diff --git a/components/fpspreadsheet/examples/other/chart/piechart_write_demo.lpr b/components/fpspreadsheet/examples/other/chart/piechart_write_demo.lpr
index abaf766c2..99cc4ca33 100644
--- a/components/fpspreadsheet/examples/other/chart/piechart_write_demo.lpr
+++ b/components/fpspreadsheet/examples/other/chart/piechart_write_demo.lpr
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ begin
     ser.SetLabelRange(4, 0, 8, 0);
     ser.SetYRange(4, 1, 8, 1);
     ser.DataLabels := [cdlCategory, cdlValue];
-    ser.LabelSeparator := '\n'; // this is the symbol for a line-break
+    ser.LabelSeparator := #10; // '\n'; // this is the symbol for a line-break
     ser.LabelPosition := lpOutside;
     ser.LabelFormat := '#,##0';
 
diff --git a/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/fpsopendocumentchart.pas b/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/fpsopendocumentchart.pas
index 5035666d3..34e85229d 100644
--- a/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/fpsopendocumentchart.pas
+++ b/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/fpsopendocumentchart.pas
@@ -1691,16 +1691,20 @@ begin
                 nodeName := childNode2.NodeName;
                 if nodeName = 'text:p' then
                 begin
-                  childNode3 := childNode2.FirstChild;
-                  while childNode3 <> nil do
+                  ASeries.LabelSeparator := GetNodeValue(childNode2);
+                  if ASeries.LabelSeparator = '' then
                   begin
-                    nodeName := childNode3.NodeName;
-                    if nodeName = 'text:line-break' then
+                    childNode3 := childNode2.FirstChild;
+                    while childNode3 <> nil do
                     begin
-                      ASeries.LabelSeparator := LineEnding;
-                      break;
+                      nodeName := childNode3.NodeName;
+                      if nodeName = 'text:line-break' then
+                      begin
+                        ASeries.LabelSeparator := LineEnding;
+                        break;
+                      end;
+                      childNode3 := childNode3.NextSibling;
                     end;
-                    childNode3 := childNode3.NextSibling;
                   end;
                 end;
                 childNode2 := childNode2.NextSibling;
@@ -2825,8 +2829,14 @@ begin
   else
   begin
     labelSeparator := series.LabelSeparator;
-    if pos('\n', labelSeparator) > 0 then
-      labelSeparator := StringReplace(labelSeparator, '\n', '<text:line-break/>', [rfReplaceAll, rfIgnoreCase]);
+    if (pos('\n', labelSeparator) > 0) then
+      labelSeparator := StringReplace(labelSeparator, '\n', '<text:line-break/>', [rfReplaceAll, rfIgnoreCase])
+    else if (pos(#13#10, labelSeparator) > 0) then
+      labelSeparator := StringReplace(labelSeparator, #13#10, '<text:line-break/>', [rfReplaceAll, rfIgnoreCase])
+    else if (pos(#10, labelSeparator) > 0) then
+      labelSeparator := StringReplace(labelSeparator, #10, '<text:line-break/>', [rfReplaceAll, rfIgnoreCase])
+    else if (pos(#13, labelSeparator) > 0) then
+      labelSeparator := StringReplace(labelSeparator, #13, '<text:line-break/>', [rfReplaceAll, rfIgnoreCase]);
     labelSeparator :=
       indent + '    <chart:label-separator>' + LE +
       indent + '      <text:p>' + labelSeparator + '</text:p>' + LE +
@@ -3966,24 +3976,6 @@ begin
     end;
   end;
 
-{
-    for i := 0 to count - 1 do
-    begin
-      if (i >= series.DataPointStyles.Count) or (series.DataPointStyles[i] = nil) then
-        AppendToStream(AChartStream,
-          indent + '  <chart:data-point chart:repeated="1" />' + LE
-        )
-      else
-      begin
-        AppendToStream(AChartStream, Format(
-          indent + '  <chart:data-point chart:style-name="ch%d" />' + LE,   // ToDo: could contain "chart:repeated"
-          [ dataStyleID + i]
-        ));
-        inc(nextStyleID);
-      end;
-    end;
-  end;
-  }
   AppendToStream(AChartStream,
     indent + '</chart:series>' + LE
   );
@@ -4034,19 +4026,6 @@ begin
       inc(dataStyleID);
     end;
   end;
-    (*
-
-  for i := 0 to series.DataPointStyles.Count - 1 do
-  begin
-    datapointStyle := series.DatapointStyles[i];
-    for j := prevIdx+1 to datapointStyle.DataPointIndex-1 then;
-
-    AppendToStream(AStyleStream,
-      GetChartSeriesDataPointStyleAsXML(AChart, ASeriesIndex, i, AStyleIndent, dataStyleID)
-    );
-    inc(dataStyleID);
-  end;
-  *)
 
   // Next style
   AStyleID := nextStyleID;
diff --git a/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/xlsxooxmlchart.pas b/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/xlsxooxmlchart.pas
index 1617235a1..6a1ce2458 100644
--- a/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/xlsxooxmlchart.pas
+++ b/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/xlsxooxmlchart.pas
@@ -1866,6 +1866,12 @@ begin
             child1 := child1.NextSibling;
           end;
         end;
+      'c:separator':
+        begin
+          s := GetNodeValue(ANode);
+          if (s = #10) or (s = #13#10) or (s = #13) then s := LineEnding;
+          ASeries.LabelSeparator := s;
+        end;
     end;
     ANode := ANode.NextSibling;
   end;
@@ -4055,16 +4061,30 @@ procedure TsSpreadOOXMLChartWriter.WriteChartSeriesDatapointLabels(AStream: TStr
   AIndent: Integer; ASeries: TsChartSeries);
 var
   indent: String;
+  separator: String = '';
 begin
   if ASeries.DataLabels = [] then
     exit;
 
   indent := DupeString(' ', AIndent);
 
+  separator := trim(ASeries.LabelSeparator);
+
+  case ASeries.LabelSeparator of
+    '\n', #10, #13, #13#10:
+      separator := FPS_LINE_ENDING;  // Excel wants #10
+    ' ':
+      separator := '';
+    else
+      separator := ASeries.LabelSeparator;
+  end;
+  if separator <> '' then
+    separator := indent + '  <c:separator>' + separator + '</c:separator>' + LE;
+
   AppendToStream(AStream, Format(
     indent + '<c:dLbls>' + LE +
     indent + '  <c:spPr>' + LE +
-                GetChartFillAndLineXML(AIndent + 4, ASeries.Chart, ASeries.LabelBackground, ASeries.LabelBorder) + LE +
+                  GetChartFillAndLineXML(AIndent + 4, ASeries.Chart, ASeries.LabelBackground, ASeries.LabelBorder) + LE +
     indent + '  </c:spPr>' + LE +
     indent + '  <c:showLegendKey val="%d"/>' + LE +
     indent + '  <c:showVal val="%d"/>' + LE +
@@ -4073,6 +4093,7 @@ begin
     indent + '  <c:showPercent val="%d"/>' + LE +
     indent + '  <c:showBubbleSize val="%d"/>' + LE +
     indent + '  <c:showLeaderLines val="%d"/>' + LE +
+                separator +
     indent + '</c:dLbls>' + LE,
     [
       FALSE_TRUE[cdlSymbol in ASeries.DataLabels],
diff --git a/components/fpspreadsheet/source/visual/fpspreadsheetchart.pas b/components/fpspreadsheet/source/visual/fpspreadsheetchart.pas
index 09d35dd94..b15a30d46 100644
--- a/components/fpspreadsheet/source/visual/fpspreadsheetchart.pas
+++ b/components/fpspreadsheet/source/visual/fpspreadsheetchart.pas
@@ -2428,10 +2428,8 @@ procedure TsWorkbookChartLink.UpdateChartSeriesMarks(AWorkbookSeries: TsChartSer
   AChartSeries: TChartSeries);
 begin
   ConstructSeriesMarks(AWorkbookSeries, AChartSeries);
-  AChartSeries.Marks.LinkPen.Visible := false;
 
   AChartSeries.Marks.YIndex := -1;
-  AChartSeries.Marks.Distance := 20;
   AChartSeries.Marks.Attachment := maDefault;
   Convert_sFont_to_Font(AWorkbookSeries.LabelFont, AChartSeries.Marks.LabelFont);
 
@@ -2496,6 +2494,13 @@ begin
     lcsEllipseWedge: AChartSeries.Marks.Shape := clsEllipse;      // replacement
     else AChartSeries.Marks.Shape := clsRectangle;                // replacement
   end;
+
+  AChartSeries.Marks.LinkPen.Visible := (cdlLeaderLines in AWorkbookSeries.DataLabels);
+  AChartSeries.Marks.LinkPen.Color := AChartSeries.Marks.Frame.Color;
+  if AChartSeries.Marks.LinkPen.Visible then
+    AChartSeries.Marks.Distance := 20
+  else
+    AChartSeries.Marks.Distance := 0;
 end;
 
 procedure TsWorkbookChartLink.UpdateChartSeriesTrendline(AWorkbookSeries: TsChartSeries;