Read w:softHyphen

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/docx/body-reader.js b/lib/docx/body-reader.js
index 23c6a20..12a12c7 100644
--- a/lib/docx/body-reader.js
+++ b/lib/docx/body-reader.js
@@ -288,6 +288,10 @@ function BodyReader(options) {
             return readXmlElements(element.firstOrEmpty("w:sdtContent").children);
         },
 
+        "w:softHyphen": function(element) {
+            return elementResult(new documents.Text("\u00AD"));
+        },
+
         "w:ins": readChildElements,
         "w:object": readChildElements,
         "w:smartTag": readChildElements,
diff --git a/test/docx/body-reader.tests.js b/test/docx/body-reader.tests.js
index 1260575..afdddfc 100644
--- a/test/docx/body-reader.tests.js
+++ b/test/docx/body-reader.tests.js
@@ -1219,6 +1219,12 @@ test("text nodes are ignored when reading children", function() {
     assert.deepEqual(run, new documents.Run([]));
 });
 
+test("soft hyphens are read as text", function() {
+    var runXml = new XmlElement("w:softHyphen", {}, []);
+    var text = readXmlElementValue(runXml);
+    assert.deepEqual(text, new documents.Text("\u00AD"));
+});
+
 function paragraphWithStyleId(styleId) {
     return new XmlElement("w:p", {}, [
         new XmlElement("w:pPr", {}, [