Character < and possibly > in box cause error in merge for DOCX

[Former user]

Original [issue 142](https://code.google.com/p/okapi/issues/detail?id=142) created by @ysavourel on 2010-08-03T11:23:49.000Z:

The attached file has a text box with the character < and >. When extracted and merged back (e.g. using text rewritting step) the output does not open. Removing the < and > (possibly only <) solve the error. My guess: somehow < doesn't get escaped when it's in a text box.

[Former user]

Comment [1.](https://code.google.com/p/okapi/issues/detail?id=142#c1) originally posted by @ysavourel on 2011-02-19T17:28:38.000Z: