diff --git a/docling/backend/opendocument_backend.py b/docling/backend/opendocument_backend.py
index 1beaac53f4..36896e83f6 100644
--- a/docling/backend/opendocument_backend.py
+++ b/docling/backend/opendocument_backend.py
@@ -303,32 +303,31 @@ def _odf_text_runs(
     odf_obj: OdfDocument | None,
     inherited_formatting: Formatting | None = None,
 ) -> list[_OdfTextRun]:
-    style_name = getattr(element, "attributes", {}).get("text:style-name")
+    style_name = element.attributes.get("text:style-name")
     formatting = _formatting_from_odf_text_style(
         odf_obj, style_name, inherited_formatting
     )
-    tag = getattr(element, "tag", None)
+    tag = element.tag
     if tag == "text:line-break":
-        text = getattr(element, "text", "\n") or "\n"
-        text_recursive = getattr(element, "text_recursive", "")
-        if text_recursive.startswith(text):
-            text = text_recursive
-        return [_OdfTextRun(text=text, formatting=formatting)]
+        return [_OdfTextRun(text=element.text or "\n", formatting=formatting)]
     if tag == "text:tab":
         return [_OdfTextRun(text="\t", formatting=formatting)]
 
     runs: list[_OdfTextRun] = []
-    text = getattr(element, "text", "")
+    children = element.children
+    text = element.text
     if text:
         runs.append(_OdfTextRun(text=text, formatting=formatting))
 
-    for child in getattr(element, "children", []):
+    for child in children:
         runs.extend(_odf_text_runs(child, odf_obj, formatting))
+        if child.tail:
+            runs.append(_OdfTextRun(text=child.tail, formatting=formatting))
 
-    if not runs and not getattr(element, "children", []):
-        text_recursive = getattr(element, "text_recursive", "")
-        if text_recursive:
-            runs.append(_OdfTextRun(text=text_recursive, formatting=formatting))
+    if not runs and not children:
+        inner_text = element.inner_text
+        if inner_text:
+            runs.append(_OdfTextRun(text=inner_text, formatting=formatting))
 
     return runs
 
diff --git a/tests/data/odf/groundtruth/text_document_03.odt.html b/tests/data/odf/groundtruth/text_document_03.odt.html
index d1dc80dd85..e7973a727e 100644
--- a/tests/data/odf/groundtruth/text_document_03.odt.html
+++ b/tests/data/odf/groundtruth/text_document_03.odt.html
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ <h3>Table with nested table</h3>
 <p>Before table</p>
 <table><tbody><tr><th>Column A</th><th>Column B</th></tr><tr><td>Simple cell upper left</td><td>Simple cell with bold and italic text</td></tr><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><th>A</th><th>B</th><th>C</th></tr><tr><td>Cell 1</td><td>Cell 2</td><td>Cell 3</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td><p>Rich cell<br>A nested table</p>
 <table><tbody><tr><th>A</th><th>B</th><th>C</th></tr><tr><td>Cell 1</td><td>Cell 2</td><td>Cell 3</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>
-<span class='inline-group'>After table with  <strong>bold</strong> <u>underline</u> <del>strikethrough</del> <em>italic</em></span>
+<span class='inline-group'>After table with  <strong>bold</strong> ,  <u>underline</u> ,  <del>strikethrough</del> , and  <em>italic</em>  formatting</span>
 <h3>Table with pictures</h3>
 <table><tbody><tr><th>Column A</th><th>Column B</th></tr><tr><td>Only text</td><td><figure><img src="data:image/png;base64,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 <p>Owner avatar</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Text and picture</p>
diff --git a/tests/data/odf/groundtruth/text_document_03.odt.itxt b/tests/data/odf/groundtruth/text_document_03.odt.itxt
index c57b0febc6..313af5e5a6 100644
--- a/tests/data/odf/groundtruth/text_document_03.odt.itxt
+++ b/tests/data/odf/groundtruth/text_document_03.odt.itxt
@@ -46,59 +46,63 @@ A nested table
   item-42 at level 1: inline: group group
     item-43 at level 2: text: After table with 
     item-44 at level 2: text: bold
-    item-45 at level 2: text: underline
-    item-46 at level 2: text: strikethrough
-    item-47 at level 2: text: italic
-  item-48 at level 1: section_header: Table with pictures
-  item-49 at level 1: table with [3x2]
-    item-50 at level 2: unspecified: group rich_cell_group_4_1_1
-      item-51 at level 3: picture
-      item-52 at level 3: text: Owner avatar
-    item-53 at level 2: unspecified: group rich_cell_group_4_0_2
-      item-54 at level 3: text: Text and picture
+    item-45 at level 2: text: , 
+    item-46 at level 2: text: underline
+    item-47 at level 2: text: , 
+    item-48 at level 2: text: strikethrough
+    item-49 at level 2: text: , and 
+    item-50 at level 2: text: italic
+    item-51 at level 2: text:  formatting
+  item-52 at level 1: section_header: Table with pictures
+  item-53 at level 1: table with [3x2]
+    item-54 at level 2: unspecified: group rich_cell_group_4_1_1
       item-55 at level 3: picture
       item-56 at level 3: text: Owner avatar
-  item-57 at level 1: section_header: Lists with same numId in different cells
-  item-58 at level 1: table with [2x1]
-    item-59 at level 2: unspecified: group rich_cell_group_5_0_0
-      item-60 at level 3: list: group list
-        item-61 at level 4: list_item: Cell 1 item 1
-        item-62 at level 4: list_item: Cell 1 item 2
-    item-63 at level 2: unspecified: group rich_cell_group_5_0_1
+    item-57 at level 2: unspecified: group rich_cell_group_4_0_2
+      item-58 at level 3: text: Text and picture
+      item-59 at level 3: picture
+      item-60 at level 3: text: Owner avatar
+  item-61 at level 1: section_header: Lists with same numId in different cells
+  item-62 at level 1: table with [2x1]
+    item-63 at level 2: unspecified: group rich_cell_group_5_0_0
       item-64 at level 3: list: group list
-        item-65 at level 4: list_item: Cell 2 item 1
-        item-66 at level 4: list_item: Cell 2 item 2
-  item-67 at level 1: section_header: Lists with different numIds in different cells
-  item-68 at level 1: table with [2x1]
-    item-69 at level 2: unspecified: group rich_cell_group_6_0_0
-      item-70 at level 3: list: group list
-        item-71 at level 4: list_item: Cell 1 item 1
-        item-72 at level 4: list_item: Cell 1 item 2
-    item-73 at level 2: unspecified: group rich_cell_group_6_0_1
+        item-65 at level 4: list_item: Cell 1 item 1
+        item-66 at level 4: list_item: Cell 1 item 2
+    item-67 at level 2: unspecified: group rich_cell_group_5_0_1
+      item-68 at level 3: list: group list
+        item-69 at level 4: list_item: Cell 2 item 1
+        item-70 at level 4: list_item: Cell 2 item 2
+  item-71 at level 1: section_header: Lists with different numIds in different cells
+  item-72 at level 1: table with [2x1]
+    item-73 at level 2: unspecified: group rich_cell_group_6_0_0
       item-74 at level 3: list: group list
-        item-75 at level 4: list_item: Cell 2 item 1
-        item-76 at level 4: list_item: Cell 2 item 2
-  item-77 at level 1: section_header: Multiple columns with lists
-  item-78 at level 1: table with [2x2]
-    item-79 at level 2: unspecified: group rich_cell_group_7_0_0
-      item-80 at level 3: list: group list
-        item-81 at level 4: list_item: R1C1 item 1
-        item-82 at level 4: list_item: R1C1 item 2
-    item-83 at level 2: unspecified: group rich_cell_group_7_1_0
+        item-75 at level 4: list_item: Cell 1 item 1
+        item-76 at level 4: list_item: Cell 1 item 2
+    item-77 at level 2: unspecified: group rich_cell_group_6_0_1
+      item-78 at level 3: list: group list
+        item-79 at level 4: list_item: Cell 2 item 1
+        item-80 at level 4: list_item: Cell 2 item 2
+  item-81 at level 1: section_header: Multiple columns with lists
+  item-82 at level 1: table with [2x2]
+    item-83 at level 2: unspecified: group rich_cell_group_7_0_0
       item-84 at level 3: list: group list
-        item-85 at level 4: list_item: R1C2 item 1
-        item-86 at level 4: list_item: R1C2 item 2
-    item-87 at level 2: unspecified: group rich_cell_group_7_0_1
+        item-85 at level 4: list_item: R1C1 item 1
+        item-86 at level 4: list_item: R1C1 item 2
+    item-87 at level 2: unspecified: group rich_cell_group_7_1_0
       item-88 at level 3: list: group list
-        item-89 at level 4: list_item: R2C1 item 1
-        item-90 at level 4: list_item: R2C1 item 2
-    item-91 at level 2: unspecified: group rich_cell_group_7_1_1
+        item-89 at level 4: list_item: R1C2 item 1
+        item-90 at level 4: list_item: R1C2 item 2
+    item-91 at level 2: unspecified: group rich_cell_group_7_0_1
       item-92 at level 3: list: group list
-        item-93 at level 4: list_item: R2C2 item 1
-        item-94 at level 4: list_item: R2C2 item 2
-  item-95 at level 1: section_header: Mixed content - list and regular text in different cells
-  item-96 at level 1: table with [2x1]
-    item-97 at level 2: unspecified: group rich_cell_group_8_0_0
-      item-98 at level 3: list: group list
-        item-99 at level 4: list_item: List item 1
-        item-100 at level 4: list_item: List item 2
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+        item-93 at level 4: list_item: R2C1 item 1
+        item-94 at level 4: list_item: R2C1 item 2
+    item-95 at level 2: unspecified: group rich_cell_group_7_1_1
+      item-96 at level 3: list: group list
+        item-97 at level 4: list_item: R2C2 item 1
+        item-98 at level 4: list_item: R2C2 item 2
+  item-99 at level 1: section_header: Mixed content - list and regular text in different cells
+  item-100 at level 1: table with [2x1]
+    item-101 at level 2: unspecified: group rich_cell_group_8_0_0
+      item-102 at level 3: list: group list
+        item-103 at level 4: list_item: List item 1
+        item-104 at level 4: list_item: List item 2
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diff --git a/tests/data/odf/groundtruth/text_document_03.odt.json b/tests/data/odf/groundtruth/text_document_03.odt.json
index f6037b03b4..06adc08f82 100644
--- a/tests/data/odf/groundtruth/text_document_03.odt.json
+++ b/tests/data/odf/groundtruth/text_document_03.odt.json
@@ -36,31 +36,31 @@
         "$ref": "#/groups/12"
       },
       {
-        "$ref": "#/texts/30"
+        "$ref": "#/texts/34"
       },
       {
         "$ref": "#/tables/4"
       },
       {
-        "$ref": "#/texts/34"
+        "$ref": "#/texts/38"
       },
       {
         "$ref": "#/tables/5"
       },
       {
-        "$ref": "#/texts/39"
+        "$ref": "#/texts/43"
       },
       {
         "$ref": "#/tables/6"
       },
       {
-        "$ref": "#/texts/44"
+        "$ref": "#/texts/48"
       },
       {
         "$ref": "#/tables/7"
       },
       {
-        "$ref": "#/texts/53"
+        "$ref": "#/texts/57"
       },
       {
         "$ref": "#/tables/8"
@@ -304,6 +304,18 @@
         },
         {
           "$ref": "#/texts/29"
+        },
+        {
+          "$ref": "#/texts/30"
+        },
+        {
+          "$ref": "#/texts/31"
+        },
+        {
+          "$ref": "#/texts/32"
+        },
+        {
+          "$ref": "#/texts/33"
         }
       ],
       "content_layer": "body",
@@ -320,7 +332,7 @@
           "$ref": "#/pictures/0"
         },
         {
-          "$ref": "#/texts/31"
+          "$ref": "#/texts/35"
         }
       ],
       "content_layer": "body",
@@ -334,13 +346,13 @@
       },
       "children": [
         {
-          "$ref": "#/texts/32"
+          "$ref": "#/texts/36"
         },
         {
           "$ref": "#/pictures/1"
         },
         {
-          "$ref": "#/texts/33"
+          "$ref": "#/texts/37"
         }
       ],
       "content_layer": "body",
@@ -368,10 +380,10 @@
       },
       "children": [
         {
-          "$ref": "#/texts/35"
+          "$ref": "#/texts/39"
         },
         {
-          "$ref": "#/texts/36"
+          "$ref": "#/texts/40"
         }
       ],
       "content_layer": "body",
@@ -399,10 +411,10 @@
       },
       "children": [
         {
-          "$ref": "#/texts/37"
+          "$ref": "#/texts/41"
         },
         {
-          "$ref": "#/texts/38"
+          "$ref": "#/texts/42"
         }
       ],
       "content_layer": "body",
@@ -430,10 +442,10 @@
       },
       "children": [
         {
-          "$ref": "#/texts/40"
+          "$ref": "#/texts/44"
         },
         {
-          "$ref": "#/texts/41"
+          "$ref": "#/texts/45"
         }
       ],
       "content_layer": "body",
@@ -461,10 +473,10 @@
       },
       "children": [
         {
-          "$ref": "#/texts/42"
+          "$ref": "#/texts/46"
         },
         {
-          "$ref": "#/texts/43"
+          "$ref": "#/texts/47"
         }
       ],
       "content_layer": "body",
@@ -492,10 +504,10 @@
       },
       "children": [
         {
-          "$ref": "#/texts/45"
+          "$ref": "#/texts/49"
         },
         {
-          "$ref": "#/texts/46"
+          "$ref": "#/texts/50"
         }
       ],
       "content_layer": "body",
@@ -523,10 +535,10 @@
       },
       "children": [
         {
-          "$ref": "#/texts/47"
+          "$ref": "#/texts/51"
         },
         {
-          "$ref": "#/texts/48"
+          "$ref": "#/texts/52"
         }
       ],
       "content_layer": "body",
@@ -554,10 +566,10 @@
       },
       "children": [
         {
-          "$ref": "#/texts/49"
+          "$ref": "#/texts/53"
         },
         {
-          "$ref": "#/texts/50"
+          "$ref": "#/texts/54"
         }
       ],
       "content_layer": "body",
@@ -585,10 +597,10 @@
       },
       "children": [
         {
-          "$ref": "#/texts/51"
+          "$ref": "#/texts/55"
         },
         {
-          "$ref": "#/texts/52"
+          "$ref": "#/texts/56"
         }
       ],
       "content_layer": "body",
@@ -616,10 +628,10 @@
       },
       "children": [
         {
-          "$ref": "#/texts/54"
+          "$ref": "#/texts/58"
         },
         {
-          "$ref": "#/texts/55"
+          "$ref": "#/texts/59"
         }
       ],
       "content_layer": "body",
@@ -1021,6 +1033,18 @@
       "content_layer": "body",
       "label": "text",
       "prov": [],
+      "orig": ", ",
+      "text": ", "
+    },
+    {
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/28",
+      "parent": {
+        "$ref": "#/groups/12"
+      },
+      "children": [],
+      "content_layer": "body",
+      "label": "text",
+      "prov": [],
       "orig": "underline",
       "text": "underline",
       "formatting": {
@@ -1032,7 +1056,19 @@
       }
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/28",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/29",
+      "parent": {
+        "$ref": "#/groups/12"
+      },
+      "children": [],
+      "content_layer": "body",
+      "label": "text",
+      "prov": [],
+      "orig": ", ",
+      "text": ", "
+    },
+    {
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/30",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/groups/12"
       },
@@ -1051,7 +1087,19 @@
       }
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/29",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/31",
+      "parent": {
+        "$ref": "#/groups/12"
+      },
+      "children": [],
+      "content_layer": "body",
+      "label": "text",
+      "prov": [],
+      "orig": ", and ",
+      "text": ", and "
+    },
+    {
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/32",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/groups/12"
       },
@@ -1070,7 +1118,19 @@
       }
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/30",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/33",
+      "parent": {
+        "$ref": "#/groups/12"
+      },
+      "children": [],
+      "content_layer": "body",
+      "label": "text",
+      "prov": [],
+      "orig": " formatting",
+      "text": " formatting"
+    },
+    {
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/34",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/body"
       },
@@ -1083,7 +1143,7 @@
       "level": 2
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/31",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/35",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/groups/13"
       },
@@ -1095,7 +1155,7 @@
       "text": "Owner avatar"
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/32",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/36",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/groups/14"
       },
@@ -1107,7 +1167,7 @@
       "text": "Text and picture"
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/33",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/37",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/groups/14"
       },
@@ -1119,7 +1179,7 @@
       "text": "Owner avatar"
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/34",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/38",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/body"
       },
@@ -1132,7 +1192,7 @@
       "level": 2
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/35",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/39",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/groups/16"
       },
@@ -1146,7 +1206,7 @@
       "marker": ""
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/36",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/40",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/groups/16"
       },
@@ -1160,7 +1220,7 @@
       "marker": ""
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/37",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/41",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/groups/18"
       },
@@ -1174,7 +1234,7 @@
       "marker": ""
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/38",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/42",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/groups/18"
       },
@@ -1188,7 +1248,7 @@
       "marker": ""
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/39",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/43",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/body"
       },
@@ -1201,7 +1261,7 @@
       "level": 2
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/40",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/44",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/groups/20"
       },
@@ -1215,7 +1275,7 @@
       "marker": ""
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/41",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/45",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/groups/20"
       },
@@ -1229,7 +1289,7 @@
       "marker": ""
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/42",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/46",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/groups/22"
       },
@@ -1243,7 +1303,7 @@
       "marker": ""
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/43",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/47",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/groups/22"
       },
@@ -1257,7 +1317,7 @@
       "marker": ""
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/44",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/48",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/body"
       },
@@ -1270,7 +1330,7 @@
       "level": 2
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/45",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/49",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/groups/24"
       },
@@ -1284,7 +1344,7 @@
       "marker": ""
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/46",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/50",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/groups/24"
       },
@@ -1298,7 +1358,7 @@
       "marker": ""
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/47",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/51",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/groups/26"
       },
@@ -1312,7 +1372,7 @@
       "marker": ""
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/48",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/52",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/groups/26"
       },
@@ -1326,7 +1386,7 @@
       "marker": ""
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/49",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/53",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/groups/28"
       },
@@ -1340,7 +1400,7 @@
       "marker": ""
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/50",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/54",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/groups/28"
       },
@@ -1354,7 +1414,7 @@
       "marker": ""
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/51",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/55",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/groups/30"
       },
@@ -1368,7 +1428,7 @@
       "marker": ""
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/52",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/56",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/groups/30"
       },
@@ -1382,7 +1442,7 @@
       "marker": ""
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/53",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/57",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/body"
       },
@@ -1395,7 +1455,7 @@
       "level": 2
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/54",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/58",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/groups/32"
       },
@@ -1409,7 +1469,7 @@
       "marker": ""
     },
     {
-      "self_ref": "#/texts/55",
+      "self_ref": "#/texts/59",
       "parent": {
         "$ref": "#/groups/32"
       },
diff --git a/tests/data/odf/groundtruth/text_document_03.odt.md b/tests/data/odf/groundtruth/text_document_03.odt.md
index 126f76abaf..fc2e9769d8 100644
--- a/tests/data/odf/groundtruth/text_document_03.odt.md
+++ b/tests/data/odf/groundtruth/text_document_03.odt.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Before table
 | Simple cell upper left | Simple cell with bold and italic text |
 | A B C Cell 1 Cell 2 Cell 3 | Rich cell A nested table  A B C Cell 1 Cell 2 Cell 3 |
 
-After table with  **bold** underline ~~strikethrough~~ *italic*
+After table with  **bold** ,  underline ,  ~~strikethrough~~ , and  *italic*  formatting
 
 ### Table with pictures
 
diff --git a/tests/test_backend_opendocument.py b/tests/test_backend_opendocument.py
index 6d80e6cc4f..558ce6ff21 100644
--- a/tests/test_backend_opendocument.py
+++ b/tests/test_backend_opendocument.py
@@ -39,14 +39,17 @@
 
 pytest.importorskip("odfdo")
 from odfdo import (
+    Bookmark,
     Document as OdfDocument,
     DrawPage,
     Frame,
     Header,
+    LineBreak,
     List as OdfList,
     ListItem,
     Paragraph,
     Section,
+    Spacer,
     Span,
     Style,
     Table,
@@ -275,6 +278,55 @@ def test_odp_conversion(odp_path: Path):
     } <= body_texts
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("input_format", "document_type", "suffix"),
+    [
+        (InputFormat.ODT, "text", ".odt"),
+        (InputFormat.ODP, "presentation", ".odp"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_odf_preserves_text_after_inline_children(
+    tmp_path: Path,
+    input_format: InputFormat,
+    document_type: str,
+    suffix: str,
+):
+    path = tmp_path / f"inline_tail{suffix}"
+    doc = OdfDocument(document_type)
+    body = doc.body
+    body.clear()
+
+    paragraph = Paragraph("Lead")
+    span = Span()
+    span.append(Spacer())
+    span.append("connective prose here")
+    paragraph.append(span)
+    paragraph.append(Bookmark("inline-marker"))
+    paragraph.append(" bookmarked tail")
+    paragraph.append(LineBreak())
+    paragraph.append("next line")
+
+    if input_format == InputFormat.ODT:
+        body.append(paragraph)
+    else:
+        page = DrawPage("page1", name="Slide One")
+        page.append(
+            Frame.text_frame(
+                paragraph,
+                size=("10cm", "5cm"),
+                position=("1cm", "1cm"),
+            )
+        )
+        body.append(page)
+
+    doc.save(str(path))
+
+    result = DocumentConverter(allowed_formats=[input_format]).convert(path)
+    text_items = [item.text for item in result.document.texts if item.label == "text"]
+
+    assert text_items == ["Lead connective prose here bookmarked tail\nnext line"]
+
+
 def test_ods_merged_cells(tmp_path: Path):
     path = tmp_path / "merged.ods"
     doc = OdfDocument("spreadsheet")