diff --git a/nw/core/tomd.py b/nw/core/tomd.py
index 05645a67..d95a6810 100644
--- a/nw/core/tomd.py
+++ b/nw/core/tomd.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class ToMarkdown(Tokenizer):
             # Process Text Type
             if tType == self.T_EMPTY:
                 if len(thisPar) > 0:
-                    tTemp = "\n".join(thisPar)
+                    tTemp = "  \n".join(thisPar)
                     tmpResult.append("%s\n\n" % tTemp.rstrip(" "))
                 thisPar = []
 
diff --git a/nw/core/toodt.py b/nw/core/toodt.py
index 7fdb91bf..f5770c9f 100644
--- a/nw/core/toodt.py
+++ b/nw/core/toodt.py
@@ -400,15 +400,14 @@ class ToOdt(Tokenizer):
                 self._addTextPar("Text_Body", oStyle, "")
 
             elif tType == self.T_TEXT:
-                tTemp = tText
                 if parStyle is None:
                     parStyle = oStyle
 
-                tFmt = " "*len(tTemp)
+                tFmt = " "*len(tText)
                 for xPos, xLen, xFmt in tFormat:
                     tFmt = tFmt[:xPos] + odtTags[xFmt] + tFmt[xPos+xLen:]
 
-                tTxt = tTemp.rstrip()
+                tTxt = tText.rstrip()
                 tFmt = tFmt[:len(tTxt)]
                 thisPar.append(tTxt)
                 thisFmt.append(tFmt)