diff --git a/plugins/org.etsi.mts.tdl.tools.to.docx.poi/src/org/etsi/mts/tdl/tools/to/docx/poi/Generator.java b/plugins/org.etsi.mts.tdl.tools.to.docx.poi/src/org/etsi/mts/tdl/tools/to/docx/poi/Generator.java
index aa04e46a0291b838fd04e73c57606d9b9cc7851e..06650f48dd2fc88ac1edac7b8e8442391081f85c 100644
--- a/plugins/org.etsi.mts.tdl.tools.to.docx.poi/src/org/etsi/mts/tdl/tools/to/docx/poi/Generator.java
+++ b/plugins/org.etsi.mts.tdl.tools.to.docx.poi/src/org/etsi/mts/tdl/tools/to/docx/poi/Generator.java
@@ -426,8 +426,12 @@ public class Generator {
 		map.put(Placeholders.NAME, tpd.getName());
 		//TODO: what if 0? what if more than 1?
 		//TODO: make more robust
+		//DONE: remove formatting spaces?
 		if (tpd.getTestObjective().size() == 1) {
-			map.put(Placeholders.DESCRIPTION, tpd.getTestObjective().get(0).getDescription().replaceAll("\"", ""));
+			map.put(Placeholders.DESCRIPTION, tpd.getTestObjective().get(0).getDescription()
+					.replaceAll("\"", "")
+					.replaceAll("\\s*\n\\s+", " ")
+					);
 			String uri = String.join("\n", tpd.getTestObjective().get(0).getObjectiveURI()).trim();
 			map.put(Placeholders.URI, uri.replaceAll("\"",""));
 		} else {