diff --git a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/DocumentExt.cs b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/DocumentExt.cs
index 1ce50415..2363e5ad 100644
--- a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/DocumentExt.cs
+++ b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/DocumentExt.cs
@@ -727,6 +727,8 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 			PdfInfo myPdf = PdfInfo.Get(sect,DocReplace!=null);
 			return true;
 		}
+		// B2018-071 Save list of DocIDs for invalid document so that error log messages are not repeated
+		private static List<int> _MissingDocs = new List<int>();
 		public static bool SetDocPdf(DocumentInfo docInfo, ItemInfo sect)
 		{
 			string pdfTmp = null;
@@ -737,6 +739,11 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 			}
 			catch (Exception ex)
 			{
+				if (!_MissingDocs.Contains(docInfo.DocID))// B2018-071 Only add the message once to the error log
+				{
+					_MyLog.WarnFormat("Error trying to create PDF DocID = {0}", docInfo.DocID);// 2018-071 MS Word section could not be converted to PDF
+					_MissingDocs.Add(docInfo.DocID);
+				}
 				return false;
 			}
 			if (pdfTmp == null) return false;
diff --git a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/ItemExt.cs b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/ItemExt.cs
index 957f18af..523fa898 100644
--- a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/ItemExt.cs
+++ b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/ItemExt.cs
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 					if (MyContent.MyEntry != null && MyContent.MyEntry.MyDocument != null)
 					{
 						PdfInfo pi = PdfInfo.Get(this, false);
-						_MSWordPageCount = (float)pi.PageCount;
+						if(pi != null) _MSWordPageCount = (float)pi.PageCount;// B2018-071 Don't crash on invalid MS Word section
 					}
 				return _MSWordPageCount; 
 			}
@@ -2091,6 +2091,7 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 						//if (si.SectionConfig.Section_ColumnMode != SectionConfig.SectionColumnMode.Default)
 						return (int)si.SectionConfig.Section_ColumnMode - 1;
 					}
+					//Console.WriteLine("PMode={0}, si.ColumnMode={1}, ColumnMode={2}", ActiveFormat.MyStepSectionLayoutData.PMode ,si.ColumnMode,(ActiveFormat.MyStepSectionLayoutData.PMode ?? 2) - 1);
 				}
 				return (ActiveFormat.MyStepSectionLayoutData.PMode ?? 2) - 1;
 			}
@@ -4273,7 +4274,7 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 			//wkstr = Regex.Replace(wkstr, @"{![.*?]}", @"{!$1}");
 			//wkstr = wkstr.Replace("{}", "");
 			//if (vefont != null && vefont.HasCircleString2()) wkstr.Insert(0,"{!C0}");
-			//wkstr = wkstr.Replace("ê", @"{Box Step}");
+			//wkstr = wkstr.Replace("j", @"{Box Step}");
 			#endregion
 
 			// if this has an alternate tab, use it.  These have been used in background documents.