diff --git a/OpenXmlPowerTools/WmlToHtmlConverter.cs b/OpenXmlPowerTools/WmlToHtmlConverter.cs
index e555ba1..6481fca 100644
--- a/OpenXmlPowerTools/WmlToHtmlConverter.cs
+++ b/OpenXmlPowerTools/WmlToHtmlConverter.cs
@@ -701,6 +701,13 @@
                 });
             }
 
+            XAttribute attr = null;
+            string type = (string)element.Attribute(W.type);
+            if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(type))
+            {
+                attr = new XAttribute("type", type);
+            }
+
             var paragraph = element.Ancestors(W.p).FirstOrDefault();
             var isBidi = paragraph != null &&
                          paragraph.Elements(W.pPr).Elements(W.bidi).Any(b => b.Attribute(W.val) == null ||
@@ -709,9 +716,9 @@
 
             return new object[]
             {
-                new XElement(Xhtml.br),
+                new XElement(Xhtml.br, attr),
                 zeroWidthChar,
-                span,
+                span
             };
         }