diff --git a/productMods/edit/forms/css/customForm.css b/productMods/edit/forms/css/customForm.css
index a240eee9..9a7d1e20 100644
--- a/productMods/edit/forms/css/customForm.css
+++ b/productMods/edit/forms/css/customForm.css
@@ -32,12 +32,18 @@
     display: inline-block;
 }
 
+#existingOrNew {
+    font-style:italic;
+    margin-left: 1em;
+}
+
 #new {
     padding: .6em 0 .6em 1.5em;
     border: 1px solid #9c9c9c;
     width: 70%;
 }
 
+
 /* #content form p.inline span,*/
 #content form p.inline input {
     float: right;
diff --git a/productMods/edit/forms/js/customForm.js b/productMods/edit/forms/js/customForm.js
index 2bda0529..95d0233f 100644
--- a/productMods/edit/forms/js/customForm.js
+++ b/productMods/edit/forms/js/customForm.js
@@ -5,23 +5,30 @@ var customForm = {
     onLoad: function() {
 
         // Create references to form elements.
-        // NB must be done after document has loaded, else the elements aren't present 
-        // in the DOM yet.
+        // NB must be done after the elements have been loaded.
+
         this.form = $('#content form'),
         this.button = $('#submit'),
+        this.requiredLegend = $('#requiredLegend'),
+        
+        // These may need to be changed to classes rather than ids, if there are
+        // multiple sets of divs to show/hide during the workflow.
         this.addNewLink = $('#addNewLink'),
         this.existing = $('#existing'),
         this.addNew = $('#new'),
         this.entry = $('#entry'),
+        this.existingOrNew = $('#existingOrNew'),
+
         this.cancel = this.form.find('.cancel'),
-        this.requiredLegend = $('#requiredLegend'), 
-        this.requiredHints = this.form.find('.requiredHint'),
+        this.requiredHints = this.form.find('.requiredHint'),        
         
         // Read values used to control display
         this.editType = $("input[name='editType']").val(),
         this.entryType = $("input[name='entryType']").val().capitalize(),
         this.newType = $("input[name='newType']").val().capitalize();
-        
+ 
+        this.adjustForJs();        
+         
         if (this.editType == 'add') { //adding a new entry
             this.initAddForm();       
             
@@ -30,10 +37,21 @@ var customForm = {
         }            
     },
     
+    // On page load, make changes to the non-Javascript version for the Javascript version.
+    // These are features that will not change in the Javascript version.
+    adjustForJs: function() {
+        this.existingOrNew.hide();
+        
+        var selectExistingLabel = $('#existing label');
+        selectExistingLabel.html(selectExistingLabel.html().replace('Select Existing ', ''));
+
+    },
+        
     // Reset add form to initial state (step 1)
     // Should only be needed after returning to step 1 from step 2, 
     // but sometimes seems to be needed on page load as well, so call it from initAddForm()
     resetAddForm: function() {
+    
         // Clear all form data and error messages
         $('input:text').val('');
         $('.error').text('');
@@ -47,9 +65,6 @@ var customForm = {
     },
 
     // Set up add form on page load, or when returning to initial state
-    // (The latter is not yet implemented, but we are preparing for it. Note
-    // that initializations to occur ONLY on page load are done in the onLoad() method.)    
-    // RY *** SOME of this will be shared with the edit form - figure out which
     initAddForm: function() {
 
         this.resetAddForm();
@@ -58,25 +73,12 @@ var customForm = {
         this.addNewLink.show();
         this.existing.show();
         this.addNew.hide();
-        this.entry.hide();          
+        this.entry.hide();    
         this.requiredLegend.hide();
         this.button.val('Continue');  
         
-        // Assign event listeners           
-        // add new link => step 2b
-        this.addNewLink.bind('click', function() {
-            $(this).hide();
-            customForm.existing.hide();
-            customForm.showFields(customForm.addNew);
-            customForm.entry.show();
-            customForm.requiredLegend.show();
-            
-            customForm.button.val('Create ' + customForm.entryType + ' & ' + customForm.newType);
-            customForm.button.unbind('click');
-            
-            customForm.doCancel();
-        });
-            
+        // Assign event listeners    
+        
         // button => step 2a
         this.button.bind('click', function() {
             customForm.entry.show();  
@@ -91,6 +93,20 @@ var customForm = {
             
             return false;              
         });
+        
+        // add new link => step 2b
+        this.addNewLink.bind('click', function() {
+            $(this).hide();
+            customForm.existing.hide();
+            customForm.showFields(customForm.addNew);
+            customForm.entry.show();
+            customForm.requiredLegend.show();
+            
+            customForm.button.val('Create ' + customForm.entryType + ' & ' + customForm.newType);
+            customForm.button.unbind('click');
+            
+            customForm.doCancel();
+        });     
     },
     
     initEditForm: function() {
@@ -112,12 +128,14 @@ var customForm = {
         
     },
     
-    // Add required hints to required fields in element array elArray.
+    // Add required hints to required fields in a list of elements.
     // Use when the non-Javascript version should not show the required hint,
-    // because the field is not required in that version. 
+    // because the field is not required in that version (e.g., it's one of two
+    // fields, where one of the two must be filled in but neither one is required). 
     // Arguments: action = 'add' or 'remove'
     // Varargs: element(s)
     toggleRequiredHints: function(action /* elements */) {
+    
         var labelText,
             newLabelText,
             requiredHintText = '<span class="requiredHint"> *</span>';
diff --git a/productMods/edit/forms/personHasPositionHistory.jsp b/productMods/edit/forms/personHasPositionHistory.jsp
index 9abf5ac0..a0567e54 100644
--- a/productMods/edit/forms/personHasPositionHistory.jsp
+++ b/productMods/edit/forms/personHasPositionHistory.jsp
@@ -310,13 +310,15 @@
 <form action="<c:url value="/edit/processRdfForm2.jsp"/>" >
 
     <div id="addNewLink">
-        If your organization is not listed, please <a href="#">add a new organization</a>.
+        If your organization is not listed, please <a href="#">add a new organization</a>.    
     </div>
     
     <div id="existing">
-        <v:input type="select" label="Organization" labelClass="required" id="organizationUri"  />  
+        <v:input type="select" label="Select Existing Organization" labelClass="required" id="organizationUri"  /><span id="existingOrNew">or</span>
     </div>
     
+
+    
     <div id="new">
         <h6>Add a New Organization</h6>
         <v:input type="text" label="Organization Name" labelClass="required" id="newOrgName" />