Index: /FCKeditor/trunk/_whatsnew.html
===================================================================
--- /FCKeditor/trunk/_whatsnew.html	(revision 3887)
+++ /FCKeditor/trunk/_whatsnew.html	(revision 3888)
@@ -74,4 +74,6 @@
 		<li>[<a target="_blank" href="http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/2689">#2689</a>] If a  
 			custom connector tried to use the "url" attribute for files it was always reencoded.</li>
+		<li>[<a target="_blank" href="http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/1537">#1537</a>] Fixed extra
+			&lt;p&gt; tag added before pasted contents from Paste From Word dialog.</li>
 	</ul>
 	<p>
Index: /FCKeditor/trunk/editor/_source/internals/fck_gecko.js
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--- /FCKeditor/trunk/editor/_source/internals/fck_gecko.js	(revision 3887)
+++ /FCKeditor/trunk/editor/_source/internals/fck_gecko.js	(revision 3888)
@@ -376,4 +376,14 @@
 		range = new FCKDomRange( this.EditorWindow ) ;
 		range.MoveToSelection() ;
+
+		// If the first element (if exists) of the document fragment is a block
+		// element, then split the current block. (#1537)
+		var currentNode = docFrag.RootNode.firstChild ;
+		while ( currentNode && currentNode.nodeType != 1 )
+			currentNode = currentNode.nextSibling ;
+		
+		if ( currentNode && FCKListsLib.BlockElements[ currentNode.nodeName.toLowerCase() ] )
+			range.SplitBlock() ;
+
 		range.DeleteContents() ;
 		range.InsertNode( docFrag.RootNode ) ;
Index: /FCKeditor/trunk/editor/_source/internals/fck_ie.js
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--- /FCKeditor/trunk/editor/_source/internals/fck_ie.js	(revision 3887)
+++ /FCKeditor/trunk/editor/_source/internals/fck_ie.js	(revision 3888)
@@ -173,5 +173,10 @@
 
 	// Remove the fake node
-	FCK.EditorDocument.getElementById('__fakeFCKRemove__').removeNode( true ) ;
+	var fake = FCK.EditorDocument.getElementById('__fakeFCKRemove__') ;
+	// If the span is the only child of a node (so the inserted HTML is beyond that),
+	// remove also that parent that isn't needed. #1537
+	if (fake.parentNode.childNodes.length == 1) 
+		fake = fake.parentNode ;
+	fake.removeNode( true ) ;
 
 	FCKDocumentProcessor.Process( FCK.EditorDocument ) ;