Office.js (Word 2016) ContentControl getOoxml/insertOoxml

Question

I have a word 2016 document with a number of content controls on the page. I save each content control by using .getOoxml and saving the xml string to the database.

I can then refresh the content control by reading out the string and using insertOoxml. This works for most things but bullet points keep losing their format. For example if I save something like this:

• Bullet A
• Bullet B
• Bullet C

when I refresh it it comes back like this

1. Bullet A
2. Bullet B
3. Bullet C

I have also taken the xml that getOoxml produces and opened it directly with word and it also loses the format.

Is this a bug with the getOoxml api for the content control or is there something I can do to fix this?

I'm not sure if it is directly related to the issue I have but I saw a similar issue on GiHub ( https://github.com/OfficeDev/office-js-docs/issues/272 ) that appears unanswered.

Answer 1

this is a known issue and the fix was shipped with our May fork shipped since July 5th to the public. (Build 16.0.7070.2022+). Please make sure you have the latest update. Please reply with your current build number as well, just to triple check. thanks so much and happy coding!!!