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diff --git a/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlexport/ooxmlexport25.cxx b/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlexport/ooxmlexport25.cxx
index 65e778abe675..33465e2c15c7 100644
--- a/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlexport/ooxmlexport25.cxx
+++ b/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlexport/ooxmlexport25.cxx
@@ -44,6 +44,32 @@ DECLARE_OOXMLEXPORT_TEST(testTdf166544_noTopMargin_fields, "tdf166544_noTopMargi
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(sal_Int32(269), nHeight);
 }
 
+DECLARE_OOXMLEXPORT_TEST(testTdf166141_linkedStyles, "tdf166141_linkedStyles.docx")
+{
+    // Given a document with settings.xml containing both linkStyles and attachedTemplate
+
+    // The problem was that there should not be any spacing between the two paragraphs,
+    // but there was 200 twips of below spacing.
+
+    uno::Reference<beans::XPropertySet> xStyle(
+        getStyles(u"ParagraphStyles"_ustr)->getByName(u"Standard"_ustr), uno::UNO_QUERY);
+    // Since the "template" to update the styles from doesn't exist, make no changes
+    // This was being forced to 200 twips by linkedStyles...
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(sal_Int32(0), getProperty<sal_Int32>(xStyle, u"ParaBottomMargin"_ustr));
+}
+
+DECLARE_OOXMLEXPORT_TEST(testTdf166141_linkedStyles2, "tdf166141_linkedStyles2.docx")
+{
+    // Given a document with settings.xml containing only linkStyles - no attachedTemplate
+
+    // Since no "template" was provided to update the styles from,
+    // the styles must be updated using the application defaults.
+    uno::Reference<beans::XPropertySet> xStyle(
+        getStyles(u"ParagraphStyles"_ustr)->getByName(u"Standard"_ustr), uno::UNO_QUERY);
+    // This must be 200 twips / 0.35cm.
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(sal_Int32(353), getProperty<sal_Int32>(xStyle, u"ParaBottomMargin"_ustr));
+}
+
 DECLARE_OOXMLEXPORT_TEST(testTdf166510_sectPr_bottomSpacing, "tdf166510_sectPr_bottomSpacing.docx")
 {
     // given with a sectPr with different bottom spacing (undefined in this case - i.e. zero)
diff --git a/sw/source/writerfilter/dmapper/SettingsTable.cxx b/sw/source/writerfilter/dmapper/SettingsTable.cxx
index e65d7b5cf86b..6cb991955af2 100644
--- a/sw/source/writerfilter/dmapper/SettingsTable.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/writerfilter/dmapper/SettingsTable.cxx
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ SettingsTable::SettingsTable(const DomainMapper& rDomainMapper)
 , m_bShowInsDelChanges(true)
 , m_bShowFormattingChanges(false)
 , m_bShowMarkupChanges(true)
-, m_bLinkStyles(false)
 , m_nZoomFactor(0)
 , m_nWordCompatibilityMode(-1)
 , m_nView(0)
@@ -217,6 +216,11 @@ void SettingsTable::lcl_sprm(Sprm& rSprm)
     //PropertySetValues - need to be resolved
     {
         resolveSprmProps(*this, rSprm);
+
+        // If attached template cannot be located or is not a valid file, silently ignore linkStyles
+        // and since LO doesn't know how to update styles anyway, just always ignore linkStyles
+        if (nSprmId == NS_ooxml::LN_CT_Settings_attachedTemplate)
+            m_oLinkStyles = false;
     }
     break;
     case NS_ooxml::LN_CT_Settings_stylePaneFormatFilter: // 92493;
@@ -225,7 +229,10 @@ void SettingsTable::lcl_sprm(Sprm& rSprm)
     m_nDefaultTabStop = nIntValue;
     break;
     case NS_ooxml::LN_CT_Settings_linkStyles: // 92663;
-    m_bLinkStyles = nIntValue;
+    {
+        if (!m_oLinkStyles.has_value())
+            m_oLinkStyles = bool(nIntValue);
+    }
     break;
     case NS_ooxml::LN_CT_Settings_evenAndOddHeaders:
     m_bEvenAndOddHeaders = nIntValue;
@@ -430,7 +437,7 @@ int SettingsTable::GetDefaultTabStop() const
 
 bool SettingsTable::GetLinkStyles() const
 {
-    return m_bLinkStyles;
+    return m_oLinkStyles.has_value() && *m_oLinkStyles;
 }
 
 sal_Int16 SettingsTable::GetZoomFactor() const
diff --git a/sw/source/writerfilter/dmapper/SettingsTable.hxx b/sw/source/writerfilter/dmapper/SettingsTable.hxx
index fd2f9efbc37d..0b322bea1b54 100644
--- a/sw/source/writerfilter/dmapper/SettingsTable.hxx
+++ b/sw/source/writerfilter/dmapper/SettingsTable.hxx
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <com/sun/star/text/XTextDocument.hpp>
 #include <rtl/ref.hxx>
 #include <memory>
+#include <optional>
 
 class SwXTextDocument;
 namespace com::sun::star::lang
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ private:
     bool m_bShowInsDelChanges;
     bool m_bShowFormattingChanges;
     bool m_bShowMarkupChanges;
-    bool m_bLinkStyles;
+    std::optional<bool> m_oLinkStyles;
     sal_Int16 m_nZoomFactor;
     sal_Int16 m_nZoomType = 0;
     sal_Int32 m_nWordCompatibilityMode;