diff --git a/R/format_value.R b/R/format_value.R
index 0dde671ab..95637583f 100644
--- a/R/format_value.R
+++ b/R/format_value.R
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ call_format_fun <- function(f,
 formats_1d <- c(
   "xx", "xx.", "xx.x", "xx.xx", "xx.xxx", "xx.xxxx",
   "xx%", "xx.%", "xx.x%", "xx.xx%", "xx.xxx%", "(N=xx)", "N=xx", ">999.9", ">999.99",
-  "x.xxxx | (<0.0001)"
+  "x.xxxx | (<0.0001)", "none", " "
 )
 
 formats_2d <- c(
@@ -356,13 +356,15 @@ format_value <- function(x, format = NULL, output = c("ascii", "html"), na_str =
         "'. Run `list_valid_format_labels()` to get a list of all available formats."
       )
     }
-    if (format != "xx" && length(x) != l) {
+    if (!(format %in% c("xx", " ", "none")) && length(x) != l) {
       stop(
         "Cell contents <", paste(x, collapse = ", "), "> and format '",
         format, "' are of different lengths (", length(x), " vs ", l, ")."
       )
     }
     switch(format,
+      "none" = as.character(x),
+      " " = as.character(x),
       "xx" = as.character(x),
       "xx." = round_fmt(x, digits = 0, na_str = na_str, round_type = round_type),
       "xx.x" = round_fmt(x, digits = 1, na_str = na_str, round_type = round_type),
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-formatters.R b/tests/testthat/test-formatters.R
index 76b7d8764..30a591fe3 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-formatters.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-formatters.R
@@ -47,6 +47,16 @@ test_that("formats work", {
     paste(values[1])
   )
 
+  expect_identical(
+    format_value(values, format = " "),
+    paste(values)
+  )
+
+  expect_identical(
+    format_value(values, format = "none"),
+    paste(values)
+  )
+
   expect_identical(
     format_value(values[1], format = "xx."),
     "5"
@@ -386,6 +396,14 @@ test_that("formats work", {
     format_value(NA, "xx", na_str = "-"),
     "-"
   )
+  expect_equal(
+    format_value(NA, " ", na_str = "-"),
+    "-"
+  )
+  expect_equal(
+    format_value(NA, "none", na_str = "-"),
+    "-"
+  )
 
   expect_equal(
     format_value(c(1, NA), "xx"),
@@ -877,7 +895,9 @@ test_that("All supported 1d format cases of decimal alignment", {
     "m        N=11                              N=11     right  ",
     "n        >999.9           >999.9                  dec_left ",
     "o        >999.99          >999.99                 dec_left ",
-    "p   1.1111 | (<0.0001)     1.1111 | (<0.0001)       right  "
+    "p   1.1111 | (<0.0001)     1.1111 | (<0.0001)       right  ",
+    "q          none          none                       left   ",
+    "r                                                 dec_right"
   )
   expect_identical(res_dec, expected)
 })