diff --git a/odk/examples/DevelopersGuide/FirstSteps/HelloTextTableShape/cxx/HelloTextTableShape.cxx b/odk/examples/DevelopersGuide/FirstSteps/HelloTextTableShape/cxx/HelloTextTableShape.cxx
index a59689e6e094..c88c0a7768fa 100644
--- a/odk/examples/DevelopersGuide/FirstSteps/HelloTextTableShape/cxx/HelloTextTableShape.cxx
+++ b/odk/examples/DevelopersGuide/FirstSteps/HelloTextTableShape/cxx/HelloTextTableShape.cxx
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ void useWriter()
     Reference<XTextContent> xTextContent(bookmark, UNO_QUERY_THROW);
     xText->insertTextContent(xText->getEnd(), xTextContent, false);
 
-    //query BookmarksSupplier
+    // query BookmarksSupplier
     Reference<XBookmarksSupplier> xBookmarksSupplier(xWriterComponent, UNO_QUERY_THROW);
     Reference<XNameAccess> xNamedBookmarks = xBookmarksSupplier->getBookmarks();
     Any foundBookmark = xNamedBookmarks->getByName("MyUniqueBookmarkName");
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ void useCalc()
 
 void useDraw()
 {
-    //create new draw document and insert rectangle shape
+    // create new draw document and insert rectangle shape
     Reference<XComponent> xDrawComponent = newDocComponent("sdraw");
     Reference<XDrawPagesSupplier> xDrawPagesSupplier(xDrawComponent, UNO_QUERY_THROW);
 
diff --git a/odk/examples/DevelopersGuide/FirstSteps/HelloTextTableShape/java/HelloTextTableShape.java b/odk/examples/DevelopersGuide/FirstSteps/HelloTextTableShape/java/HelloTextTableShape.java
index dd1eb6ef9716..4442f8253b0c 100644
--- a/odk/examples/DevelopersGuide/FirstSteps/HelloTextTableShape/java/HelloTextTableShape.java
+++ b/odk/examples/DevelopersGuide/FirstSteps/HelloTextTableShape/java/HelloTextTableShape.java
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ public class HelloTextTableShape {
                     XTextContent.class, bookmark );
             xText.insertTextContent ( xText.getEnd(), xTextContent, false );
 
-            //query BookmarksSupplier
+            // query BookmarksSupplier
             XBookmarksSupplier xBookmarksSupplier = (XBookmarksSupplier)UnoRuntime.queryInterface(
             XBookmarksSupplier.class, xWriterComponent);
             XNameAccess xNamedBookmarks = xBookmarksSupplier.getBookmarks();
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ public class HelloTextTableShape {
                 XIndexAccess.class, sheets);
             Object sheet =  xIndexedSheets.getByIndex(0);
 
-            //get cell A2 in first sheet
+            // get cell A2 in first sheet
             XCellRange xSpreadsheetCells = UnoRuntime.queryInterface(
                 XCellRange.class, sheet);
             XCell xCell = xSpreadsheetCells.getCellByPosition(0,1);
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ public class HelloTextTableShape {
 
     protected void useDraw() throws java.lang.Exception {
         try {
-            //create new draw document and insert rectangle shape
+            // create new draw document and insert rectangle shape
             XComponent xDrawComponent = newDocComponent("sdraw");
             XDrawPagesSupplier xDrawPagesSupplier =
                 UnoRuntime.queryInterface(
diff --git a/odk/examples/DevelopersGuide/Forms/DocumentHelper.java b/odk/examples/DevelopersGuide/Forms/DocumentHelper.java
index ed4c5cef0f31..c068dde45b75 100644
--- a/odk/examples/DevelopersGuide/Forms/DocumentHelper.java
+++ b/odk/examples/DevelopersGuide/Forms/DocumentHelper.java
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ public class DocumentHelper
 
             xReturn = UnoRuntime.queryInterface( XDrawPage.class, xPages.getByIndex( 0 ) );
 
-            // Note that this is no really error-proof code: If the document model does not support the
+            // Note that this is not really error-proof code: If the document model does not support the
             // XDrawPagesSupplier interface, or if the pages collection returned is empty, this will break.
         }