diff --git a/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/frmVEPROMS.cs b/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/frmVEPROMS.cs
index f49be7f0..9dde9d55 100644
--- a/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/frmVEPROMS.cs	
+++ b/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/frmVEPROMS.cs	
@@ -1989,35 +1989,27 @@ namespace VEPROMS
 		}
 		private void btnUpdateFormat_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
 		{
-			string tmp = Properties.Settings.Default.FormatPath;
+			string fmtPath = Properties.Settings.Default.FormatPath ?? "";
 			DirectoryInfo di = null;
-			//if (tmp != null && tmp !="") di = new DirectoryInfo(Properties.Settings.Default.FormatPath);
-			if (tmp == null) tmp = "";
-			di = new DirectoryInfo(Properties.Settings.Default.FormatPath);
-			//if (((tmp ?? "") == "") || (di != null && (!di.Exists || !Directory.Exists(di.FullName + @"\fmtall") || !Directory.Exists(di.FullName + @"\genmacall"))))
-			if (di != null)
+			do
 			{
-				//while (((tmp ?? "") == "") || (!di.Exists || !Directory.Exists(di.FullName + @"\fmtall") || !Directory.Exists(di.FullName + @"\genmacall")))
-				do
+				fbd.Description = "Select folder containing FmtAll and GenMacAll folders to update formats";
+				fbd.SelectedPath = fmtPath;
+				DialogResult dr = fbd.ShowDialog();
+				if (dr == DialogResult.Cancel)
 				{
-					fbd.Description = "Select folder containing FmtAll and GenMacAll folders to update formats";
-					fbd.SelectedPath = tmp;
-					DialogResult dr = fbd.ShowDialog();
-					if (dr == DialogResult.Cancel)
-					{
-						bottomProgBar.Text = "Format Update Cancelled";
-						return;
-					}
-					di = new DirectoryInfo(fbd.SelectedPath);
-					tmp = di.FullName;
-				} while (((tmp ?? "") == "") || (!di.Exists || !Directory.Exists(di.FullName + @"\fmtall") || !Directory.Exists(di.FullName + @"\genmacall")));
-				Properties.Settings.Default.FormatPath = fbd.SelectedPath;
-				Properties.Settings.Default.Save();
-			}
-			string fmtPath = di.FullName + @"\fmtall";
-			string genmacPath = di.FullName + @"\genmacall";
+					bottomProgBar.Text = "Format Update Cancelled";
+					return;
+				}
+				di = new DirectoryInfo(fbd.SelectedPath);
+				fmtPath = di.FullName;
+			} while (((fmtPath ?? "") == "") || (!di.Exists || !Directory.Exists(di.FullName + @"\fmtall") || !Directory.Exists(di.FullName + @"\genmacall")));
+			Properties.Settings.Default.FormatPath = fbd.SelectedPath;
+			Properties.Settings.Default.Save();
+			string fmtPathAll = di.FullName + @"\fmtall";
+			string genmacPathAll = di.FullName + @"\genmacall";
 			Format.FormatLoaded += new FormatEvent(Format_FormatLoaded);
-			Format.UpdateFormats(fmtPath, genmacPath);
+			Format.UpdateFormats(fmtPathAll, genmacPathAll);
 			Format.FormatLoaded -= new FormatEvent(Format_FormatLoaded);
 		}
 
@@ -2029,7 +2021,7 @@ namespace VEPROMS
 				bottomProgBar.Maximum = int.Parse(args.Status.Split(" ".ToCharArray())[0]);
 			}
 			else
-				bottomProgBar.Value++;
+				if(!args.Status.Contains("SubFormat"))bottomProgBar.Value++;
 			bottomProgBar.Text = args.Status;
 			bottomProgBar.TextVisible = true;
 			Application.DoEvents();
diff --git a/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/StepTabRibbon.cs b/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/StepTabRibbon.cs
index d163012e..3633303d 100644
--- a/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/StepTabRibbon.cs
+++ b/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/StepTabRibbon.cs
@@ -1074,6 +1074,9 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 				string ptext = myDO.GetData(DataFormats.Text).ToString();
 				ptext = ptext.TrimEnd("\r\n\t ".ToCharArray());
 				if (PasteNoReturnsSetting) ptext = ptext.Replace("\r\n", " ");
+				ptext = ptext.Replace("\u2013", "-"); // Replace EN Dash with hyphen
+				ptext = ptext.Replace("\u2014", "-"); // Replace EM Dash with hyphen
+				ptext = ptext.Replace("\u2011", "-"); // Replace non-breaking hyphen with hyphen
 				myRtb.SelectedText = ptext;
 				//myRtb.SelectedText = myDO.GetData(DataFormats.Text).ToString();
 			}
diff --git a/PROMS/fmtxml/FmtFileToXml.cs b/PROMS/fmtxml/FmtFileToXml.cs
index da95e947..d9971a9a 100644
--- a/PROMS/fmtxml/FmtFileToXml.cs
+++ b/PROMS/fmtxml/FmtFileToXml.cs
@@ -3102,10 +3102,12 @@ namespace fmtxml
 					if (rightCheckOffBox[0] == -2 && rightCheckOffBox[1] == -2) fmtdata.ProcData.CheckOffData.SkipSpaces = "true";
 					else
 					{
-						fmtdata.ProcData.CheckOffData.LayoutList[0].RnoLevel = "0";
-						fmtdata.ProcData.CheckOffData.LayoutList[0].Column = rightCheckOffBox[0];
-						fmtdata.ProcData.CheckOffData.LayoutList[0].RnoLevel = "1";
-						fmtdata.ProcData.CheckOffData.LayoutList[0].Column = rightCheckOffBox[1];
+						if (fmtdata.ProcData.CheckOffData.LayoutList == null)
+							fmtdata.ProcData.CheckOffData.LayoutList = new Absolute [2];
+							fmtdata.ProcData.CheckOffData.LayoutList[0].RnoLevel = "0";
+							fmtdata.ProcData.CheckOffData.LayoutList[0].Column = rightCheckOffBox[0];
+							fmtdata.ProcData.CheckOffData.LayoutList[1].RnoLevel = "1";
+							fmtdata.ProcData.CheckOffData.LayoutList[1].Column = rightCheckOffBox[1];
 					}
 				}
 				for (int i = 0; i < MAXCHKHEADINGS; i++)