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Support rendering text inside Word text boxes / shapes #66

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@ips-jm

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Yes. Text inside Word text boxes / shapes is not rendered in the editor.

In our .docx templates (especially legal/corporate letter templates), important content such as address blocks or positioned text is often stored inside a Text Box / Shape.
When opening these files in the editor, the normal paragraph text is displayed, but the text inside the shape is missing.

This makes some real-world templates unusable, because key visible content is not shown.

Describe the solution you'd like
Support rendering text content inside Word text boxes / shapes (at least basic/plain text rendering).

A good first step would already be:

  • render text from shape/text box content
  • preserve its approximate position
  • support common use cases from Word templates (e.g. address/header blocks)

If full styling is difficult, even partial support (plain text only) would be very helpful.

Additional context
This is reproducible with a minimal Word file:

  1. Create a new .docx in Microsoft Word
  2. Insert a Text Box (Insert -> Text Box) or a Shape and choose text box
  3. Enter some text (e.g. @address@)
  4. Add normal paragraph text outside the shape
  5. Save the file
  6. Open it in the editor

Result: normal paragraph text is visible, shape/text box text is missing.

This matters a lot for legal/business templates, where letterheads and address areas are often implemented with positioned shapes/text boxes.

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