diff --git a/sw/source/core/tox/ToxTextGenerator.cxx b/sw/source/core/tox/ToxTextGenerator.cxx
index 5c868d3a3321..16443387aed6 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/tox/ToxTextGenerator.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/tox/ToxTextGenerator.cxx
@@ -215,7 +215,10 @@ ToxTextGenerator::GenerateText(SwDoc* pDoc, const std::vector<SwTOXSortTabBase*>
             }
 
             case TOKEN_TEXT:
-                rText += aToken.sText;
+                {
+                     if(rText.getLength() > 0) rText = rText.copy(0, rText.getLength() - 1);  //Ugly hack to remove default spacing when user specifies <E#>
+                     rText += aToken.sText;
+                }
                 break;
 
             case TOKEN_PAGE_NUMS: