Unable to Import large Word Document to Confluence

Summary

Users are unable to import Word Documents to be used as Confluence Pages in their instance

Environment

• 1000.383.0

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create a page in Confluence or go to an existing page (you want to view the page, not edit it).
2. Choose > Import Word Document
3. Choose Browse and locate the Word document you want to import then choose Next.
   The import document options appear.
4. Enter a title for the new page
5. Choose where you want to import the file - used Import as a new page in the current space
6. Choose how to handle title conflicts - used Rename imported pages if page name already exists
7. Choose whether to create a single page or multiple pages based on the heading styles in the file (this option is only available if the file contains heading styles). - N/A as example document did not contain heading styles (verified for other customer where the import fails if you choose split based on headings)
8. Click Import.

Expected Results

Page is imported successfully

Actual Results

NPE is generated and displayed on page:

Cause

java.lang.NullPointerException
    at com.benryan.webwork.WordImportAction.resolveTitleConflicts(WordImportAction.java:661)
h3. Notes

It appears if the Word Document is attached and the Office Word Macro is utilized, the document can be displayed

Workaround

None