ContentControl.insertOoxml adds extra paragraphs

Question

I am trying to add to my Word document a new content control with a table inside. I have the Ooxml of the table and I am inserting this to a new content control with insertOoxml. But it is adding a new paragraph before the table and another one after it, as shown in the following image.

This is my code:

Word.run(function (context) {
     var range = context.document.getSelection();
     var myContentControl = range.insertContentControl();
     myContentControl.title = "ZZZ";
     myContentControl.insertOoxml(dataXml, 'end');
     myContentControl.cannotEdit = false;
     myContentControl.cannotDelete = false;
     context.load(myContentControl, 'id, title, tag');
     return context.sync().then(function () {
          console.log("Success");
     });
});

This is the main part of dataXml content:

I manage to remove the first extra paragraph with this code:

var paragraphs = myContentControl.paragraphs;
context.load(paragraphs, 'items');
return context.sync().then(function () {
    paragraphs.items[0].delete();
    return context.sync().then(function () {
        console.log("Success");
    });
});

But if I try to remove the last paragraph as in the following line, it removes the content control and doesn't delete the extra paragraph.

paragraphs.items[paragraphs.items.length - 1].delete();

How can I delete the last extra paragraph using Office.js and without removing the content control?

EstevaoLuis · Accepted Answer

I found this workaround: insert directly to the document selection an Ooxml string containing also the content control and the table without paragraphs inside it.

So, this is the code:

Word.run(function (context) {
    context.document.getSelection().insertOoxml(dataXml, 'Start');
    return context.sync().then(function () {
        console.log("Success");
    });
});

This is the main part of dataXml content:

And this is the result:

At least the last paragraph is outside the content control.

ContentControl.insertOoxml adds extra paragraphs

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