diff --git a/bin/report/preprocess.py b/bin/report/preprocess.py
index 0f026bce003..47a088bfd0d 100644
--- a/bin/report/preprocess.py
+++ b/bin/report/preprocess.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import re
 rml_parents = ['tr','story','section']
 html_parents = ['tr','body','div']
 sxw_parents = ['{http://openoffice.org/2000/table}table-row','{http://openoffice.org/2000/office}body','{http://openoffice.org/2000/text}section']
+odt_parents = ['{urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:office:1.0}body','{urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:table:1.0}table-row','{urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:text:1.0}section']
 
 class report(object):
     def preprocess_rml(self, root_node,type='pdf'):
@@ -37,7 +38,9 @@ class report(object):
                     if len(txt.group(4)) > 1:
                         return " "
                     match = rml_parents
-                    if type in ['odt','sxw']:
+                    if type == 'odt':
+                        match = odt_parents
+                    if type == 'sxw':
                         match = sxw_parents
                     if type =='html2html':
                         match = html_parents
diff --git a/bin/report/render/odt2odt/odt2odt.py b/bin/report/render/odt2odt/odt2odt.py
index 1f05ab59e9e..65b6249c83e 100644
--- a/bin/report/render/odt2odt/odt2odt.py
+++ b/bin/report/render/odt2odt/odt2odt.py
@@ -24,28 +24,26 @@ from report.render.rml2pdf import utils
 from lxml import etree
 import copy
 
-
 class odt2odt(object):
     def __init__(self, odt, localcontext):
         self.localcontext = localcontext
         self.etree = odt
         self._node = None
 
-
     def render(self):
         def process_text(node,new_node):
-            if new_node.tag in ['story','tr','section']:
-                new_node.attrib.clear()
             for child in utils._child_get(node, self):
                 new_child = copy.deepcopy(child)
-                new_child.text  = utils._process_text(self, child.text)
                 new_node.append(new_child)
                 if len(child):
                     for n in new_child:
+                        new_child.text  = utils._process_text(self, child.text)
+                        new_child.tail  = utils._process_text(self, child.tail)
                         new_child.remove(n)
                     process_text(child, new_child)
                 else:
                     new_child.text  = utils._process_text(self, child.text)
+                    new_child.tail  = utils._process_text(self, child.tail)
         self._node = copy.deepcopy(self.etree)
         for n in self._node:
             self._node.remove(n)
@@ -53,16 +51,6 @@ class odt2odt(object):
         return self._node
 
 def parseNode(node, localcontext = {}):
-    body = node.getchildren()[-1]
-    elements = body.findall(localcontext['name_space']["text"]+"p")
-    for pe in elements:
-        e = pe.findall(localcontext['name_space']["text"]+"drop-down")
-        for de in e:
-            pp=de.getparent()
-            for cnd in de.getchildren():
-                if cnd.text:
-                    pe.append(cnd)
-                    pp.remove(de)
     r = odt2odt(node, localcontext)
     return r.render()
 
diff --git a/bin/report/report_sxw.py b/bin/report/report_sxw.py
index 1f1b3a0b5be..a4fe32a94a0 100644
--- a/bin/report/report_sxw.py
+++ b/bin/report/report_sxw.py
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ class rml_parse(object):
         head_dom = etree.XML(rml_head)
         for tag in head_dom.getchildren():
             found = rml_dom.find('.//'+tag.tag)
-            if len(found):
+            if found and len(found):
                 if tag.get('position'):
                     found.append(tag)
                 else :
@@ -464,10 +464,47 @@ class report_sxw(report_rml, preprocess.report):
         meta = etree.tostring(rml_dom_meta)
 
         rml_dom =  etree.XML(rml)
+        body = rml_dom.getchildren()[-1]
+        elements = []
+        key1 = rml_parser.localcontext['name_space']["text"]+"p"
+        key2 = rml_parser.localcontext['name_space']["text"]+"drop-down"
+        for n in rml_dom.iterdescendants():
+            if n.tag == key1:
+                elements.append(n)
+        if report_type == 'odt':
+            for pe in elements:
+                e = pe.findall(key2)
+                for de in e:
+                    pp=de.getparent()
+                    if de.text or de.tail:
+                        pe.text = de.text or de.tail
+                    for cnd in de.getchildren():
+                        if cnd.text or cnd.tail:
+                            if pe.text:
+                                pe.text +=  cnd.text or cnd.tail
+                            else:
+                                pe.text =  cnd.text or cnd.tail
+                            pp.remove(de)
+        else:
+            for pe in elements:
+                e = pe.findall(key2)
+                for de in e:
+                    pp = de.getparent()
+                    if de.text or de.tail:
+                        pe.text = de.text or de.tail
+                    for cnd in de:
+                        text = cnd.get("{http://openoffice.org/2000/text}value",False)
+                        if text:
+                            if pe.text and text.startswith('[['):
+                                pe.text +=  text
+                            elif text.startswith('[['):
+                                pe.text =  text
+                            if de.getparent():
+                                pp.remove(de)
+
         rml_dom = self.preprocess_rml(rml_dom,report_type)
         create_doc = self.generators[report_type]
         odt = etree.tostring(create_doc(rml_dom, rml_parser.localcontext))
-
         sxw_z = zipfile.ZipFile(sxw_io, mode='a')
         sxw_z.writestr('content.xml', "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>" + \
                 odt)