diff --git a/components/fpspreadsheet/examples/opendocdemo/opendocwrite.lpr b/components/fpspreadsheet/examples/opendocdemo/opendocwrite.lpr
index 5c1843a2a..77b78dee8 100644
--- a/components/fpspreadsheet/examples/opendocdemo/opendocwrite.lpr
+++ b/components/fpspreadsheet/examples/opendocdemo/opendocwrite.lpr
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ var
   MyDir: string;
   number1, number2, number3, number4,
   number5, number6, number7, number8: Double;
-  row: Integer;
+  row: Integer = 7;
 begin
   MyDir := ExtractFilePath(ParamStr(0));
   number1 := 1.23456789;
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ begin
   MyWorksheet := MyWorkbook.AddWorksheet('My Worksheet');
 
   // Write some cells
-  //MyWorksheet.WriteNumber(0, 0, 1.0);// A1
+  MyWorksheet.WriteNumber(0, 0, 1.0);// A1
   MyWorksheet.WriteNumber(0, 1, 2.0);// B1
   MyWorksheet.WriteNumber(0, 2, 3.0);// C1
   MyWorksheet.WriteNumber(0, 3, 4.0);// D1
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ begin
   MyWorksheet.WriteFont(0, 1, 'Times New Roman', 16, [], scRed);
 
   // Show number formats
-  row := 7;
   MyWorksheet.WriteUTF8Text(row, 0, 'Number formats:');
   inc(row);
   MyWorksheet.WriteUTF8Text(row, 0, 'nfGeneral');
diff --git a/components/fpspreadsheet/fpsopendocument.pas b/components/fpspreadsheet/fpsopendocument.pas
index abadd4413..1f88bae18 100755
--- a/components/fpspreadsheet/fpsopendocument.pas
+++ b/components/fpspreadsheet/fpsopendocument.pas
@@ -1186,8 +1186,24 @@ procedure TsSpreadOpenDocReader.ReadLabel(ARow: Word; ACol: Word; ACellNode: TDO
 var
   cellText: String;
   styleName: String;
+  childnode: TDOMNode;
 begin
-  cellText := ACellNode.TextContent;
+  //  cellText := ACellNode.TextContent;
+  { We were forced to activate PreserveWhiteSpace in the DOMParser in order to
+    catch the spaces inserted in formatting texts. However, this adds lots of
+    garbage into the cellText if is is read by means of above statement. Done
+    like below is much better: }
+  cellText := '';
+  childnode := ACellNode.FirstChild;
+  while Assigned(childnode) do begin
+    case childnode.NodeType of
+      TEXT_NODE, COMMENT_NODE, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE: ; // ignored
+    else
+      cellText := cellText + childnode.TextContent;
+    end;
+    childnode := childnode.NextSibling;
+  end;
+
   FWorkSheet.WriteUTF8Text(ARow, ACol, cellText);
 
   styleName := GetAttrValue(ACellNode, 'table:style-name');
@@ -1331,8 +1347,12 @@ procedure TsSpreadOpenDocReader.ReadNumFormats(AStylesNode: TDOMNode);
     grouping: Boolean;
     nex: Integer;
     cs: String;
+    color: TsColorValue;
+    idx: Integer;
+    hasColor: Boolean;
   begin
     fmt := '';
+    hasColor := false;
     node := ANumFormatNode.FirstChild;
     while Assigned(node) do begin
       nodeName := node.NodeName;
@@ -1370,6 +1390,18 @@ procedure TsSpreadOpenDocReader.ReadNumFormats(AStylesNode: TDOMNode);
           fmt := fmt + childNode.NodeValue;
           childNode := childNode.NextSibling;
         end;
+      end else
+      if nodeName = 'style:text-properties' then begin
+        s := GetAttrValue(node, 'fo:color');
+        color := HTMLColorStrToColor(s);
+        idx := FWorkbook.AddColorToPalette(color);
+        {
+        if idx < 8 then
+          fmt := Format('[%s]%s', [FWorkbook.GetColorName(idx), fmt])
+        else
+          fmt := Format('[Color%d]%s', [idx, fmt]);
+          }
+        hasColor := true;
       end;
       node := node.NextSibling;
     end;
@@ -1380,8 +1412,9 @@ procedure TsSpreadOpenDocReader.ReadNumFormats(AStylesNode: TDOMNode);
 
     if ANumFormatNode.NodeName = 'number:percentage-style' then
       nf := nfPercentage
-    else if ANumFormatNode.NodeName = 'number:currency-style' then
-      nf := nfCurrency;
+    else if ANumFormatNode.NodeName = 'number:currency-style' then begin
+      if hasColor then nf := nfCurrencyRed else nf := nfCurrency;
+    end;
 
     NumFormatList.AddFormat(ANumFormatName, fmt, nf);
   end;
@@ -1602,7 +1635,6 @@ begin
     //process each cell of the row
     cellNode := rowNode.FindNode('table:table-cell');
     while Assigned(cellNode) do begin
-
       // These nodes occur due to indentation spaces which are not skipped
       // automatically any more due to PreserveWhiteSpace option applied
       // to ReadXMLFile
diff --git a/components/fpspreadsheet/fpspreadsheet.pas b/components/fpspreadsheet/fpspreadsheet.pas
index 91d4c6e6a..455a6fb9b 100755
--- a/components/fpspreadsheet/fpspreadsheet.pas
+++ b/components/fpspreadsheet/fpspreadsheet.pas
@@ -2631,7 +2631,8 @@ begin
   if row <> nil then
     Result := row^.Height
   else
-    Result := CalcAutoRowHeight(ARow); //FWorkbook.DefaultRowHeight;
+    //Result := CalcAutoRowHeight(ARow);
+    Result := FWorkbook.DefaultRowHeight;
 end;
 
 procedure TsWorksheet.RemoveAllRows;