diff --git a/PROMS/DataLoader/Sections.cs b/PROMS/DataLoader/Sections.cs
index 0fe47ab9..a31ec1ea 100644
--- a/PROMS/DataLoader/Sections.cs
+++ b/PROMS/DataLoader/Sections.cs
@@ -402,8 +402,13 @@ namespace DataLoader
 			string s = dr["text"].ToString().PadRight(130, ' ');
 			string rid = dr["recid"].ToString(); // RECID
 			string num = s.Substring(85, 20).TrimEnd();
-			string fmt = s.Substring(75, 8).TrimEnd();
-			if (fmt == "") fmt = null;
+			string fmt = s.Substring(75, 8).TrimEnd(); // base format name
+			string ufmt = s.Substring(83, 2).TrimEnd(); // user format number (see TSectEditDlg::SetupWindow() PROMSNT\EXE\WINED\SECTEDIT.CPP)
+			// Build the format name if one was specified for this section.
+			if (fmt == "")
+				fmt = null;
+			else if (ufmt.Length == 2 && char.IsDigit(ufmt[0]) && char.IsDigit(ufmt[1])) // user format reference must be two digits
+				fmt = fmt.PadRight(8,' ') + ufmt; // append the user format reference
 			bool ismulti = false;
 			bool conv_caret = true;