ProSeries Basic will not allow me to do that.  His name is something like "Stefan R. F. Lopez"

I tried making the first name "Stefan R." and the middle initial "F."  and it sort of works on the federal return.

But on the state return, his first name shows up as "STEFANR" 

I cannot find any workarounds, and the client won't back down. 

Any ideas?

Thank you!