Index: lib/TWiki/Plugins/WysiwygPlugin/HTML2TML/Node.pm
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--- lib/TWiki/Plugins/WysiwygPlugin/HTML2TML/Node.pm	(revision 26)
+++ lib/TWiki/Plugins/WysiwygPlugin/HTML2TML/Node.pm	(working copy)
@@ -436,11 +436,9 @@
     foreach my $kid ( @{$this->{children}} ) {
         if( lc( $kid->{tag} ) eq 'th' ) {
             ( $flags, $text ) = $kid->_flatten( $options );
-            $text = _trim( $text );
             $text = ' *'._trim( $text ).'* ' if $text;
         } elsif(lc( $kid->{tag} ) eq 'td' ) {
             ( $flags, $text ) = $kid->_flatten( $options );
-            $text = _trim( $text );
             $text = ' '.$text.' ' if $text;
         } elsif( !$kid->{tag} ) {
             next;