While using the latest version of Aspose.Words i.e. 15.4.0, we managed to reproduce this issue on our end. We have logged this issue in our bug tracking system. The ID of this issue is WORDSNET-11944. Your thread has also been linked to the appropriate issue and you will be notified as soon as it is resolved. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Thanks for your inquiry. But, if you Save As ‘etlap.doc’ to DOC format using MS Word 2013, you’ll observe the same behavior. Please see attached ‘msw-2013.doc’. So, this seems to be an expected behavior. If we can help you with anything else, please feel free to ask.