They're just ordinary spaces. You can't clean them up by the normal centring/uncentring methods in VBA but you can clean them up with code like:
Code:
Sub Demo()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim Tbl As Table, Cll As Cell
For Each Tbl In ActiveDocument.Tables
For Each Cll In Tbl.Range.Cells
With Cll.Range
If Len(.Text) > 2 Then
Do While .Characters.First.Text = " "
.Characters.First.Text = vbNullString
Loop
End If
If Len(.Text) > 2 Then
Do While .Characters.Last.Previous.Text = " "
.Characters.Last.Previous.Text = vbNullString
Loop
End If
End With
Next
Next
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub