diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d42952cf0..ef5bac264 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 	* src/gramps_main.py: use pngs for windows
 
 2006-10-10  Alex Roitman  <shura@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/GrampsDb/_WriteXML.py (strip_dict): Do not strip tab, LF, CR.
 	* src/GrampsDb/_GrampsBSDDB.py (gramps_upgrade_10,
 	gramps_upgrade_11): Properly use TXN.	
 
diff --git a/src/GrampsDb/_WriteXML.py b/src/GrampsDb/_WriteXML.py
index 725b73331..ce886593a 100644
--- a/src/GrampsDb/_WriteXML.py
+++ b/src/GrampsDb/_WriteXML.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ except:
 _xml_version = "1.1.3"
 
 # table for skipping control chars from XML
-strip_dict = dict.fromkeys(range(20))
+strip_dict = dict.fromkeys(range(9)+range(12,20))
 
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