1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
index d9a5f2b48..9d0402075 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
@@ -1140,10 +1140,16 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<(FieldViewProp
                 clipboardTextSerializer: this.clipboardTextSerializer,
                 handlePaste: this.handlePaste,
             });
-            const startupText = !rtfField && this._editorView && Field.toString(this.dataDoc[fieldKey] as Field);
-            if (startupText) {
-                const { state: { tr }, dispatch } = this._editorView;
-                dispatch(tr.insertText(startupText));
+            const { state, dispatch } = this._editorView;
+            if (!rtfField) {
+                const startupText = Field.toString(this.dataDoc[fieldKey] as Field);
+                if (startupText) {
+                    dispatch(state.tr.insertText(startupText));
+                } else if (!FormattedTextBox.LiveTextUndo) {
+                    selectAll(this._editorView!.state, (tr) => {
+                        this._editorView!.dispatch(tr.replaceSelectionWith(state.schema.nodes.paragraph.create({ align: "center" })));
+                    });
+                }
             }
             (this._editorView as any).TextView = this;
         }