diff --git a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Config/ROFSTLookup.cs b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Config/ROFSTLookup.cs
index 559872cc..c7d24505 100644
--- a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Config/ROFSTLookup.cs
+++ b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Config/ROFSTLookup.cs
@@ -937,8 +937,9 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 			// ([+-]?|\\u8209\?)  either an optional single character Plus (+) or Minus (-) or non-breaking dash (\u8209?)
 			// ([0-9]+)           a group of at least one digits
 			string retval = Regex.Replace(str, @"([+-]?|\\u8209\?)([0-9]+)[.]([0-9]*?)0*E([+-]?|\\u8209\?)([0-9]+)", new MatchEvaluator(FixFortranNumber));
-			retval = Regex.Replace(retval, "[#](.*?)[#]", "\\up2 $1\\up0 ");// DOS Superscript
-			retval = Regex.Replace(retval, "[~](.*?)[~]", "\\dn2 $1\\up0 ");// DOS Subscript
+			// don't convert # and ~ to super/subscripts, this is a DOS holdout and is done only for non-procedure step sections
+			//retval = Regex.Replace(retval, "[#](.*?)[#]", "\\up2 $1\\up0 ");// DOS Superscript
+			//retval = Regex.Replace(retval, "[~](.*?)[~]", "\\dn2 $1\\up0 ");// DOS Subscript
 			return retval;
 		}
 		private static string FixFortranNumber(Match match)
diff --git a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/DocumentExt.cs b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/DocumentExt.cs
index 5ddae996..d1a9d5d8 100644
--- a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/DocumentExt.cs
+++ b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/DocumentExt.cs
@@ -796,6 +796,9 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 
 				//string tmp = DisplayRO.ConvertFortranFormatToScienctificNotation(roValue);
 				string tmp = ROFSTLookup.ConvertFortranFormatToScienctificNotation(roValue);
+				// Only in Word sections, convert the # to superscripts and ~ to subscrtipts
+				tmp = Regex.Replace(tmp, "[#](.*?)[#]", "\\up2 $1\\up0 ");// DOS Superscript
+				tmp = Regex.Replace(tmp, "[~](.*?)[~]", "\\dn2 $1\\up0 ");// DOS Subscript
 				// Look for superscript or subscript and insert the appropriate commands
 				Match roMatch = Regex.Match(tmp, @"(.*?)\\(up2|dn2) (.*?)\\(up0|dn0) ");
 				if (roMatch.Groups.Count == 5)// Superscript or subscript found