diff --git a/ROADMAP.md b/ROADMAP.md
index 61ab68bcbc..ce5a54e177 100644
--- a/ROADMAP.md
+++ b/ROADMAP.md
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ Ranked, to beta (detail and remaining milestones in [docs/roadmap.md](docs/roadm
## Progress log
- 2026-11-08: Layout: a turned inline picture whose file keeps no room for the turn (no or a zero `wp:effectExtent`, as other tools write) keeps its line to its frame and overhangs it, cut at the line's top and bottom, as Word does: the frame as it is in Word 2007 layout, with width and height exchanged from 45° to 135° and 225° to 315° in Word 2013+ layout. Such a file saves the same way. Pictures with the room recorded (Word's own files) still take their rotated bounds. Readiness unchanged.
+- 2026-11-08: XML text and CDATA read with their line ends normalised (XML 1.0 §2.11): CR LF and a lone CR are one line feed, `
` stays a CR, so a line break inside `w:t` in a file saved with Windows line ends is one space, not two (#5897); readiness estimates unchanged.
- 2026-11-06: Arabic interface: the Home tab's Styles gallery reads from the right, as the rest of the mirrored ribbon does (#5566). Normal is the rightmost tile, the next styles follow leftwards and the scroll arrows and More sit at the gallery's left end; left to right is unchanged. Readiness unchanged.
- 2026-11-05: ODT heading text of another size keeps it (gap 19): a smaller word in a heading came back at the heading's size in LibreOffice after a save.
- 2026-11-05: ODT table rows kept from breaking across pages stay so (gap 19): they came back from a save free to break.
@@ -865,6 +866,7 @@ MATH glyphs that reference the same construction now share its immutable variant
| Date | Change | Summary |
|---|---|---|
+| 2026-11-08 | trivial | Progress log: XML line ends in text normalised (#5897) |
| 2026-11-06 | trivial | Progress log: the Arabic interface's Styles gallery reads from the right (#5566) |
| 2026-11-07 | trivial | Page Setup also bounds the unfocused margin display after a long numeric paste; the accepted value is retained (#5650). |
| 2026-11-05 | trivial | Page Setup's margin, paper-size and document-grid number boxes scroll long text inside the field instead of enlarging the dialog (#5650). Readiness estimates unchanged. |
diff --git a/crates/docx/src/xml.rs b/crates/docx/src/xml.rs
index f14991673a..ca12fa5d63 100644
--- a/crates/docx/src/xml.rs
+++ b/crates/docx/src/xml.rs
@@ -462,15 +462,22 @@ fn parse_with(bytes: &[u8], extra: &[(&'static str, &str)], strict: bool) -> Res
attach(&mut stack, &mut root, el);
}
}
+ // Line ends are normalised as XML 1.0 says (§2.11): CR LF and a lone CR are read as
+ // LF, so a file saved with Windows line ends has no CR in its text. A CR written as
+ // `
` is a character reference and stays.
Event::Text(t) => {
if let Some(top) = stack.last_mut() {
- let s = t.decode().map_err(|e| DocxError::Xml(e.to_string()))?;
+ let s = t.xml_content(XmlVersion::Explicit1_0).map_err(|e| DocxError::Xml(e.to_string()))?;
push_text(top, &s);
}
}
Event::CData(t) => {
if let Some(top) = stack.last_mut() {
- let s = String::from_utf8_lossy(&t).into_owned();
+ // CDATA that isn't UTF-8 is decoded lossily, with its line ends normalised the same way.
+ let s = t
+ .xml_content(XmlVersion::Explicit1_0)
+ .map(|s| s.into_owned())
+ .unwrap_or_else(|_| String::from_utf8_lossy(&t).replace("\r\n", "\n").replace('\r', "\n"));
push_text(top, &s);
}
}
@@ -724,6 +731,28 @@ mod tests {
assert_eq!(t.attr("xml:space"), Some("preserve"));
}
+ /// CDATA that isn't UTF-8 is decoded lossily, and its line ends are still normalised.
+ #[test]
+ fn line_ends_in_cdata_that_isnt_utf8_are_normalised() {
+ let x =
+ b"";
+ assert_eq!(parse(x).unwrap().child("w:t").unwrap().text(), "a\u{FFFD}\nb\nc");
+ }
+
+ /// XML 1.0 §2.11: CR LF and a lone CR in text and CDATA are read as LF; `
` stays a CR.
+ #[test]
+ fn line_ends_in_text_are_normalised_but_a_cr_reference_stays() {
+ let x = b"a\r\nb\rc
d";
+ let e = parse(x).unwrap();
+ assert_eq!(e.child("w:t").unwrap().text(), "a\nb\nc\rde\nf");
+ // The writer escapes a CR, so a CR in the text survives a save.
+ let x = format!(
+ "{}",
+ esc("a\r\nb\rc")
+ );
+ assert_eq!(parse(x.as_bytes()).unwrap().child("w:t").unwrap().text(), "a\r\nb\rc");
+ }
+
#[test]
fn choice_requirements_resolve_namespace_aliases_and_rebindings() {
let x = br#""#;
diff --git a/crates/docx/tests/it/word_xml.rs b/crates/docx/tests/it/word_xml.rs
index dd614ae59f..99b05e865c 100644
--- a/crates/docx/tests/it/word_xml.rs
+++ b/crates/docx/tests/it/word_xml.rs
@@ -270,3 +270,12 @@ fn flat_opc_limits_count_what_is_not_kept() {
// A part nothing reads, one element over what the XML tree reader takes in a part (8 000 000).
assert!(limited(&format!(r#"{}"#, "".repeat(8_000_000))));
}
+
+/// A Word 2003 XML Document saved with Windows line ends: XML reads CR LF as one line feed (XML
+/// 1.0 §2.11), so a line break inside `w:t` is one space, not two.
+#[test]
+fn word_2003_xml_with_windows_line_ends_reads_one_space_per_line_break() {
+ let xml = "\r\n\r\na\r\nb\r\n";
+ let d = read_xml(xml.as_bytes()).unwrap();
+ assert_eq!(paras(&d)[0].plain_text(), "a b");
+}
diff --git a/docs/file-format-parity.md b/docs/file-format-parity.md
index cd74be849e..b8296f0511 100644
--- a/docs/file-format-parity.md
+++ b/docs/file-format-parity.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
> **2026-11-05:** DOCX paragraph `w:adjustRightInd` keeps its default and explicit values through style resolution and schema-ordered repeated saves.
-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-11 · **Last updated:** 2026-11-05 · **Change:** trivial (ODT pictures offered in several formats); previously trivial (ODT pictures offered in several formats); previously trivial (ODT pictures offered in several formats); previously trivial (ODT heading text of another size); previously trivial (built-in citation source lookups, #4888; current-main progress records retained); previously trivial (ODT: no settings for what the standard leaves open); previously trivial (picture brightness, contrast and transparency); previously trivial (ODT paragraph groups kept as read); previously trivial (ODT paragraphs with charts kept as read); previously trivial (ODT sections in cells and at empty paragraphs); previously trivial (ODT element audit); previously trivial (ODT reference marks written as such); previously trivial (ODT hidden sections stay hidden; lists kept as read); previously trivial (ODT manifest lists every file); previously trivial (ODT paragraphs with bookmarks, notes, objects and page-anchored frames written as read); previously trivial (ODT paragraphs with text boxes written as read); previously trivial (ODT paragraphs with comments and tracked changes written as read); previously trivial (ODT paragraphs with pictures and shapes written as read); previously trivial (ODT sections inside text boxes); previously trivial (ODT definitions sharing a name, sections around tables, chart replacement pictures, note citations, stacking order); previously trivial (ODT form definitions and indexes written as read); previously trivial (ODT gradient angles by the file's version; deviation documented); previously minor (ODT: unedited tables, pages, sections, properties and declarations written as read; no-edit loss gate); previously minor (ODT: unedited paragraphs and style definitions written as read); previously trivial (ODT author fields said not fixed); previously trivial (ODT default text colour; covered cells' content); previously trivial (ODT widow control profile case; tabs from the indent kept); previously trivial (ODT span kerning; note reference formatting; notes starting with a tab); previously trivial (ODT fixed and sender fields); previously trivial (ODT: table styles saved into their cells; ODT tables carry no Word table style; section column balance); previously trivial (ODT interpretation profile: the standard is law, what it leaves open (including unstated page margins) follows WordCraft, LibreOffice or custom settings); previously trivial (ODT form controls keep their place on the line and text areas their lines; custom shapes keep their geometry); previously trivial (ODT in-line frames placed against the text; in-line pictures saved standing on the baseline); previously trivial (ODT charts written back as they were while unchanged; frames' drawn outline; default header height); previously trivial (ODT header rows only where they repeat); previously trivial (ODT padding without a border; unequal columns; column breaks); previously trivial (ODT lines of only pictures laid out as LibreOffice does; default page without a layout); previously trivial (ODT pictures alone in a paragraph keep its size; in-line frames raised under an inherited paragraph relation); previously trivial (ODT tables fit the margins and keep their space above and below; header spacing kept); previously trivial (ODT frames anchored and placed by their style); previously trivial (ODT default font size saved; page-anchored frames placed from the page; text box paragraph styles kept; empty paragraphs keep their size); previously trivial (ODT default font size; locale-ordered dates); previously trivial (ODT page background pictures); previously trivial (ODT tables fixed layout; tables starting a page); previously trivial (emphasis marks: model, layout, DOCX `w:em`, ODT `style:text-emphasize`, `format.emphasisMark`); previously trivial (ODT variables as SET/REF fields; character styles keep what they turn off); previously trivial (ODT styles keep what they turn off; WMF/EMF pictures kept; pictures in text boxes shown by LibreOffice); previously trivial (ODT unstated page margins are LibreOffice's 2 cm; drawings outside a paragraph join the next one); previously trivial (ODT placeholders as content controls, template dates, user name fields, unsized pages, style-only templates, found with LibreOffice's own templates); previously trivial (ODT hidden form controls kept; `.ott` templates opened and saved); previously trivial (ODT fidelity re-estimated at ~90%; a kept form control made another kind is saved as that kind); previously trivial (ODT form control sizes and buttons kept); previously trivial (ODT turned text in cells and text boxes); previously trivial (ODT macros and unknown package parts kept); previously trivial (ODT table cell formulas as formula fields); previously trivial (ODT custom shapes drawn from their own geometry); previously trivial (ODT bibliography marks as citations of sources); previously trivial (ODT linked text boxes); previously trivial (ODT picture crops and contour wrapping); previously trivial (ODT fidelity re-estimated at ~85%); previously trivial (ODT custom document properties and user fields as DOCPROPERTY); previously trivial (ODT connectors read and written glued); previously trivial (ODT borders around text read and written); previously trivial (ODT index marks read and written as XE fields; an index held around its entries updates); previously trivial (ODT ruby read and written); previously trivial (ODT page breaks after a paragraph, kept lines, widow control, hyphenation, table alignment and width and row heights); previously trivial (in-line drawings raised or lowered by their run's position; ODT in-line frames keep their place on the baseline; leading's space after the last line; text box borders shown by LibreOffice); previously trivial (ODT form controls opened and saved as content controls); previously trivial (password-protected ODT opened and saved); previously trivial (ODT headers and footers keep their shapes, text boxes, charts and embedded objects on save); previously trivial (ODT embedded spreadsheets and OLE objects kept whole instead of lost; flat ODT sub-documents valid `office:document`s); previously trivial (ODT charts in drawing groups drawn on open); previously trivial (ODT charts opened and saved as editable charts; flat ODT sub-documents no longer end the body); previously trivial (ODT leading read as an at-least spacing); previously trivial (ODT tracked formatting changes; changed regions named by `xml:id`); previously trivial (ODT drop caps; tab stops no longer drop a paragraph's background); previously trivial (flat ODT `.fodt` opened and saved; ODT fidelity re-estimated at ~80%); previously trivial (ODT page settings; a footnote no longer takes a footer's text); previously trivial (ODT dates in their formats, sequences, chapters and references); previously trivial (ODT bookmarks over text); previously trivial (ODT tables of contents and indexes; ODT fidelity re-estimated); previously trivial (ODT polygons, polylines and paths); previously trivial (ODT arrowheads, dashes and gradients); previously trivial (ODT groups of shapes and pictures); previously trivial (ODT rotated and mirrored shapes and pictures); previously trivial (ODT drawing shapes read and written); previously trivial (ODT text box frames keep their line, fill, padding and fit); previously trivial (ODT Asian and complex-script fonts); previously trivial (ODT right-to-left paragraphs); previously trivial (ODT text boxes kept); previously trivial (ODT unnumbered headings detached from the outline); previously trivial (ODT contextual spacing and layout settings); previously trivial (ODT custom character styles kept); previously trivial (ODT list level positions); previously trivial (ODT custom paragraph styles kept); previously trivial (ODT equations written as formula objects); previously trivial (ODT numbered headings written as headings); previously trivial (ODT floating pictures); previously trivial (ODT paragraph borders and background); previously trivial (ODT heading numbering); previously trivial (ODT font-face names); previously trivial (ODT table cell borders and padding); previously trivial (ODT heading, title, quote and preformatted styles keep their look); previously trivial (ODT tab stops read and written); previously trivial (ODT character formatting read and written); previously trivial (ODT lists keep their number formats, bullets and identity); previously trivial (ODT comments read and written); previously trivial (ODT footnotes and endnotes read and written); previously trivial (ODT headers, footers and text fields written; fields read); previously trivial (ODT paragraph spacing, indents and line spacing read and written); previously trivial (Replace and Remove Table of Contents treat Word's title above a section break as Word does, #4041); previously trivial (a password-protected .docx opened from the file manager asks for its password also when the startup document was replaced, #5299); previously minor (`w:altChunk` brought in on open; MHT opens; HTML style sheets, paragraph margins and Word's web-page defaults; broader corpus qualification and readiness estimates unchanged); previously trivial (a VML horizontal rule (`o:hr`) is drawn across its line at Word's measured width and kept on save, with rotation and flips, #3956); previously trivial (soft edges on a see-through solid fill fade from the fill's own opacity, #1600); previously trivial (DOCX table rows and cells inside selected alternate-content branches survive open and repeated saves (#5219); broader corpus qualification and readiness estimates unchanged); previously trivial (a list inside a Markdown block quote is written back inside the quote); previously trivial (arrowheads keep their kind, width and length and are drawn at Word's sizes); previously trivial (.doc: the default font is the stylesheet's standard font (Aptos in Word 365 files), #5066); previously trivial (a paragraph naming an undefined style is formatted as Normal, as in Word, #5077); previously trivial (a hyperlinked TOC writes its page numbers as `PAGEREF _Toc… \h` fields, as Word does, #5097); previously trivial (HTML import ends the empty comments and at once, #5040); previously trivial (chart and SmartArt text the font lacks is drawn in a fallback face, so Chinese labels no longer show boxes, #4720); previously trivial (bibliography sources keep a corporate author (`b:Corporate`): read, written, cited and listed whole, #4848); previously trivial (custom-property bookmark-link preservation, #4767); previously trivial (note conversion preserves content with an ordered reference/run walk, #4750); previously trivial (DOCX comment-ID save lookups); previously trivial (built-in heading styles have their outline level without `w:outlineLvl`, #4696); previously trivial (DOCX comment ranges inside footnotes and endnotes are kept on read, #4548); previously trivial (RTF import and export keep Windows and Enhanced Metafile pictures (`\wmetafile`, `\emfblip`), #4259); previously trivial (#4658 bounds nested Markdown reference-label work); previously trivial (HTML import keeps preformatted lines with CR or CRLF input newlines, #4810); previously trivial (DOCX parts stored under another casing keep their embedded fonts through a save, and a private save of a kept glossary escapes the attribute values it rewrites; previously trivial: the `.doc` reader logs what its copy budget leaves out, once a kind per document; importers bound hostile expansion: font names, links, ODS repeats, LaTeX wrappers, Markdown delimiters, #3692/#3713; previously trivial: repeated DOCX style IDs: save/reopen regression; previously trivial: Markdown code spans keep line-broken text literal, #3738; previously trivial: Arabic list labels: `arabicAlpha` and `arabicAbjad` draw the 28 Arabic letters (alphabetical and abjad order), doubling past the last letter; Hebrew, Hindi, Thai and Vietnamese still show decimal (`doc::section::tests::arabic_letters_count_in_both_orders`); previously trivial: localized TOC style ids read as the TOC styles, and a TOC in columns keeps its layout through Update Table, #3889; previously trivial: cu20we: outline caps; previously trivial: a relationship the markup names without the prefix is read as it wrote: an unqualified `id` on an element that carries a relationship names that relationship, and the writer keeps the attribute with the id the new package holds the part under; an ordinary `id` — a VML shape's, a drawing's — names no part; previously trivial: the reader takes the relationship ids the markup refers to from the relationship attributes of the main document it has already parsed, so a document with many relationships opens in the time its part takes, #3411; previously trivial: a table cell span from a `.json` file stays within 63 columns through Insert Column and Merge Cells, #3637; previously trivial: the file commands that change the document are checked on a protected document, the protection of a protected document needs an explicit stop, the session author can't change through `file.setAuthor` under protection (the CLI's `--author` uses the same protection check), and the post-check compares the settings and the metadata; previously trivial: a document with many content controls saves in the time the controls take, #13; previously trivial: `majorBidi`/`minorBidi` theme fonts follow the settings' theme font language, as measured in Word; previously trivial: Word signature lines are kept on save, still signable; previously trivial: Times New Roman keeps Liberation Serif under the roman-font rule; previously trivial: shape gradients and transparency, #1500; previously trivial: a folder that keeps no Unix modes, such as a NAS share mounted by GVFS, still takes a save, #3003; previously trivial: a text frame in the paragraph defaults frames nothing, #2360; previously trivial: table style band sizes written, a style without them unbanded as in Word, #3415; previously trivial: HTML export writes ruby (furigana, phonetic guides) and HTML import reads it back, #1681; previously trivial: RTF import decodes the East Asian multibyte code pages, #1653; previously trivial: PDF export: lam-alef drawn as two glyphs at one x extracts in reading order, #2310; previously trivial: native .json stores pictures and kept parts as base64, #586 follow-up; previously trivial: ODT headers and footers read from each master page, #863; previously trivial: RTF import compares heading and code formatting with the file's stylesheet; previously trivial: text typed into a content control takes the control's formatting; localized placeholder styles recognised; previously trivial: forms protection keeps its content controls: no inserting, Properties or Remove Content Control; previously trivial: Word XML and web pages saved as `.doc` open by what they hold, #2853; previously trivial: a VML shape in a header cell is always placed on the page, user-checked in Word for Mac, #1775; previously trivial: `w:sym` characters keep their symbol font when the text's font changes and are written back as `w:sym`, #2036; previously trivial: RTF export writes sections (gap 19); previously trivial: ODT export writes sections (gap 19); previously trivial: two lines in one and horizontal in vertical (`w:eastAsianLayout`) kept on save; previously trivial: PDF outline targets follow leading page breaks; previously trivial: positional tabs `w:ptab` read and kept on save, #2367; previously trivial: DOCX: mixed right-to-left runs split and marked `w:rtl` with their language, #1543; previously trivial: `w:doNotTrackMoves` round-trips and turns move tracking off; previously trivial: legacy outline, shadow, emboss and imprint text effects drawn, #2534; previously trivial: DOCX glossary documents (building blocks) read, kept and written; previously trivial: cached field results keep their visible run formatting; previously trivial: cached REF results retain hyperlink destinations; previously trivial: CLI conversions can explicitly refresh fields; previously trivial: a copied equation also goes in the clipboard's MathML formats, #1297; previously trivial: a pasted HTML `` is an indented paragraph, not the Quote style, #1270); previously trivial: every table style part round-trips, #714; previously trivial: VML freeforms read and kept on save; previously trivial: multi-paragraph field instructions no longer add blank lines; previously trivial: `flowChartOr` draws its circle and cross spokes, as in Word; previously trivial: RTF: Mac OS Roman and DOS text, #1653; previously trivial: VML text boxes keep their internal margins, fit to their text and vertical alignment; hidden drawings not shown; previously trivial: PDF export draws horizontal and vertical lines inside groups, #1474; previously trivial: symbol-font text exported as Unicode, #776; previously trivial: text-box margins, Resize shape to fit text and freeforms in groups, #743; previously trivial: formatted paste from the system clipboard's HTML and RTF, #687; previously trivial: independent complex-script formatting inheritance and round-trip regression tests; previously trivial: import/export fixes for TXT, RTF, ODT, HTML and LaTeX, #433–#440; previously major: first version; every format Word reads or writes, measured from the readers and writers on origin/main) · **Target:** Microsoft Word (Microsoft 365) for Mac 16.113.4, plus Word for Windows' extra formats
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-11 · **Last updated:** 2026-11-08 · **Change:** trivial (XML line ends in text normalised, #5897); previously trivial (ODT pictures offered in several formats); previously trivial (ODT pictures offered in several formats); previously trivial (ODT pictures offered in several formats); previously trivial (ODT heading text of another size); previously trivial (built-in citation source lookups, #4888; current-main progress records retained); previously trivial (ODT: no settings for what the standard leaves open); previously trivial (picture brightness, contrast and transparency); previously trivial (ODT paragraph groups kept as read); previously trivial (ODT paragraphs with charts kept as read); previously trivial (ODT sections in cells and at empty paragraphs); previously trivial (ODT element audit); previously trivial (ODT reference marks written as such); previously trivial (ODT hidden sections stay hidden; lists kept as read); previously trivial (ODT manifest lists every file); previously trivial (ODT paragraphs with bookmarks, notes, objects and page-anchored frames written as read); previously trivial (ODT paragraphs with text boxes written as read); previously trivial (ODT paragraphs with comments and tracked changes written as read); previously trivial (ODT paragraphs with pictures and shapes written as read); previously trivial (ODT sections inside text boxes); previously trivial (ODT definitions sharing a name, sections around tables, chart replacement pictures, note citations, stacking order); previously trivial (ODT form definitions and indexes written as read); previously trivial (ODT gradient angles by the file's version; deviation documented); previously minor (ODT: unedited tables, pages, sections, properties and declarations written as read; no-edit loss gate); previously minor (ODT: unedited paragraphs and style definitions written as read); previously trivial (ODT author fields said not fixed); previously trivial (ODT default text colour; covered cells' content); previously trivial (ODT widow control profile case; tabs from the indent kept); previously trivial (ODT span kerning; note reference formatting; notes starting with a tab); previously trivial (ODT fixed and sender fields); previously trivial (ODT: table styles saved into their cells; ODT tables carry no Word table style; section column balance); previously trivial (ODT interpretation profile: the standard is law, what it leaves open (including unstated page margins) follows WordCraft, LibreOffice or custom settings); previously trivial (ODT form controls keep their place on the line and text areas their lines; custom shapes keep their geometry); previously trivial (ODT in-line frames placed against the text; in-line pictures saved standing on the baseline); previously trivial (ODT charts written back as they were while unchanged; frames' drawn outline; default header height); previously trivial (ODT header rows only where they repeat); previously trivial (ODT padding without a border; unequal columns; column breaks); previously trivial (ODT lines of only pictures laid out as LibreOffice does; default page without a layout); previously trivial (ODT pictures alone in a paragraph keep its size; in-line frames raised under an inherited paragraph relation); previously trivial (ODT tables fit the margins and keep their space above and below; header spacing kept); previously trivial (ODT frames anchored and placed by their style); previously trivial (ODT default font size saved; page-anchored frames placed from the page; text box paragraph styles kept; empty paragraphs keep their size); previously trivial (ODT default font size; locale-ordered dates); previously trivial (ODT page background pictures); previously trivial (ODT tables fixed layout; tables starting a page); previously trivial (emphasis marks: model, layout, DOCX `w:em`, ODT `style:text-emphasize`, `format.emphasisMark`); previously trivial (ODT variables as SET/REF fields; character styles keep what they turn off); previously trivial (ODT styles keep what they turn off; WMF/EMF pictures kept; pictures in text boxes shown by LibreOffice); previously trivial (ODT unstated page margins are LibreOffice's 2 cm; drawings outside a paragraph join the next one); previously trivial (ODT placeholders as content controls, template dates, user name fields, unsized pages, style-only templates, found with LibreOffice's own templates); previously trivial (ODT hidden form controls kept; `.ott` templates opened and saved); previously trivial (ODT fidelity re-estimated at ~90%; a kept form control made another kind is saved as that kind); previously trivial (ODT form control sizes and buttons kept); previously trivial (ODT turned text in cells and text boxes); previously trivial (ODT macros and unknown package parts kept); previously trivial (ODT table cell formulas as formula fields); previously trivial (ODT custom shapes drawn from their own geometry); previously trivial (ODT bibliography marks as citations of sources); previously trivial (ODT linked text boxes); previously trivial (ODT picture crops and contour wrapping); previously trivial (ODT fidelity re-estimated at ~85%); previously trivial (ODT custom document properties and user fields as DOCPROPERTY); previously trivial (ODT connectors read and written glued); previously trivial (ODT borders around text read and written); previously trivial (ODT index marks read and written as XE fields; an index held around its entries updates); previously trivial (ODT ruby read and written); previously trivial (ODT page breaks after a paragraph, kept lines, widow control, hyphenation, table alignment and width and row heights); previously trivial (in-line drawings raised or lowered by their run's position; ODT in-line frames keep their place on the baseline; leading's space after the last line; text box borders shown by LibreOffice); previously trivial (ODT form controls opened and saved as content controls); previously trivial (password-protected ODT opened and saved); previously trivial (ODT headers and footers keep their shapes, text boxes, charts and embedded objects on save); previously trivial (ODT embedded spreadsheets and OLE objects kept whole instead of lost; flat ODT sub-documents valid `office:document`s); previously trivial (ODT charts in drawing groups drawn on open); previously trivial (ODT charts opened and saved as editable charts; flat ODT sub-documents no longer end the body); previously trivial (ODT leading read as an at-least spacing); previously trivial (ODT tracked formatting changes; changed regions named by `xml:id`); previously trivial (ODT drop caps; tab stops no longer drop a paragraph's background); previously trivial (flat ODT `.fodt` opened and saved; ODT fidelity re-estimated at ~80%); previously trivial (ODT page settings; a footnote no longer takes a footer's text); previously trivial (ODT dates in their formats, sequences, chapters and references); previously trivial (ODT bookmarks over text); previously trivial (ODT tables of contents and indexes; ODT fidelity re-estimated); previously trivial (ODT polygons, polylines and paths); previously trivial (ODT arrowheads, dashes and gradients); previously trivial (ODT groups of shapes and pictures); previously trivial (ODT rotated and mirrored shapes and pictures); previously trivial (ODT drawing shapes read and written); previously trivial (ODT text box frames keep their line, fill, padding and fit); previously trivial (ODT Asian and complex-script fonts); previously trivial (ODT right-to-left paragraphs); previously trivial (ODT text boxes kept); previously trivial (ODT unnumbered headings detached from the outline); previously trivial (ODT contextual spacing and layout settings); previously trivial (ODT custom character styles kept); previously trivial (ODT list level positions); previously trivial (ODT custom paragraph styles kept); previously trivial (ODT equations written as formula objects); previously trivial (ODT numbered headings written as headings); previously trivial (ODT floating pictures); previously trivial (ODT paragraph borders and background); previously trivial (ODT heading numbering); previously trivial (ODT font-face names); previously trivial (ODT table cell borders and padding); previously trivial (ODT heading, title, quote and preformatted styles keep their look); previously trivial (ODT tab stops read and written); previously trivial (ODT character formatting read and written); previously trivial (ODT lists keep their number formats, bullets and identity); previously trivial (ODT comments read and written); previously trivial (ODT footnotes and endnotes read and written); previously trivial (ODT headers, footers and text fields written; fields read); previously trivial (ODT paragraph spacing, indents and line spacing read and written); previously trivial (Replace and Remove Table of Contents treat Word's title above a section break as Word does, #4041); previously trivial (a password-protected .docx opened from the file manager asks for its password also when the startup document was replaced, #5299); previously minor (`w:altChunk` brought in on open; MHT opens; HTML style sheets, paragraph margins and Word's web-page defaults; broader corpus qualification and readiness estimates unchanged); previously trivial (a VML horizontal rule (`o:hr`) is drawn across its line at Word's measured width and kept on save, with rotation and flips, #3956); previously trivial (soft edges on a see-through solid fill fade from the fill's own opacity, #1600); previously trivial (DOCX table rows and cells inside selected alternate-content branches survive open and repeated saves (#5219); broader corpus qualification and readiness estimates unchanged); previously trivial (a list inside a Markdown block quote is written back inside the quote); previously trivial (arrowheads keep their kind, width and length and are drawn at Word's sizes); previously trivial (.doc: the default font is the stylesheet's standard font (Aptos in Word 365 files), #5066); previously trivial (a paragraph naming an undefined style is formatted as Normal, as in Word, #5077); previously trivial (a hyperlinked TOC writes its page numbers as `PAGEREF _Toc… \h` fields, as Word does, #5097); previously trivial (HTML import ends the empty comments and at once, #5040); previously trivial (chart and SmartArt text the font lacks is drawn in a fallback face, so Chinese labels no longer show boxes, #4720); previously trivial (bibliography sources keep a corporate author (`b:Corporate`): read, written, cited and listed whole, #4848); previously trivial (custom-property bookmark-link preservation, #4767); previously trivial (note conversion preserves content with an ordered reference/run walk, #4750); previously trivial (DOCX comment-ID save lookups); previously trivial (built-in heading styles have their outline level without `w:outlineLvl`, #4696); previously trivial (DOCX comment ranges inside footnotes and endnotes are kept on read, #4548); previously trivial (RTF import and export keep Windows and Enhanced Metafile pictures (`\wmetafile`, `\emfblip`), #4259); previously trivial (#4658 bounds nested Markdown reference-label work); previously trivial (HTML import keeps preformatted lines with CR or CRLF input newlines, #4810); previously trivial (DOCX parts stored under another casing keep their embedded fonts through a save, and a private save of a kept glossary escapes the attribute values it rewrites; previously trivial: the `.doc` reader logs what its copy budget leaves out, once a kind per document; importers bound hostile expansion: font names, links, ODS repeats, LaTeX wrappers, Markdown delimiters, #3692/#3713; previously trivial: repeated DOCX style IDs: save/reopen regression; previously trivial: Markdown code spans keep line-broken text literal, #3738; previously trivial: Arabic list labels: `arabicAlpha` and `arabicAbjad` draw the 28 Arabic letters (alphabetical and abjad order), doubling past the last letter; Hebrew, Hindi, Thai and Vietnamese still show decimal (`doc::section::tests::arabic_letters_count_in_both_orders`); previously trivial: localized TOC style ids read as the TOC styles, and a TOC in columns keeps its layout through Update Table, #3889; previously trivial: cu20we: outline caps; previously trivial: a relationship the markup names without the prefix is read as it wrote: an unqualified `id` on an element that carries a relationship names that relationship, and the writer keeps the attribute with the id the new package holds the part under; an ordinary `id` — a VML shape's, a drawing's — names no part; previously trivial: the reader takes the relationship ids the markup refers to from the relationship attributes of the main document it has already parsed, so a document with many relationships opens in the time its part takes, #3411; previously trivial: a table cell span from a `.json` file stays within 63 columns through Insert Column and Merge Cells, #3637; previously trivial: the file commands that change the document are checked on a protected document, the protection of a protected document needs an explicit stop, the session author can't change through `file.setAuthor` under protection (the CLI's `--author` uses the same protection check), and the post-check compares the settings and the metadata; previously trivial: a document with many content controls saves in the time the controls take, #13; previously trivial: `majorBidi`/`minorBidi` theme fonts follow the settings' theme font language, as measured in Word; previously trivial: Word signature lines are kept on save, still signable; previously trivial: Times New Roman keeps Liberation Serif under the roman-font rule; previously trivial: shape gradients and transparency, #1500; previously trivial: a folder that keeps no Unix modes, such as a NAS share mounted by GVFS, still takes a save, #3003; previously trivial: a text frame in the paragraph defaults frames nothing, #2360; previously trivial: table style band sizes written, a style without them unbanded as in Word, #3415; previously trivial: HTML export writes ruby (furigana, phonetic guides) and HTML import reads it back, #1681; previously trivial: RTF import decodes the East Asian multibyte code pages, #1653; previously trivial: PDF export: lam-alef drawn as two glyphs at one x extracts in reading order, #2310; previously trivial: native .json stores pictures and kept parts as base64, #586 follow-up; previously trivial: ODT headers and footers read from each master page, #863; previously trivial: RTF import compares heading and code formatting with the file's stylesheet; previously trivial: text typed into a content control takes the control's formatting; localized placeholder styles recognised; previously trivial: forms protection keeps its content controls: no inserting, Properties or Remove Content Control; previously trivial: Word XML and web pages saved as `.doc` open by what they hold, #2853; previously trivial: a VML shape in a header cell is always placed on the page, user-checked in Word for Mac, #1775; previously trivial: `w:sym` characters keep their symbol font when the text's font changes and are written back as `w:sym`, #2036; previously trivial: RTF export writes sections (gap 19); previously trivial: ODT export writes sections (gap 19); previously trivial: two lines in one and horizontal in vertical (`w:eastAsianLayout`) kept on save; previously trivial: PDF outline targets follow leading page breaks; previously trivial: positional tabs `w:ptab` read and kept on save, #2367; previously trivial: DOCX: mixed right-to-left runs split and marked `w:rtl` with their language, #1543; previously trivial: `w:doNotTrackMoves` round-trips and turns move tracking off; previously trivial: legacy outline, shadow, emboss and imprint text effects drawn, #2534; previously trivial: DOCX glossary documents (building blocks) read, kept and written; previously trivial: cached field results keep their visible run formatting; previously trivial: cached REF results retain hyperlink destinations; previously trivial: CLI conversions can explicitly refresh fields; previously trivial: a copied equation also goes in the clipboard's MathML formats, #1297; previously trivial: a pasted HTML `` is an indented paragraph, not the Quote style, #1270); previously trivial: every table style part round-trips, #714; previously trivial: VML freeforms read and kept on save; previously trivial: multi-paragraph field instructions no longer add blank lines; previously trivial: `flowChartOr` draws its circle and cross spokes, as in Word; previously trivial: RTF: Mac OS Roman and DOS text, #1653; previously trivial: VML text boxes keep their internal margins, fit to their text and vertical alignment; hidden drawings not shown; previously trivial: PDF export draws horizontal and vertical lines inside groups, #1474; previously trivial: symbol-font text exported as Unicode, #776; previously trivial: text-box margins, Resize shape to fit text and freeforms in groups, #743; previously trivial: formatted paste from the system clipboard's HTML and RTF, #687; previously trivial: independent complex-script formatting inheritance and round-trip regression tests; previously trivial: import/export fixes for TXT, RTF, ODT, HTML and LaTeX, #433–#440; previously major: first version; every format Word reads or writes, measured from the readers and writers on origin/main) · **Target:** Microsoft Word (Microsoft 365) for Mac 16.113.4, plus Word for Windows' extra formats
> **CLI path update:** 2026-11-04 · Options before a non-Unicode input filename no longer make the CLI reject that filename; text option values still require Unicode; `run --file` and `run --script` retain native paths. No ranked gap or readiness estimate changes.
> **Legacy form update:** 2026-10-22 · trivial: field names and selected drop-down labels decode numeric XML character references once.
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ Weights are the share of a Word user's file traffic (estimate). Read/write: ✅
| `.htm/.html` Web Page and Web Page, Filtered | 1% | R/W | 🟡 | 🟡 | ~65% | 5–9 | `crates/formats/src/tests.rs`, `html.rs` | Tables (#102), relative pictures embedded (#113), missing `` tolerated (#154); the empty comments `` and `` end at once instead of swallowing the rest of the page (#5040). `style` element rules with simple selectors (`p`, `.x`, `p.x`; class names may start with a digit, as Word accepts) in cascade order; paragraph `margin`, `text-indent`, `line-height`; cell `width` and borders. Header cells (``) bold unless their CSS says otherwise; `text-align` on a cell, or inherited from its row, row group or table, aligns the cell's paragraphs (#1381). An opened page looks as Word opens one: Times New Roman 12 pt, single lines, browser-sized black headings, automatic 14 pt spacing where a `p` or heading states no margin (none before the first), a span's margin replacing its paragraph's. HTML gives no page size, so it opens on the region's paper (A4 or Letter), as Markdown and plain text do (#1381). No `@page`, descendant selectors or `div` margins. No Word "Web Page" (with `_files` folder) round-trip. The same reader takes HTML from the system clipboard: Paste keeps another program's formatting (a Word document, a web page; Windows' "HTML Format" header understood), Merge Formatting keeps its emphasis (#687). A pasted `` (LibreOffice's paragraph indented on both sides) becomes a Normal paragraph indented by the page's `blockquote` margins, else 0.5 in each side; opening an .html file keeps it as the Quote style (#1270). Equations are written as MathML (with the linear format as a UnicodeMath annotation) and read back from MathML: our annotation, else the presentation elements, else a TeX annotation (#816). A copy of one equation alone also goes in the clipboard's MathML formats (Windows "MathML" and "MathML Presentation", macOS `public.mathml.presentation` and `public.mathml`; W3C MathML 3 §6.2.4), which Microsoft documents Word reading first when it pastes math (#1297; the paste into Word is not yet verified); Ruby (furigana, phonetic guides) is written as `base` in the base text's formatting and read back from ``/``/` |