Confluence markup not working with word (docx) import

[Emily Kern]

I tried automating a Ruby script to write .docx files with Confluence markup. However, when trying to import these files, the editor fails to recognize *bold* and instead makes a bullet followed by the content and an asterisk.

For example. *bold* should be

bold

but instead I get

• bold*

Why is that and how can I work around it?