoffs, but don't do for this section
+		DSS_PageListSpBckgrnd = 0x200000000,	// this background document style has special formatting: margins, title with cont and non underlined header (IP2BCK)
 	};
 	public enum E_DocStyleUse : uint
 	{