diff --git a/novelwriter/formats/todocx.py b/novelwriter/formats/todocx.py
index c173918d..366191ef 100644
--- a/novelwriter/formats/todocx.py
+++ b/novelwriter/formats/todocx.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ from PyQt6.QtCore import QMargins, QSize
 from novelwriter import __version__
 from novelwriter.common import firstFloat, xmlElement, xmlSubElem
 from novelwriter.constants import nwHeadFmt, nwStyles
-from novelwriter.formats.shared import BlockFmt, BlockTyp, T_Formats, TextFmt
+from novelwriter.formats.shared import BlockFmt, BlockTyp, T_Formats, TextFmt, stripEscape
 from novelwriter.formats.tokenizer import Tokenizer
 from novelwriter.types import QtHexRgb
 
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ class ToDocX(Tokenizer):
             xmlSubElem(rPr, _wTag("color"), attrib={W_VAL: _docXCol(color)})
 
         if isinstance(text, str):
-            for segment in RX_TEXT.split(text):
+            for segment in RX_TEXT.split(stripEscape(text)):
                 if segment == "\n":
                     xmlSubElem(xR, _wTag("br"))
                 elif segment == "\t":
diff --git a/novelwriter/formats/tokenizer.py b/novelwriter/formats/tokenizer.py
index 1379fdf6..c447b2ab 100644
--- a/novelwriter/formats/tokenizer.py
+++ b/novelwriter/formats/tokenizer.py
@@ -496,12 +496,10 @@ class Tokenizer(ABC):
     def doPreProcessing(self) -> None:
         """Run pre-processing jobs before the text is tokenized."""
         # Process the user's auto-replace dictionary
-        if autoReplace := self._project.data.autoReplace:
-            repDict = {}
-            for aKey, aVal in autoReplace.items():
-                repDict[f"<{aKey}>"] = aVal
-            xRep = re.compile("|".join([re.escape(k) for k in repDict.keys()]), flags=re.DOTALL)
-            self._text = xRep.sub(lambda x: repDict[x.group(0)], self._text)
+        if entry := self._project.data.autoReplace:
+            replace = {f"<{k}>": v for k, v in entry.items()}
+            rxRep = re.compile("|".join([re.escape(k) for k in replace]), flags=re.DOTALL)
+            self._text = rxRep.sub(lambda x: replace[x.group(0)], self._text)
         return
 
     def tokenizeText(self) -> None:
diff --git a/novelwriter/formats/toqdoc.py b/novelwriter/formats/toqdoc.py
index f4bc897b..f276e2f7 100644
--- a/novelwriter/formats/toqdoc.py
+++ b/novelwriter/formats/toqdoc.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ from PyQt6.QtPrintSupport import QPrinter
 
 from novelwriter import __version__
 from novelwriter.constants import nwStyles, nwUnicode
-from novelwriter.formats.shared import BlockFmt, BlockTyp, T_Formats, TextFmt
+from novelwriter.formats.shared import BlockFmt, BlockTyp, T_Formats, TextFmt, stripEscape
 from novelwriter.formats.tokenizer import HEADINGS, Tokenizer
 from novelwriter.types import (
     QtAlignAbsolute, QtAlignCenter, QtAlignJustify, QtAlignLeft, QtAlignRight,
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ class ToQTextDocument(Tokenizer):
         for pos, fmt, data in tFmt:
 
             # Insert buffer with previous format
-            cursor.insertText(temp[start:pos], cFmt)
+            cursor.insertText(stripEscape(temp[start:pos]), cFmt)
 
             # Construct next format
             if fmt == TextFmt.B_B:
@@ -425,13 +425,12 @@ class ToQTextDocument(Tokenizer):
                 if field := data.partition(":")[2]:
                     self._usedFields.append((cursor.position(), field))
                     cursor.insertText("0", cFmt)
-                pass
 
             # Move pos for next pass
             start = pos
 
         # Insert whatever is left in the buffer
-        cursor.insertText(temp[start:], cFmt)
+        cursor.insertText(stripEscape(temp[start:]), cFmt)
 
         return