diff --git a/src/formats/odf/text.rs b/src/formats/odf/text.rs
index da64da40..7d57d1a1 100644
--- a/src/formats/odf/text.rs
+++ b/src/formats/odf/text.rs
@@ -326,6 +326,9 @@ fn walk_inlines(
                 }
             }
             Node::Elem(child) => {
+                if child.is(ns::OFFICE, "annotation") {
+                    continue;
+                }
                 let in_text = child.ns.as_deref().is_some_and(|n| n == ns::TEXT);
                 if in_text {
                     match child.local.as_str() {
@@ -396,7 +399,7 @@ fn walk_inlines(
                             out.push(Inline::NoteRef(id));
                             continue;
                         }
-                        "annotation" | "tracked-changes" | "soft-page-break" => continue,
+                        "tracked-changes" | "soft-page-break" => continue,
                         _ => {}
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/tests/odf_annotations.rs b/tests/odf_annotations.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3fe76c1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/odf_annotations.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+//! ODF comments must not become part of the paragraph they annotate.
+
+use anydoc::{Format, to_markdown_bytes};
+use std::io::{Cursor, Write};
+
+fn odt(body: &str) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let content = format!(
+        r#"<?xml version="1.0"?><office:document-content
+        xmlns:office="urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:office:1.0"
+        xmlns:comments="urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:office:1.0"
+        xmlns:text="urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:text:1.0"
+        xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
+        xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
+        <office:body><office:text>{body}</office:text></office:body>
+        </office:document-content>"#
+    );
+    let mut zip = zip::ZipWriter::new(Cursor::new(Vec::new()));
+    let opts = zip::write::SimpleFileOptions::default();
+    for (name, body) in
+        [("mimetype", "application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text"), ("content.xml", content.as_str())]
+    {
+        zip.start_file(name, opts).unwrap();
+        zip.write_all(body.as_bytes()).unwrap();
+    }
+    zip.finish().unwrap().into_inner()
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn point_comment_does_not_split_the_anchored_word() {
+    let bytes = odt(r#"<text:p>Text with a comment on Lamb<office:annotation>
+        <dc:creator>Author</dc:creator><dc:date>2026-01-01T00:00:00</dc:date>
+        <text:p>First comment paragraph.</text:p>
+        <text:p><text:span>Second comment paragraph.</text:span></text:p>
+        </office:annotation>daword here.</text:p>"#);
+    let md = to_markdown_bytes(&bytes, Format::Odt).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(md.trim_end(), "Text with a comment on Lambdaword here.");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn ranged_comment_keeps_the_link_and_surrounding_text() {
+    let bytes = odt(concat!(
+        r#"<text:p>Read <text:a xlink:href="https://example.com">"#,
+        r#"<text:span>the<comments:annotation comments:name="comment1">"#,
+        "<dc:creator>Reviewer</dc:creator><text:p>Comment on the link.</text:p>",
+        "</comments:annotation> guide</text:span></text:a>",
+        r#"<comments:annotation-end comments:name="comment1"/> today.</text:p>"#,
+    ));
+    let md = to_markdown_bytes(&bytes, Format::Odt).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(md.trim_end(), "Read [the guide](https://example.com) today.");
+}