diff --git a/docling/backend/msword_backend.py b/docling/backend/msword_backend.py
index 02f8c86..4d4026e 100644
--- a/docling/backend/msword_backend.py
+++ b/docling/backend/msword_backend.py
@@ -2,21 +2,28 @@ import logging
 import re
 from io import BytesIO
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Set, Union
+from typing import Any, Optional, Union
 
-import docx
 from docling_core.types.doc import (
     DocItemLabel,
     DoclingDocument,
     DocumentOrigin,
     GroupLabel,
     ImageRef,
+    NodeItem,
     TableCell,
     TableData,
 )
+from docx import Document
+from docx.document import Document as DocxDocument
+from docx.oxml.table import CT_Tc
+from docx.oxml.xmlchemy import BaseOxmlElement
+from docx.table import Table, _Cell
+from docx.text.paragraph import Paragraph
 from lxml import etree
 from lxml.etree import XPath
 from PIL import Image, UnidentifiedImageError
+from typing_extensions import override
 
 from docling.backend.abstract_backend import DeclarativeDocumentBackend
 from docling.datamodel.base_models import InputFormat
@@ -26,7 +33,10 @@ _log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 class MsWordDocumentBackend(DeclarativeDocumentBackend):
-    def __init__(self, in_doc: "InputDocument", path_or_stream: Union[BytesIO, Path]):
+    @override
+    def __init__(
+        self, in_doc: "InputDocument", path_or_stream: Union[BytesIO, Path]
+    ) -> None:
         super().__init__(in_doc, path_or_stream)
         self.XML_KEY = (
             "{http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/main}val"
@@ -36,19 +46,19 @@ class MsWordDocumentBackend(DeclarativeDocumentBackend):
         }
         # self.initialise(path_or_stream)
         # Word file:
-        self.path_or_stream = path_or_stream
-        self.valid = False
+        self.path_or_stream: Union[BytesIO, Path] = path_or_stream
+        self.valid: bool = False
         # Initialise the parents for the hierarchy
-        self.max_levels = 10
-        self.level_at_new_list = None
-        self.parents = {}  # type: ignore
+        self.max_levels: int = 10
+        self.level_at_new_list: Optional[int] = None
+        self.parents: dict[int, Optional[NodeItem]] = {}
         for i in range(-1, self.max_levels):
             self.parents[i] = None
 
         self.level = 0
         self.listIter = 0
 
-        self.history = {
+        self.history: dict[str, Any] = {
             "names": [None],
             "levels": [None],
             "numids": [None],
@@ -58,9 +68,9 @@ class MsWordDocumentBackend(DeclarativeDocumentBackend):
         self.docx_obj = None
         try:
             if isinstance(self.path_or_stream, BytesIO):
-                self.docx_obj = docx.Document(self.path_or_stream)
+                self.docx_obj = Document(self.path_or_stream)
             elif isinstance(self.path_or_stream, Path):
-                self.docx_obj = docx.Document(str(self.path_or_stream))
+                self.docx_obj = Document(str(self.path_or_stream))
 
             self.valid = True
         except Exception as e:
@@ -68,13 +78,16 @@ class MsWordDocumentBackend(DeclarativeDocumentBackend):
                 f"MsPowerpointDocumentBackend could not load document with hash {self.document_hash}"
             ) from e
 
+    @override
     def is_valid(self) -> bool:
         return self.valid
 
     @classmethod
+    @override
     def supports_pagination(cls) -> bool:
         return False
 
+    @override
     def unload(self):
         if isinstance(self.path_or_stream, BytesIO):
             self.path_or_stream.close()
@@ -82,11 +95,17 @@ class MsWordDocumentBackend(DeclarativeDocumentBackend):
         self.path_or_stream = None
 
     @classmethod
-    def supported_formats(cls) -> Set[InputFormat]:
+    @override
+    def supported_formats(cls) -> set[InputFormat]:
         return {InputFormat.DOCX}
 
+    @override
     def convert(self) -> DoclingDocument:
-        # Parses the DOCX into a structured document model.
+        """Parses the DOCX into a structured document model.
+
+        Returns:
+            The parsed document.
+        """
 
         origin = DocumentOrigin(
             filename=self.file.name or "file",
@@ -104,23 +123,29 @@ class MsWordDocumentBackend(DeclarativeDocumentBackend):
                 f"Cannot convert doc with {self.document_hash} because the backend failed to init."
             )
 
-    def update_history(self, name, level, numid, ilevel):
+    def update_history(
+        self,
+        name: str,
+        level: Optional[int],
+        numid: Optional[int],
+        ilevel: Optional[int],
+    ):
         self.history["names"].append(name)
         self.history["levels"].append(level)
 
         self.history["numids"].append(numid)
         self.history["indents"].append(ilevel)
 
-    def prev_name(self):
+    def prev_name(self) -> Optional[str]:
         return self.history["names"][-1]
 
-    def prev_level(self):
+    def prev_level(self) -> Optional[int]:
         return self.history["levels"][-1]
 
-    def prev_numid(self):
+    def prev_numid(self) -> Optional[int]:
         return self.history["numids"][-1]
 
-    def prev_indent(self):
+    def prev_indent(self) -> Optional[int]:
         return self.history["indents"][-1]
 
     def get_level(self) -> int:
@@ -130,7 +155,12 @@ class MsWordDocumentBackend(DeclarativeDocumentBackend):
                 return k
         return 0
 
-    def walk_linear(self, body, docx_obj, doc) -> DoclingDocument:
+    def walk_linear(
+        self,
+        body: BaseOxmlElement,
+        docx_obj: DocxDocument,
+        doc: DoclingDocument,
+    ) -> DoclingDocument:
         for element in body:
             tag_name = etree.QName(element).localname
             # Check for Inline Images (blip elements)
@@ -150,7 +180,7 @@ class MsWordDocumentBackend(DeclarativeDocumentBackend):
                     _log.debug("could not parse a table, broken docx table")
 
             elif drawing_blip:
-                self.handle_pictures(element, docx_obj, drawing_blip, doc)
+                self.handle_pictures(docx_obj, drawing_blip, doc)
             # Check for the sdt containers, like table of contents
             elif tag_name in ["sdt"]:
                 sdt_content = element.find(".//w:sdtContent", namespaces=namespaces)
@@ -167,7 +197,7 @@ class MsWordDocumentBackend(DeclarativeDocumentBackend):
                 _log.debug(f"Ignoring element in DOCX with tag: {tag_name}")
         return doc
 
-    def str_to_int(self, s, default=0):
+    def str_to_int(self, s: Optional[str], default: Optional[int] = 0) -> Optional[int]:
         if s is None:
             return None
         try:
@@ -175,7 +205,7 @@ class MsWordDocumentBackend(DeclarativeDocumentBackend):
         except ValueError:
             return default
 
-    def split_text_and_number(self, input_string):
+    def split_text_and_number(self, input_string: str) -> list[str]:
         match = re.match(r"(\D+)(\d+)$|^(\d+)(\D+)", input_string)
         if match:
             parts = list(filter(None, match.groups()))
@@ -183,7 +213,9 @@ class MsWordDocumentBackend(DeclarativeDocumentBackend):
         else:
             return [input_string]
 
-    def get_numId_and_ilvl(self, paragraph):
+    def get_numId_and_ilvl(
+        self, paragraph: Paragraph
+    ) -> tuple[Optional[int], Optional[int]]:
         # Access the XML element of the paragraph
         numPr = paragraph._element.find(
             ".//w:numPr", namespaces=paragraph._element.nsmap
@@ -196,13 +228,11 @@ class MsWordDocumentBackend(DeclarativeDocumentBackend):
             numId = numId_elem.get(self.XML_KEY) if numId_elem is not None else None
             ilvl = ilvl_elem.get(self.XML_KEY) if ilvl_elem is not None else None
 
-            return self.str_to_int(numId, default=None), self.str_to_int(
-                ilvl, default=None
-            )
+            return self.str_to_int(numId, None), self.str_to_int(ilvl, None)
 
         return None, None  # If the paragraph is not part of a list
 
-    def get_label_and_level(self, paragraph):
+    def get_label_and_level(self, paragraph: Paragraph) -> tuple[str, Optional[int]]:
         if paragraph.style is None:
             return "Normal", None
         label = paragraph.style.style_id
@@ -218,20 +248,25 @@ class MsWordDocumentBackend(DeclarativeDocumentBackend):
 
         if "Heading" in label and len(parts) == 2:
             parts.sort()
-            label_str = ""
-            label_level = 0
+            label_str: str = ""
+            label_level: Optional[int] = 0
             if parts[0] == "Heading":
                 label_str = parts[0]
-                label_level = self.str_to_int(parts[1], default=None)
+                label_level = self.str_to_int(parts[1], None)
             if parts[1] == "Heading":
                 label_str = parts[1]
-                label_level = self.str_to_int(parts[0], default=None)
+                label_level = self.str_to_int(parts[0], None)
             return label_str, label_level
         else:
             return label, None
 
-    def handle_text_elements(self, element, docx_obj, doc):
-        paragraph = docx.text.paragraph.Paragraph(element, docx_obj)
+    def handle_text_elements(
+        self,
+        element: BaseOxmlElement,
+        docx_obj: DocxDocument,
+        doc: DoclingDocument,
+    ) -> None:
+        paragraph = Paragraph(element, docx_obj)
 
         if paragraph.text is None:
             return
@@ -255,11 +290,7 @@ class MsWordDocumentBackend(DeclarativeDocumentBackend):
             and p_style_id not in ["Title", "Heading"]
         ):
             self.add_listitem(
-                element,
-                docx_obj,
                 doc,
-                p_style_id,
-                p_level,
                 numid,
                 ilevel,
                 text,
@@ -284,13 +315,13 @@ class MsWordDocumentBackend(DeclarativeDocumentBackend):
                 self.level = 0
 
         if p_style_id in ["Title"]:
-            for key, val in self.parents.items():
+            for key in range(len(self.parents)):
                 self.parents[key] = None
             self.parents[0] = doc.add_text(
                 parent=None, label=DocItemLabel.TITLE, text=text
             )
         elif "Heading" in p_style_id:
-            self.add_header(element, docx_obj, doc, p_style_id, p_level, text)
+            self.add_header(doc, p_level, text)
 
         elif p_style_id in [
             "Paragraph",
@@ -318,7 +349,9 @@ class MsWordDocumentBackend(DeclarativeDocumentBackend):
         self.update_history(p_style_id, p_level, numid, ilevel)
         return
 
-    def add_header(self, element, docx_obj, doc, curr_name, curr_level, text: str):
+    def add_header(
+        self, doc: DoclingDocument, curr_level: Optional[int], text: str
+    ) -> None:
         level = self.get_level()
         if isinstance(curr_level, int):
             if curr_level > level:
@@ -331,7 +364,7 @@ class MsWordDocumentBackend(DeclarativeDocumentBackend):
                     )
             elif curr_level < level:
                 # remove the tail
-                for key, val in self.parents.items():
+                for key in range(len(self.parents)):
                     if key >= curr_level:
                         self.parents[key] = None
 
@@ -350,22 +383,18 @@ class MsWordDocumentBackend(DeclarativeDocumentBackend):
 
     def add_listitem(
         self,
-        element,
-        docx_obj,
-        doc,
-        p_style_id,
-        p_level,
-        numid,
-        ilevel,
+        doc: DoclingDocument,
+        numid: int,
+        ilevel: int,
         text: str,
-        is_numbered=False,
-    ):
-        # is_numbered = is_numbered
+        is_numbered: bool = False,
+    ) -> None:
         enum_marker = ""
 
         level = self.get_level()
+        prev_indent = self.prev_indent()
         if self.prev_numid() is None:  # Open new list
-            self.level_at_new_list = level  # type: ignore
+            self.level_at_new_list = level
 
             self.parents[level] = doc.add_group(
                 label=GroupLabel.LIST, name="list", parent=self.parents[level - 1]
@@ -384,10 +413,13 @@ class MsWordDocumentBackend(DeclarativeDocumentBackend):
             )
 
         elif (
-            self.prev_numid() == numid and self.prev_indent() < ilevel
+            self.prev_numid() == numid
+            and self.level_at_new_list is not None
+            and prev_indent is not None
+            and prev_indent < ilevel
         ):  # Open indented list
             for i in range(
-                self.level_at_new_list + self.prev_indent() + 1,
+                self.level_at_new_list + prev_indent + 1,
                 self.level_at_new_list + ilevel + 1,
             ):
                 # Determine if this is an unordered list or an ordered list.
@@ -416,7 +448,12 @@ class MsWordDocumentBackend(DeclarativeDocumentBackend):
                 text=text,
             )
 
-        elif self.prev_numid() == numid and ilevel < self.prev_indent():  # Close list
+        elif (
+            self.prev_numid() == numid
+            and self.level_at_new_list is not None
+            and prev_indent is not None
+            and ilevel < prev_indent
+        ):  # Close list
             for k, v in self.parents.items():
                 if k > self.level_at_new_list + ilevel:
                     self.parents[k] = None
@@ -434,7 +471,7 @@ class MsWordDocumentBackend(DeclarativeDocumentBackend):
             )
             self.listIter = 0
 
-        elif self.prev_numid() == numid or self.prev_indent() == ilevel:
+        elif self.prev_numid() == numid or prev_indent == ilevel:
             # TODO: Set marker and enumerated arguments if this is an enumeration element.
             self.listIter += 1
             if is_numbered:
@@ -448,31 +485,16 @@ class MsWordDocumentBackend(DeclarativeDocumentBackend):
             )
         return
 
-    def handle_tables(self, element, docx_obj, doc):
-
-        # Function to check if a cell has a colspan (gridSpan)
-        def get_colspan(cell):
-            grid_span = cell._element.xpath("@w:gridSpan")
-            if grid_span:
-                return int(grid_span[0])  # Return the number of columns spanned
-            return 1  # Default is 1 (no colspan)
-
-        # Function to check if a cell has a rowspan (vMerge)
-        def get_rowspan(cell):
-            v_merge = cell._element.xpath("@w:vMerge")
-            if v_merge:
-                return v_merge[
-                    0
-                ]  # 'restart' indicates the beginning of a rowspan, others are continuation
-            return 1
-
-        table = docx.table.Table(element, docx_obj)
-
+    def handle_tables(
+        self,
+        element: BaseOxmlElement,
+        docx_obj: DocxDocument,
+        doc: DoclingDocument,
+    ) -> None:
+        table: Table = Table(element, docx_obj)
         num_rows = len(table.rows)
-        num_cols = 0
-        for row in table.rows:
-            # Calculate the max number of columns
-            num_cols = max(num_cols, sum(get_colspan(cell) for cell in row.cells))
+        num_cols = len(table.columns)
+        _log.debug(f"Table grid with {num_rows} rows and {num_cols} columns")
 
         if num_rows == 1 and num_cols == 1:
             cell_element = table.rows[0].cells[0]
@@ -481,59 +503,56 @@ class MsWordDocumentBackend(DeclarativeDocumentBackend):
             self.walk_linear(cell_element._element, docx_obj, doc)
             return
 
-        # Initialize the table grid
-        table_grid = [[None for _ in range(num_cols)] for _ in range(num_rows)]
-
-        data = TableData(num_rows=num_rows, num_cols=num_cols, table_cells=[])
-
+        data = TableData(num_rows=num_rows, num_cols=num_cols)
+        cell_set: set[CT_Tc] = set()
         for row_idx, row in enumerate(table.rows):
+            _log.debug(f"Row index {row_idx} with {len(row.cells)} populated cells")
             col_idx = 0
-            for c, cell in enumerate(row.cells):
-                row_span = get_rowspan(cell)
-                col_span = get_colspan(cell)
+            while col_idx < num_cols:
+                cell: _Cell = row.cells[col_idx]
+                _log.debug(
+                    f" col {col_idx} grid_span {cell.grid_span} grid_cols_before {row.grid_cols_before}"
+                )
+                if cell is None or cell._tc in cell_set:
+                    _log.debug(f"  skipped since repeated content")
+                    col_idx += cell.grid_span
+                    continue
+                else:
+                    cell_set.add(cell._tc)
 
-                cell_text = cell.text
-                # In case cell doesn't return text via docx library:
-                if len(cell_text) == 0:
-                    cell_xml = cell._element
+                spanned_idx = row_idx
+                spanned_tc: Optional[CT_Tc] = cell._tc
+                while spanned_tc == cell._tc:
+                    spanned_idx += 1
+                    spanned_tc = (
+                        table.rows[spanned_idx].cells[col_idx]._tc
+                        if spanned_idx < num_rows
+                        else None
+                    )
+                _log.debug(f"  spanned before row {spanned_idx}")
 
-                    texts = [""]
-                    for elem in cell_xml.iter():
-                        if elem.tag.endswith("t"):  # <w:t> tags that contain text
-                            if elem.text:
-                                texts.append(elem.text)
-                    # Join the collected text
-                    cell_text = " ".join(texts).strip()
-
-                # Find the next available column in the grid
-                while table_grid[row_idx][col_idx] is not None:
-                    col_idx += 1
-
-                # Fill the grid with the cell value, considering rowspan and colspan
-                for i in range(row_span if row_span == "restart" else 1):
-                    for j in range(col_span):
-                        table_grid[row_idx + i][col_idx + j] = ""
-
-                cell = TableCell(
-                    text=cell_text,
-                    row_span=row_span,
-                    col_span=col_span,
-                    start_row_offset_idx=row_idx,
-                    end_row_offset_idx=row_idx + row_span,
+                table_cell = TableCell(
+                    text=cell.text,
+                    row_span=spanned_idx - row_idx,
+                    col_span=cell.grid_span,
+                    start_row_offset_idx=row.grid_cols_before + row_idx,
+                    end_row_offset_idx=row.grid_cols_before + spanned_idx,
                     start_col_offset_idx=col_idx,
-                    end_col_offset_idx=col_idx + col_span,
+                    end_col_offset_idx=col_idx + cell.grid_span,
                     col_header=False,
                     row_header=False,
                 )
-
-                data.table_cells.append(cell)
+                data.table_cells.append(table_cell)
+                col_idx += cell.grid_span
 
         level = self.get_level()
         doc.add_table(data=data, parent=self.parents[level - 1])
         return
 
-    def handle_pictures(self, element, docx_obj, drawing_blip, doc):
-        def get_docx_image(element, drawing_blip):
+    def handle_pictures(
+        self, docx_obj: DocxDocument, drawing_blip: Any, doc: DoclingDocument
+    ) -> None:
+        def get_docx_image(drawing_blip):
             rId = drawing_blip[0].get(
                 "{http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships}embed"
             )
@@ -546,7 +565,7 @@ class MsWordDocumentBackend(DeclarativeDocumentBackend):
         level = self.get_level()
         # Open the BytesIO object with PIL to create an Image
         try:
-            image_data = get_docx_image(element, drawing_blip)
+            image_data = get_docx_image(drawing_blip)
             image_bytes = BytesIO(image_data)
             pil_image = Image.open(image_bytes)
             doc.add_picture(
diff --git a/tests/data/docx/word_tables.docx b/tests/data/docx/word_tables.docx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1513796
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/data/docx/word_tables.docx differ
diff --git a/tests/data/groundtruth/docling_v2/word_tables.docx.html b/tests/data/groundtruth/docling_v2/word_tables.docx.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30f6e8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/groundtruth/docling_v2/word_tables.docx.html
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+    <link rel="icon" type="image/png"
+    href="https://ds4sd.github.io/docling/assets/logo.png"/>
+    <meta charset="UTF-8">
+    <title>
+    Powered by Docling
+    </title>
+    <style>
+    html {
+    background-color: LightGray;
+    }
+    body {
+    margin: 0 auto;
+    width:800px;
+    padding: 30px;
+    background-color: White;
+    font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
+    box-shadow: 10px 10px 10px grey;
+    }
+    figure{
+    display: block;
+    width: 100%;
+    margin: 0px;
+    margin-top: 10px;
+    margin-bottom: 10px;
+    }
+    img {
+    display: block;
+    margin: auto;
+    margin-top: 10px;
+    margin-bottom: 10px;
+    max-width: 640px;
+    max-height: 640px;
+    }
+    table {
+    min-width:500px;
+    background-color: White;
+    border-collapse: collapse;
+    cell-padding: 5px;
+    margin: auto;
+    margin-top: 10px;
+    margin-bottom: 10px;
+    }
+    th, td {
+    border: 1px solid black;
+    padding: 8px;
+    }
+    th {
+    font-weight: bold;
+    }
+    table tr:nth-child(even) td{
+    background-color: LightGray;
+    }
+    </style>
+    </head>
+<h2>Test with tables</h2>
+<p>A uniform table</p>
+<table><tbody><tr><td>Header 0.0</td><td>Header 0.1</td><td>Header 0.2</td></tr><tr><td>Cell 1.0</td><td>Cell 1.1</td><td>Cell 1.2</td></tr><tr><td>Cell 2.0</td><td>Cell 2.1</td><td>Cell 2.2</td></tr></tbody></table>
+<p></p>
+<p>A non-uniform table with horizontal spans</p>
+<table><tbody><tr><td>Header 0.0</td><td>Header 0.1</td><td>Header 0.2</td></tr><tr><td>Cell 1.0</td><td colspan="2">Merged Cell 1.1 1.2</td></tr><tr><td>Cell 2.0</td><td colspan="2">Merged Cell 2.1 2.2</td></tr></tbody></table>
+<p></p>
+<p>A non-uniform table with horizontal spans in inner columns</p>
+<table><tbody><tr><td>Header 0.0</td><td>Header 0.1</td><td>Header 0.2</td><td>Header 0.3</td></tr><tr><td>Cell 1.0</td><td colspan="2">Merged Cell 1.1 1.2</td><td>Cell 1.3</td></tr><tr><td>Cell 2.0</td><td colspan="2">Merged Cell 2.1 2.2</td><td>Cell 2.3</td></tr></tbody></table>
+<p></p>
+<p>A non-uniform table with vertical spans</p>
+<table><tbody><tr><td>Header 0.0</td><td>Header 0.1</td><td>Header 0.2</td></tr><tr><td>Cell 1.0</td><td rowspan="2">Merged Cell 1.1 2.1</td><td>Cell 1.2</td></tr><tr><td>Cell 2.0</td><td>Cell 2.2</td></tr><tr><td>Cell 3.0</td><td rowspan="2">Merged Cell 3.1 4.1</td><td>Cell 3.2</td></tr><tr><td>Cell 4.0</td><td>Cell 4.2</td></tr></tbody></table>
+<p></p>
+<p>A non-uniform table with all kinds of spans and empty cells</p>
+<table><tbody><tr><td>Header 0.0</td><td>Header 0.1</td><td>Header 0.2</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Cell 1.0</td><td rowspan="2">Merged Cell 1.1 2.1</td><td>Cell 1.2</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Cell 2.0</td><td>Cell 2.2</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Cell 3.0</td><td rowspan="2">Merged Cell 3.1 4.1</td><td>Cell 3.2</td><td rowspan="3"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Cell 4.0</td><td>Cell 4.2</td><td rowspan="2">Merged Cell 4.4 5.4</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Cell 8.4</td></tr></tbody></table>
+<p></p>
+<p></p>
+</html>
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+              "row_header": false,
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+              "row_section": false
+            },
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+              "col_span": 1,
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+              "row_header": false,
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diff --git a/tests/data/groundtruth/docling_v2/word_tables.docx.md b/tests/data/groundtruth/docling_v2/word_tables.docx.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90123c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/groundtruth/docling_v2/word_tables.docx.md
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+## Test with tables
+
+A uniform table
+
+| Header 0.0   | Header 0.1   | Header 0.2   |
+|--------------|--------------|--------------|
+| Cell 1.0     | Cell 1.1     | Cell 1.2     |
+| Cell 2.0     | Cell 2.1     | Cell 2.2     |
+
+A non-uniform table with horizontal spans
+
+| Header 0.0   | Header 0.1          | Header 0.2          |
+|--------------|---------------------|---------------------|
+| Cell 1.0     | Merged Cell 1.1 1.2 | Merged Cell 1.1 1.2 |
+| Cell 2.0     | Merged Cell 2.1 2.2 | Merged Cell 2.1 2.2 |
+
+A non-uniform table with horizontal spans in inner columns
+
+| Header 0.0   | Header 0.1          | Header 0.2          | Header 0.3   |
+|--------------|---------------------|---------------------|--------------|
+| Cell 1.0     | Merged Cell 1.1 1.2 | Merged Cell 1.1 1.2 | Cell 1.3     |
+| Cell 2.0     | Merged Cell 2.1 2.2 | Merged Cell 2.1 2.2 | Cell 2.3     |
+
+A non-uniform table with vertical spans
+
+| Header 0.0   | Header 0.1          | Header 0.2   |
+|--------------|---------------------|--------------|
+| Cell 1.0     | Merged Cell 1.1 2.1 | Cell 1.2     |
+| Cell 2.0     | Merged Cell 1.1 2.1 | Cell 2.2     |
+| Cell 3.0     | Merged Cell 3.1 4.1 | Cell 3.2     |
+| Cell 4.0     | Merged Cell 3.1 4.1 | Cell 4.2     |
+
+A non-uniform table with all kinds of spans and empty cells
+
+| Header 0.0   | Header 0.1          | Header 0.2   |    |                     |
+|--------------|---------------------|--------------|----|---------------------|
+| Cell 1.0     | Merged Cell 1.1 2.1 | Cell 1.2     |    |                     |
+| Cell 2.0     | Merged Cell 1.1 2.1 | Cell 2.2     |    |                     |
+| Cell 3.0     | Merged Cell 3.1 4.1 | Cell 3.2     |    |                     |
+| Cell 4.0     | Merged Cell 3.1 4.1 | Cell 4.2     |    | Merged Cell 4.4 5.4 |
+|              |                     |              |    | Merged Cell 4.4 5.4 |
+|              |                     |              |    |                     |
+|              |                     |              |    |                     |
+|              |                     |              |    | Cell 8.4            |
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diff --git a/tests/test_backend_msword.py b/tests/test_backend_msword.py
index 9edcb3e..86bd837 100644
--- a/tests/test_backend_msword.py
+++ b/tests/test_backend_msword.py
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ def verify_export(pred_text: str, gtfile: str):
         with open(gtfile, "r") as fr:
             true_text = fr.read()
 
-        assert pred_text == true_text, "pred_itxt==true_itxt"
         return pred_text == true_text
 
 
@@ -101,3 +100,7 @@ def test_e2e_docx_conversions():
 
         pred_json: str = json.dumps(doc.export_to_dict(), indent=2)
         assert verify_export(pred_json, str(gt_path) + ".json"), "export to json"
+
+        if docx_path.name == "word_tables.docx":
+            pred_html: str = doc.export_to_html()
+            assert verify_export(pred_html, str(gt_path) + ".html"), "export to html"
diff --git a/word_tables.html b/word_tables.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30f6e8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/word_tables.html
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+    <link rel="icon" type="image/png"
+    href="https://ds4sd.github.io/docling/assets/logo.png"/>
+    <meta charset="UTF-8">
+    <title>
+    Powered by Docling
+    </title>
+    <style>
+    html {
+    background-color: LightGray;
+    }
+    body {
+    margin: 0 auto;
+    width:800px;
+    padding: 30px;
+    background-color: White;
+    font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
+    box-shadow: 10px 10px 10px grey;
+    }
+    figure{
+    display: block;
+    width: 100%;
+    margin: 0px;
+    margin-top: 10px;
+    margin-bottom: 10px;
+    }
+    img {
+    display: block;
+    margin: auto;
+    margin-top: 10px;
+    margin-bottom: 10px;
+    max-width: 640px;
+    max-height: 640px;
+    }
+    table {
+    min-width:500px;
+    background-color: White;
+    border-collapse: collapse;
+    cell-padding: 5px;
+    margin: auto;
+    margin-top: 10px;
+    margin-bottom: 10px;
+    }
+    th, td {
+    border: 1px solid black;
+    padding: 8px;
+    }
+    th {
+    font-weight: bold;
+    }
+    table tr:nth-child(even) td{
+    background-color: LightGray;
+    }
+    </style>
+    </head>
+<h2>Test with tables</h2>
+<p>A uniform table</p>
+<table><tbody><tr><td>Header 0.0</td><td>Header 0.1</td><td>Header 0.2</td></tr><tr><td>Cell 1.0</td><td>Cell 1.1</td><td>Cell 1.2</td></tr><tr><td>Cell 2.0</td><td>Cell 2.1</td><td>Cell 2.2</td></tr></tbody></table>
+<p></p>
+<p>A non-uniform table with horizontal spans</p>
+<table><tbody><tr><td>Header 0.0</td><td>Header 0.1</td><td>Header 0.2</td></tr><tr><td>Cell 1.0</td><td colspan="2">Merged Cell 1.1 1.2</td></tr><tr><td>Cell 2.0</td><td colspan="2">Merged Cell 2.1 2.2</td></tr></tbody></table>
+<p></p>
+<p>A non-uniform table with horizontal spans in inner columns</p>
+<table><tbody><tr><td>Header 0.0</td><td>Header 0.1</td><td>Header 0.2</td><td>Header 0.3</td></tr><tr><td>Cell 1.0</td><td colspan="2">Merged Cell 1.1 1.2</td><td>Cell 1.3</td></tr><tr><td>Cell 2.0</td><td colspan="2">Merged Cell 2.1 2.2</td><td>Cell 2.3</td></tr></tbody></table>
+<p></p>
+<p>A non-uniform table with vertical spans</p>
+<table><tbody><tr><td>Header 0.0</td><td>Header 0.1</td><td>Header 0.2</td></tr><tr><td>Cell 1.0</td><td rowspan="2">Merged Cell 1.1 2.1</td><td>Cell 1.2</td></tr><tr><td>Cell 2.0</td><td>Cell 2.2</td></tr><tr><td>Cell 3.0</td><td rowspan="2">Merged Cell 3.1 4.1</td><td>Cell 3.2</td></tr><tr><td>Cell 4.0</td><td>Cell 4.2</td></tr></tbody></table>
+<p></p>
+<p>A non-uniform table with all kinds of spans and empty cells</p>
+<table><tbody><tr><td>Header 0.0</td><td>Header 0.1</td><td>Header 0.2</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Cell 1.0</td><td rowspan="2">Merged Cell 1.1 2.1</td><td>Cell 1.2</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Cell 2.0</td><td>Cell 2.2</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Cell 3.0</td><td rowspan="2">Merged Cell 3.1 4.1</td><td>Cell 3.2</td><td rowspan="3"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Cell 4.0</td><td>Cell 4.2</td><td rowspan="2">Merged Cell 4.4 5.4</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Cell 8.4</td></tr></tbody></table>
+<p></p>
+<p></p>
+</html>
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