--- a/modules/helptools/macros/xmltoformat.sci
+++ b/modules/helptools/macros/xmltoformat.sci
@@ -1753,6 +1753,17 @@ function section_id = x2f_title2id(title
 
     section_id = strsubst(section_id , "&"  , "_" );
 
+    section_id = strsubst(section_id , ":"  , ""  );
+    section_id = strsubst(section_id , "\"  , "_" );
+    section_id = strsubst(section_id , "/"  , "_" );
+    section_id = strsubst(section_id , "''" , "_" );
+    section_id = strsubst(section_id , "  " , " " );
+    section_id = strsubst(section_id , " "  , "_" );
+    section_id = strsubst(section_id , "["  , ""  );
+    section_id = strsubst(section_id , "]"  , ""  );
+
+    return;
+
     section_id = strsubst(section_id , "À"  , "A" );
     section_id = strsubst(section_id , "Á"  , "A" );
     section_id = strsubst(section_id , "Â"  , "A" );
@@ -1810,15 +1821,6 @@ function section_id = x2f_title2id(title
     section_id = strsubst(section_id , "ý"  , "y" );
     section_id = strsubst(section_id , "ÿ"  , "y" );
 
-    section_id = strsubst(section_id , ":"  , ""  );
-    section_id = strsubst(section_id , "\"  , "_" );
-    section_id = strsubst(section_id , "/"  , "_" );
-    section_id = strsubst(section_id , "''" , "_" );
-    section_id = strsubst(section_id , "  " , " " );
-    section_id = strsubst(section_id , " "  , "_" );
-    section_id = strsubst(section_id , "["  , ""  );
-    section_id = strsubst(section_id , "]"  , ""  );
-
     section_id = convstr(section_id,"l");
 
 endfunction