--- loncom/xml/londefdef.pm	2006/12/19 22:43:38	1.349
+++ loncom/xml/londefdef.pm	2007/01/08 19:09:23	1.350
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # Tags Default Definition Module 
 #
-# $Id: londefdef.pm,v 1.349 2006/12/19 22:43:38 www Exp $
+# $Id: londefdef.pm,v 1.350 2007/01/08 19:09:23 albertel Exp $
 # 
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
@@ -2251,6 +2251,12 @@ sub end_table {
 		    }
 		    $have_rowspan++;
 		    $output .= '\multirow{'.$rowspan.'}[0]{*}{';
+		    
+		    $Apache::londefdef::table[-1]{'content'}[$in][$jn] =~
+			s{^\s*\\par\s*}{};
+		    $Apache::londefdef::table[-1]{'content'}[$in][$jn] =~
+			s{\s*\\vskip\s*0pt\s*$}{};
+
 		    #
 		    # If we did not throw in a multicolumn to align, then add 
 		    # an extra {