Word document containing text boxes not rendered properly in confluence’s office macro

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    • Type: Bug
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • Priority: Low
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    • Affects Version/s: 9.2.8, 9.2.12, 9.2.14
    • Component/s: Macros - Other Macros
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    • Severity 3 - Minor

      Issue Summary

      It is observed that a word document that has text boxes is not rendering properly in Confluence when using the 'Office Word' macro, making it difficult to read.

      Steps to Reproduce

      • Create a document in MS Word and add text boxes in between paragraphs. See below doc and screenshot for reference :
      • test.docx
      • Then in confluence, attach this document to a page.
      • Add this on a page using ‘Office Word’ macro
      • We can see the text boxes are not rendered properly as seen below :

       

      Expected Results

      Document should be rendered correctly

      Actual Results

      Document not rendered correctly

      Workaround

      On doing some further tests, the only workarounds that worked for now are :

      1. Either remove the text boxes and merge that text as normal paragraphs in the original word document and then add to the confluence page again.
      1. Or export the document to pdf and use the pdf macro in confluence page. That works fine as well and renders the text boxes as it is.

        1. Screenshot 2026-02-09 at 4.56.37 pm_2026-02-09T06_07_36.659Z.png
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          Jaskaran Singh
        2. Screenshot 2026-02-09 at 5.06.49 pm_2026-02-09T06_07_36.659Z.png
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          Jaskaran Singh
        3. test.docx
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          Jaskaran Singh

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              Reporter:
              Jaskaran Singh
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