Confluence icons are not viewable in a Word export

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This issue seems to be relevant to all images when using the Word exporter, and all versions of Confluence since the mentioned affected Versions, including OnDemand. Raised priority to Major
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Icons such as the 'tick' icon in the Tip macro are broken in a Word export.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Add a new page.
2. Insert a tip using the Tip Macro.
3. Save the page. Notice the green 'tick' icon in the tip's header.
4. Go to "Tools" -> "Export to Word" and open the resulting *.doc file in Word (Windows or Mac).

Instead of a green tick, the image will be broken. The underlying HTML code shows an img src with the relative path to the icon, e.g. /wiki/images/icons/emoticons/check.png, which obviously won't work from a self-contained Word document.