Docx --> LaTeX: --extract-media omits certain figures

[jesperolsson-se]

Explain the problem.

Example.docx

pandoc Example.docx --extract-media=. --standalone -o Example.tex

The LaTeX file contains no reference to the figure. The media folder is not created. If other figures would generate a media folder, the submitted figure is still missing.

I expect the figure to be extracted.

When analyzing the docx file, we can find the image in the word/media folder. It's also listed in word/_rels/document.xml.rels (rId11) and referenced in word/document.xml.

The figure's XML structure (containing <w:pict> and <v:shape> tags) is different compared to newly inserted figures.

Pandoc version?

Windows 11 Pro
Pandoc 3.7.0.2

[tarleb]

Thanks for the report. Is this the same issue that's described in #9633?

[jesperolsson-se]

No, my problem persists even on 3.1.9 and the XML structures differ.

[jgm]

XML looks like this:

    <w:p w14:paraId="7CDE7D8F" w14:textId="66FBBD07" w:rsidR="00C21BD5" w:rsidRDefault="00000000">
      <w:pPr>
        <w:pStyle w:val="HMNormal0"/>
      </w:pPr>
      <w:r>
        <w:pict w14:anchorId="02ACA9AF">
          <v:shape id="_x0000_s2050" style="width:451.5pt;height:210pt;mso-left-percent:-10001;mso-top-percent:-10001;mso-position-horizontal:absolute;mso-position-horizontal-relative:char;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:line;mso-left-percent:-10001;mso-top-percent:-10001;mso-width-relative:margin;mso-height-relative:margin" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="100" adj="0,,0" path="" filled="f" stroked="f">
            <v:stroke joinstyle="round"/>
            <v:formulas/>
            <v:path o:connecttype="segments"/>
            <v:textbox style="mso-fit-shape-to-text:t" inset="0,0,0,0">
              <w:txbxContent>
                <w:p w14:paraId="4280E54D" w14:textId="77777777" w:rsidR="00C21BD5" w:rsidRDefault="00403AF8">
                  <w:pPr>
                    <w:spacing w:after="0" w:line="240" w:lineRule="auto"/>
                    <w:jc w:val="center"/>
                  </w:pPr>
                  <w:r>
                    <w:rPr>
                      <w:noProof/>
                    </w:rPr>
                    <w:drawing>
                      <wp:inline distT="0" distB="0" distL="0" distR="0" wp14:anchorId="36BA0288" wp14:editId="4DF3262E">
                        <wp:extent cx="4154154" cy="2667000"/>
                        <wp:effectExtent l="0" t="0" r="0" b="0"/>
                        <wp:docPr id="146" name="Pic 146"/>
                        <wp:cNvGraphicFramePr>
                          <a:graphicFrameLocks xmlns:a="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/main" noChangeAspect="1"/>
                        </wp:cNvGraphicFramePr>
                        <a:graphic xmlns:a="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/main">
                          <a:graphicData uri="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/picture">
                            <pic:pic xmlns:pic="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/picture">
                              <pic:nvPicPr>
                                <pic:cNvPr id="146" name="Pic 146"/>
                                <pic:cNvPicPr/>
                              </pic:nvPicPr>
                              <pic:blipFill>
                                <a:blip r:embed="rId11">
                                  <a:extLst>
                                    <a:ext uri="{28A0092B-C50C-407E-A947-70E740481C1C}">
                                      <a14:useLocalDpi xmlns:a14="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2010/main" val="0"/>
                                    </a:ext>
                                  </a:extLst>
                                </a:blip>
                                <a:stretch>
                                  <a:fillRect/>
                                </a:stretch>
                              </pic:blipFill>
                              <pic:spPr>
                                <a:xfrm>
                                  <a:off x="0" y="0"/>
                                  <a:ext cx="4154154" cy="2667000"/>
                                </a:xfrm>
                                <a:prstGeom prst="rect">
                                  <a:avLst/>
                                </a:prstGeom>
                              </pic:spPr>
                            </pic:pic>
                          </a:graphicData>
                        </a:graphic>
                      </wp:inline>
                    </w:drawing>
                  </w:r>
                </w:p>
              </w:txbxContent>
            </v:textbox>
          </v:shape>
        </w:pict>
      </w:r>
    </w:p>

I think pandoc isn't seeing this one because the drawing element is embedded in a shape element (and a textbox and a nested p).

[RayBB]

@jgm Are shape elements not supported at all currently or just this special edge case?

Would it be possible to either have a flag to just extract the contents (like image and text) or at least show a warning that there's a shape element with text that's being omitted?

Considering that in #11510 it caused a whole paragraph to go missing I'd say this feels like a warning at least would be important. That being said, I'm not sure why the original document was created in that way so maybe it's uncommon.