diff --git a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/ItemExt.cs b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/ItemExt.cs
index 90271c1f..861d396a 100644
--- a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/ItemExt.cs
+++ b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/ItemExt.cs
@@ -2298,7 +2298,22 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 			// if not metasection/tietabtolevel, return the 'section number'.  (where the '.' may or may not exist)
 			if (!ActiveFormat.PlantFormat.FormatData.SectData.StepSectionData.StepSectionLayoutData.TieTabToLevel)
 			{
-				int indx = ActiveSection.MyTab.CleanText.IndexOf(".");
+				// If the Section's 'tab' is a character or has a character preceding the '.' is an alpha character, 
+				//	just return the alpha (no '.')
+				// If the character preceding the '. 'is a number, return the section tab up to and including the '.'
+				// Otherwise, just return the section tab.
+				// Before checking for anything, if the DisplayNumber starts with 'ATTACHMENT ', don't use that in the Section
+				// prefix for the tabstring.
+				string attNum = ActiveSection.DisplayNumber.ToUpper().StartsWith("ATTACHMENT ") ? ActiveSection.DisplayNumber.Substring(11) : ActiveSection.DisplayNumber;
+				Match m = Regex.Match(attNum, @"[a-zA-Z]");  // for alpha, use non-touched displaynumber
+				int indx = -1;
+				if (m.Success)
+				{
+					indx = attNum.IndexOf(".");
+					if (indx < 0) return attNum;
+					return attNum.Substring(0, indx);
+				}
+				indx = ActiveSection.MyTab.CleanText.IndexOf(".");
 				if (indx > 0) return ActiveSection.MyTab.CleanText.Substring(0, indx + 1);   // include the '.'
 				return ActiveSection.MyTab.CleanText.TrimEnd();
 			}