diff --git a/app/scodoc/gen_tables.py b/app/scodoc/gen_tables.py
index 855545556a..72326132b5 100644
--- a/app/scodoc/gen_tables.py
+++ b/app/scodoc/gen_tables.py
@@ -233,7 +233,10 @@ class GenTable(object):
                     colspan_count -= 1
                     # if colspan_count > 0:
                     #    continue # skip cells after a span
-                    content = row.get(cid, "") or ""  # nota: None converted to ''
+                    if pdf_mode:
+                        content = row.get(f"_{cid}_pdf", "") or row.get(cid, "") or ""
+                    else:
+                        content = row.get(cid, "") or ""  # nota: None converted to ''
                     colspan = row.get("_%s_colspan" % cid, 0)
                     if colspan > 1:
                         pdf_style_list.append(
@@ -547,9 +550,16 @@ class GenTable(object):
             omit_hidden_lines=True,
         )
         try:
-            Pt = [
-                [Paragraph(SU(str(x)), CellStyle) for x in line] for line in data_list
-            ]
+            Pt = []
+            for line in data_list:
+                Pt.append(
+                    [
+                        Paragraph(SU(str(x)), CellStyle)
+                        if (not isinstance(x, Paragraph))
+                        else x
+                        for x in line
+                    ]
+                )
         except ValueError as exc:
             raise ScoPDFFormatError(str(exc)) from exc
         pdf_style_list += self.pdf_table_style