Link to issue number:

Fixes #13511
Fixes #13503

Summary of the issue:

Fetching text-column-number using UIA custom patterns in MS Word, causes MS Word to crash.
this can happen when opening a blank document on MS Word start-up.
This has been reported to Microsoft.

Description of how this pull request fixes the issue:

No longer fetch text-column-number in MS Word with UIA. This should only be reenabled in future for newer versions of MS Word identified not to crash.

Testing strategy:

Opened a blank document in MS Word. MS Word no longer crashes on start-up. Confirmed that other custom attributes such as section number and bookmark still get reported.

Known issues with pull request:

None known.

Change log entries:

None needed.

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Code Review Checklist:

• Pull Request description:
  • description is up to date
  • change log entries
• Testing:
  • Unit tests
  • System (end to end) tests
  • Manual testing
• API is compatible with existing add-ons.
• Documentation:
  • User Documentation
  • Developer / Technical Documentation
  • Context sensitive help for GUI changes
• UX of all users considered:
  • Speech
  • Braille
  • Low Vision
  • Different web browsers
  • Localization in other languages / culture than English