diff --git a/src/Parser.php b/src/Parser.php
index 745c7a2..bd5a2ab 100644
--- a/src/Parser.php
+++ b/src/Parser.php
@@ -216,6 +216,16 @@ public function minifyHtml($html) {
 
     private function _processSpaces() {
         $this->_openXml = preg_replace("/( )/mi", " ", $this->_openXml);
+        $this->_openXml = preg_replace_callback(
+            '/<w:t.*?>(.*?)<\/w:t>/s',
+            function ($matches) {
+                $text = $matches[1];
+                /* Only remove leading and trailing spaces if they are not intentional. */
+                $text = preg_replace('/^\s+/', '', $text); // führende entfernen
+                return "<w:t>{$text}</w:t>";
+            },
+            $this->_openXml
+        );
         $this->_openXml = preg_replace("/(<w:t>)/mi", "<w:t xml:space='preserve'>", $this->_openXml);
 
         $this->_openXml = $this->minifyHtml($this->_openXml);
@@ -295,4 +305,4 @@ private function _getStyle($type, $wrap = true) {
         return sprintf('<w:%1$sPr>%2$s</w:%1$sPr>', $type, $this->{$field});
     }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}