Adding quotes fixes it. Note that I added quotes after all VALUE=, as the POD for HTML::Template shows. 
<html>
<head><title>Test Template</title></head>
<body>
<h1>The Script</h1>


<TABLE><BORDER=5>
    <TR>
        <TH>Line No.</TH>
        <TH>Character</TH>
        <TH>Text</TH>
    </TR>
    <TMPL_LOOP NAME=RECORDS>
    <TR>
        <TD> <INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME=LINENOINPUT VALUE="<TMPL_VAR NAME=L
+INENUMBER>" > </TD>
        <TD> <INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME=CHARACTERINPUT VALUE ="<TMPL_VAR NA
+ME=CHARACTER>" > </TD>
        <TD> <INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME=TEXTINPUT VALUE="<TMPL_VAR NAME=TEX
+T>" > </TD>
    </TR>
    </TMPL_LOOP>
    <TR>
        <TD> <INPUT TYPE=TEXT VALUE="This value works"> </TD>
    </TR>

</TABLE>



</body>
</html>

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In reply to Re: HTML::Template and Spaces by toolic
in thread HTML::Template and Spaces by Anonymous Monk

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