diff --git a/vasl_templates/webapp/data/default-template-pack/common.css b/vasl_templates/webapp/data/default-template-pack/common.css
index 95df434..49d7c5b 100644
--- a/vasl_templates/webapp/data/default-template-pack/common.css
+++ b/vasl_templates/webapp/data/default-template-pack/common.css
@@ -18,3 +18,5 @@ td.l { text-align: left ; }
 td.r { text-align: right ; }
 
 sup { font-size: 75% ; }
+
+.exc { font-style: italic ; color: #404040 ; }
diff --git a/vasl_templates/webapp/data/default-template-pack/nat_caps.j2 b/vasl_templates/webapp/data/default-template-pack/nat_caps.j2
index af5fd7d..7bcdb30 100644
--- a/vasl_templates/webapp/data/default-template-pack/nat_caps.j2
+++ b/vasl_templates/webapp/data/default-template-pack/nat_caps.j2
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 td { padding: 2px 5px ; }
 li.comment { font-size: 96% ; font-style: italic ; color: #404040 ; }
 span.comment { font-size: 85% ; font-style: italic ; color: #404040 ; }
-.exc { color: #404040 ; }
 </style>
 </head>
 
diff --git a/vasl_templates/webapp/data/default-template-pack/ob_ma_notes.j2 b/vasl_templates/webapp/data/default-template-pack/ob_ma_notes.j2
index 9b28e2e..7d3f76e 100644
--- a/vasl_templates/webapp/data/default-template-pack/ob_ma_notes.j2
+++ b/vasl_templates/webapp/data/default-template-pack/ob_ma_notes.j2
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 .ma-note table td { padding: 0 10px 0 5px ; }
 .extra-notes-caption { border: 1px solid #e0e0e0 ; background: #fcfcfc ; font-weight: bold ; padding: 2px 5px ; }
 .disabled { color: #808080 ; }
+.disabled .exc { color: #808080 ; }
 .slashed { text-decoration: line-through ; }
 </style>
 </head>
diff --git a/vasl_templates/webapp/data/default-template-pack/ob_vo.j2 b/vasl_templates/webapp/data/default-template-pack/ob_vo.j2
index bb33783..c2e48f3 100644
--- a/vasl_templates/webapp/data/default-template-pack/ob_vo.j2
+++ b/vasl_templates/webapp/data/default-template-pack/ob_vo.j2
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 .capability .brewup { color: #a04010 ; }
 .comment { font-size: 96% ; font-style: italic ; color: #404040 ; white-space: nowrap ; }
 .comment .split-mg-red { color: #a04010 ; }
-.comment .exc { color: #606060 ; }
 </style>
 </head>
 
diff --git a/vasl_templates/webapp/static/nat_caps.js b/vasl_templates/webapp/static/nat_caps.js
index 9462232..94fc885 100644
--- a/vasl_templates/webapp/static/nat_caps.js
+++ b/vasl_templates/webapp/static/nat_caps.js
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ function set_nat_caps_params( player_nat, params )
 
     // initialize
     params.NAT_CAPS = {} ;
-    var excRegex = new RegExp( /\[EXC: .*?\]/g ) ;
     var val ;
 
     function add_nat_cap( key, val ) {
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ function set_nat_caps_params( player_nat, params )
     function fixup_content( val ) {
         val = strReplaceAll( val, "1st", "1<sup>st</sup>" ) ;
         val = strReplaceAll( val, "2nd", "2<sup>nd</sup>" ) ;
-        return wrapSubstrings( val, excRegex, "<span class='exc'>", "</span>" ) ;
+        return wrapExcWithSpan( val ) ;
     }
 
     // set the TH# color
diff --git a/vasl_templates/webapp/static/snippets.js b/vasl_templates/webapp/static/snippets.js
index f10e65b..56d2201 100644
--- a/vasl_templates/webapp/static/snippets.js
+++ b/vasl_templates/webapp/static/snippets.js
@@ -405,6 +405,25 @@ function make_snippet( $btn, params, extra_params, show_date_warnings )
     if ( extra_params )
         $.extend( true, params, extra_params ) ;
 
+    // allow EXC blocks to be styled
+    params.VICTORY_CONDITIONS = wrapExcWithSpan( params.VICTORY_CONDITIONS ) ;
+    params.SCENARIO_NOTE = wrapExcWithSpan( params.SCENARIO_NOTE ) ;
+    if ( params.SSR ) {
+        for ( i=0 ; i < params.SSR.length ; ++i )
+            params.SSR[i] = wrapExcWithSpan( params.SSR[i] ) ;
+    }
+    params.OB_NOTE = wrapExcWithSpan( params.OB_NOTE ) ;
+    params.VO_NOTE_HTML = wrapExcWithSpan( params.VO_NOTE_HTML ) ;
+    [ "VEHICLES", "ORDNANCE" ].forEach( function( voType ) {
+        for ( var playerId=1 ; playerId <= 2 ; ++playerId ) {
+            var notes = params[ "OB_" + voType + "_MA_NOTES_" + playerId ] ;
+            if ( ! notes )
+                continue ;
+            for ( var i=0 ; i < notes.length ; ++i )
+                notes[i][1] = wrapExcWithSpan( notes[i][1] ) ;
+        }
+    } ) ;
+
     // check that the players have different nationalities
     if ( params.PLAYER_1 === params.PLAYER_2 )
         showWarningMsg( "Both players have the same nationality!" ) ;
@@ -492,19 +511,13 @@ function adjust_vo_comments( params )
         return val.substring(0,match.index) + buf.join("") + val.substring(match.index+match[0].length ) ;
     }
 
-    // allow comment EXC's to be styled
-    var excRegex = new RegExp( /\[EXC: .*?\]/g ) ;
-    function adjustExc( val ) {
-        return wrapSubstrings( val, excRegex, "<span class='exc'>", "</span>" ) ;
-    }
-
     // adjust comments
     if ( params.OB_VO ) {
         for ( i=0 ; i < params.OB_VO.length ; ++i ) {
             if ( ! params.OB_VO[i].comments )
                 continue ;
             for ( var j=0 ; j < params.OB_VO[i].comments.length ; ++j ) {
-                params.OB_VO[i].comments[j] = adjustSplitMG( adjustExc(
+                params.OB_VO[i].comments[j] = adjustSplitMG( wrapExcWithSpan(
                     params.OB_VO[i].comments[j]
                 ) ) ;
             }
diff --git a/vasl_templates/webapp/static/utils.js b/vasl_templates/webapp/static/utils.js
index 94428ba..0d2052d 100644
--- a/vasl_templates/webapp/static/utils.js
+++ b/vasl_templates/webapp/static/utils.js
@@ -466,6 +466,13 @@ function fixup_external_links( $root )
     } ) ;
 }
 
+function wrapExcWithSpan( val )
+{
+    // wrap an EXC block with a <span>
+    var excRegex = new RegExp( /\[EXC: .*?\]/g ) ;
+    return wrapSubstrings( val, excRegex, "<span class='exc'>", "</span>" ) ;
+}
+
 function getUrlParam( param )
 {
     // look for the specified URL parameter