Word-to-DITA Batch converter issue: Image production

[jeff_hooker]

Hi Radu,
I'm trying to use the batch convertor to generate DITA from Word files, and while it is generally going well, there is an issue with images. The batch converter is treating an SVG-style drawing image as XML and processing the text within it instead of processing it as an image. When I unzip the docx file and look at the document.xml file, I can see a backup raster version of the image, but I can't find a way of making the converter select it instead of processing the image's xml. Is this configurable?

I'm trying to attach a sample file to this, but it appears that i can't attach samples when I've saved the message as a draft. I'll post the message and see if I can attach a file in the first comment.

[jeff_hooker]

sample.zip

[Cosmin Duna]

Hi,
Thanks for the report.
What you're describing isn't an SVG, but a native Word shape/drawing. The Batch Documents Converter doesn't support these. Instead of ignoring the shape or using the raster fallback Word stores in document.xml, it reads the shape's internal XML and extracts the text from its text boxes as document content.
This isn't configurable in the Word styles mapping table. It's a converter limitation with native shapes.

Workaround: https://blog.oxygenxml.com/topics/migra ... rve_shapes

Let us know if the issue persists after this.

Best regards,
Cosmin

[jeff_hooker]

Thanks Cosmin, the workaround works very nicely.