diff --git a/Src/xWorks/WordStylesGenerator.cs b/Src/xWorks/WordStylesGenerator.cs
index a3de5d4ada..0872ee1227 100644
--- a/Src/xWorks/WordStylesGenerator.cs
+++ b/Src/xWorks/WordStylesGenerator.cs
@@ -336,16 +336,15 @@ internal static Style GenerateWordStyleFromLcmStyleSheet(bool paragraphData, str
 							parProps.Append(new SpacingBetweenLines() { Line = lineHeight.ToString(), LineRule = LineSpacingRuleValues.Exact });
 						}
 					}
-					if (exportStyleInfo.HasSpaceAfter)
-					{
-						parProps.Append(new SpacingBetweenLines() { After = MilliPtToTwentiPt(exportStyleInfo.SpaceAfter).ToString() });
-					}
-					if (exportStyleInfo.HasSpaceBefore)
-					{
-						parProps.Append(new SpacingBetweenLines() { Before = MilliPtToTwentiPt(exportStyleInfo.SpaceBefore).ToString() });
-					}
 				}
 
+				// Set the space before and after the line, even if the value is zero.  If we do not set the value
+				// then Word generates a value, sometimes 8 or 24 point.
+				int spaceAfter = exportStyleInfo.HasSpaceAfter ? exportStyleInfo.SpaceAfter : 0;
+				int spaceBefore = exportStyleInfo.HasSpaceBefore ? exportStyleInfo.SpaceBefore : 0;
+				parProps.Append(new SpacingBetweenLines() { After = MilliPtToTwentiPt(spaceAfter).ToString() });
+				parProps.Append(new SpacingBetweenLines() { Before = MilliPtToTwentiPt(spaceBefore).ToString() });
+
 				if (exportStyleInfo.HasTrailingIndent)
 				{
 					parProps.Append(new Indentation() { Right = MilliPtToTwentiPt(exportStyleInfo.TrailingIndent).ToString() });