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+## Description (e.g. "Related to ...", "Closes ...", etc.)
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+## Code review checklist
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+- [ ] Private platform tests at `core/tests/test_python-docx` are updated and passing
+- [ ] If this change is going to be deployed on Cloudsmith after merge, python-docx version number should be increased 
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+[commit messages]: https://chris.beams.io/posts/git-commit/