Automatic trimming of blank spaces

Hello,
I noticed that Oracle Forms will remove all blank spaces from a text field automatically (if the text field contains only blank spaces).
Is this controlled by a specific setting ?
Thanks

Hello,
No,i do not need those spaces.
But i was asking if this can be changed or not.

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Whenever I copy and paste text from another website -- sometimes from my own website after it goes live -- onto Dreamweaver, the text looks just fine in Design view. Fonts and paragraphs are preserved, as they're supposed to according to my preferences.
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