diff --git a/omero_figure/scripts/omero/figure_scripts/Figure_To_Pdf.py b/omero_figure/scripts/omero/figure_scripts/Figure_To_Pdf.py
index f8065b094..44567b25a 100644
--- a/omero_figure/scripts/omero/figure_scripts/Figure_To_Pdf.py
+++ b/omero_figure/scripts/omero/figure_scripts/Figure_To_Pdf.py
@@ -1265,9 +1265,13 @@ def draw_labels(self, panel, page):
                         else:
                             the_z = panel['theZ'] if panel['theZ'] else 0
                             if format == "pixel":
+                                if offset is not None and 1 <= offset:
+                                    the_z -= offset
                                 label_value = str(the_z + 1)
                             elif (format == "unit" and size_z
                                   and the_z < size_z):
+                                if offset is not None and 1 <= offset:
+                                    the_z -= offset
                                 z_pos = "%.*f" % (precision,
                                                   (the_z * pixel_size_z))
                                 label_value = (z_pos + " " + z_symbol)
diff --git a/omero_figure/templates/figure/index.html b/omero_figure/templates/figure/index.html
index 4cc25126b..d3acbb044 100644
--- a/omero_figure/templates/figure/index.html
+++ b/omero_figure/templates/figure/index.html
@@ -595,6 +595,16 @@ <h4>Dynamic properties</h4>
                             <td>Time: [time.seconds; precision=2; offset=3]</td>
                             <td>Time: -0.06 s</td>
                         </tr>
+                        <tr>
+                            <th>Z index with units <br/> (first plane is Z: 0.00 &#181;m), <br/>offset by 3 times the Z pixel size</th>
+                            <td>Z: [z.unit; offset=3]</td>
+                            <td>Z: -3.00 &#181;m </td>
+                        </tr>
+                        <tr>
+                            <th>Z index (first plane is Z: 1) <br/>offset by 3</th>
+                            <td>Z: [z.pixel; offset=3]</td>
+                            <td>Z: -2 </td>
+                        </tr>
                         <tr>
                             <th>Image ID</th>
                             <td>Image ID: [image.id]</td>
diff --git a/src/js/models/panel_model.js b/src/js/models/panel_model.js
index 526b4f612..8f92c926c 100644
--- a/src/js/models/panel_model.js
+++ b/src/js/models/panel_model.js
@@ -298,8 +298,8 @@
                 text = "", h, m, s;
 
             if (ref_idx) {
-                var shift = this.get('deltaT')[parseInt(ref_idx)-1];
-                deltaT = shift==null ? deltaT : deltaT-shift;
+                var shift = this.get('deltaT')[parseInt(ref_idx) - 1];
+                deltaT = shift==null ? deltaT : deltaT - shift;
             }
             var isNegative = (deltaT < 0);
             deltaT = Math.abs(deltaT);
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@
             if (["0"+dec_str+" s", "0"+dec_str+" mins", "0:00"+dec_str, "0:00:00"+dec_str].indexOf(text) > -1) {
                 isNegative = false;
             }
+
             return (isNegative ? '-' : '') + text;
         },
 
@@ -362,7 +363,7 @@
             return text;
         },
 
-        get_view_label_text: function(property, format, dec_prec) {
+        get_view_label_text: function(property, format, ref_idx, dec_prec) {
             if (format === "px") format = "pixel";
 
             if (property === "w") property = "width";
@@ -399,10 +400,19 @@
                 }
                 else {
                     var theZ = this.get('theZ');
+                    var deltaZ = theZ;
+
+                    var shift;
+                    if (ref_idx) {
+                        shift = parseInt(ref_idx)
+                    }
+                    if(!isNaN(shift)){
+                        deltaZ = theZ - shift;
+                    }
                     if (format === "pixel") {
-                        text = "" + (theZ + 1);
+                        text = "" + (deltaZ + 1);
                     } else if (format === "unit") {
-                        text = ""+ (theZ * z_size).toFixed(dec_prec) +" "+ z_symbol
+                        text = ""+ (deltaZ * z_size).toFixed(dec_prec) +" "+ z_symbol
                     }
                 }
                 return text
diff --git a/src/js/views/panel_view.js b/src/js/views/panel_view.js
index 4c5dc056a..e2bf96bcd 100644
--- a/src/js/views/panel_view.js
+++ b/src/js/views/panel_view.js
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
                         } else if (['x', 'y', 'z', 'width', 'height', 'w', 'h', 'rotation', 'rot'].includes(prop_nf[0])){
                             format = prop_nf[1] ? prop_nf[1] : "pixel";
                             precision = param_dict["precision"] !== undefined ? param_dict["precision"] : 2; // decimal places default to 2
-                            label_value = self.model.get_view_label_text(prop_nf[0], format, precision);
+                            label_value = self.model.get_view_label_text(prop_nf[0], format, param_dict["offset"], precision);  
                         } else if (['channels', 'c'].includes(prop_nf[0])) {
                             label_value = self.model.get_channels_label_text();
                         } else if (['zoom'].includes(prop_nf[0])) {