21.3.9 Providing content for empty paragraphs

To specify text content for paragraphs that are otherwise blank (empty):

[HTMLOptions]

; EmptyParaContent = string to put in otherwise-empty paragraphs

EmptyParaContent =  

A single nonbreaking space is the default.

Note:  Setting EmptyParaContent=0 (zero) inserts a literal “0”: a string, not a number.