diff --git a/PROMS/Volian.Print.Library/Grid2Pdf.cs b/PROMS/Volian.Print.Library/Grid2Pdf.cs
index 9853f5fb..c37c7688 100644
--- a/PROMS/Volian.Print.Library/Grid2Pdf.cs
+++ b/PROMS/Volian.Print.Library/Grid2Pdf.cs
@@ -288,9 +288,21 @@ namespace Volian.Print.Library
 			MyFlexGrid = myFlexGrid;
 			MyContentByte = myContentByte;
 			SetupCells();
-			myTable.MyShading = VlnGridCellShading.Get(myFlexGrid.MyShading.ConvertToString()); // C2021-004 Table Cell Shading
-			myTable.MyBorders = VlnBorders.Get(myFlexGrid.MyBorders.ConvertToString());
-		}
+			//Note - this is done in case goes outside boundries to set bounds of cell
+			//loops through cells - side effect code checks for merged cells
+            foreach (vlnCell cell in this)
+            {
+                myTable.MyShading = VlnGridCellShading.Get(myFlexGrid.MyShading.ConvertToString()); // C2021-004 Table Cell Shading
+                myTable.MyBorders = VlnBorders.Get(myFlexGrid.MyBorders.ConvertToString());
+                _ = cell.AboveLeftSide;
+                _ = cell.AboveRightSide;
+                _ = cell.BelowLeftSide;
+                _ = cell.BelowRightSide;
+                _ = cell.RightOfBottomSide;
+                _ = cell.RightOfTopSide;
+                _ = cell.TextAlign;
+            }
+        }
         #endregion
         public float MyLeading { get; set; } = 13.5F;
         #region Private Methods
@@ -450,11 +462,11 @@ namespace Volian.Print.Library
         private bool ParaEndsWithNewLine(Paragraph myPara) => myPara[myPara.Count - 1] is Chunk chk && chk.Content == "\n";
         internal static void FixHyphens(Paragraph myPara, vlnTable myTable)
 		{
-			// Find chunk with hardhyphen
+            // Find chunk with hardhyphen
 
-			// If a hard hyphen is found, the remove it and add a dash (keyboard minus sign) to the beginning
-			// of the text that follows it.
-			int hype=-1;
+            // If a hard hyphen is found, the remove it and add a dash (keyboard minus sign) to the beginning
+            // of the text that follows it.
+            int hype;
             while ((hype = GetHyphen(myPara)) > -1)
 			{
                 Font fnt = null;
@@ -546,11 +558,11 @@ namespace Volian.Print.Library
 
 		internal static void FixBackslashes(Paragraph myPara, vlnTable myTable)
 		{
-			// Find chunk with backslash  B2014-108 backslash in tables
+            // Find chunk with backslash  B2014-108 backslash in tables
 
-			// If a backslash symbold is found, the remove it and add a backslash (keyboard char) to the beginning
-			// of the text that follows it.
-			int bckSlsh = -1;
+            // If a backslash symbold is found, the remove it and add a backslash (keyboard char) to the beginning
+            // of the text that follows it.
+            int bckSlsh;
             while ((bckSlsh = GetBackslash(myPara)) > -1)
 			{
                 Font fnt = null;