diff --git a/source/NVDAObjects/IAccessible/winword.py b/source/NVDAObjects/IAccessible/winword.py
index acc273a6377..72da470d693 100644
--- a/source/NVDAObjects/IAccessible/winword.py
+++ b/source/NVDAObjects/IAccessible/winword.py
@@ -21,11 +21,14 @@
 from NVDAObjects.window import DisplayModelEditableText
 from ..behaviors import EditableTextWithoutAutoSelectDetection
 from NVDAObjects.window.winword import *
+from NVDAObjects.window.winword import WordDocumentTreeInterceptor
+
 
 class WordDocument(IAccessible,EditableTextWithoutAutoSelectDetection,WordDocument):
  
-	treeInterceptorClass=WordDocumentTreeInterceptor
-	shouldCreateTreeInterceptor=False
+	treeInterceptorClass = WordDocumentTreeInterceptor
+	shouldCreateTreeInterceptor = True
+
 	TextInfo=WordDocumentTextInfo
 
 	def _get_ignoreEditorRevisions(self):
diff --git a/source/NVDAObjects/UIA/wordDocument.py b/source/NVDAObjects/UIA/wordDocument.py
index bccd3d03783..105843d999c 100644
--- a/source/NVDAObjects/UIA/wordDocument.py
+++ b/source/NVDAObjects/UIA/wordDocument.py
@@ -298,6 +298,14 @@ def getTextWithFields(self,formatConfig=None):
 
 class WordBrowseModeDocument(UIABrowseModeDocument):
 
+	# This treeInterceptor starts in focus mode, thus escape should not switch back to browse mode
+	disableAutoPassThrough = True
+
+	def __init__(self, rootNVDAObject):
+		super(WordBrowseModeDocument, self).__init__(rootNVDAObject)
+		self.passThrough = True
+		browseMode.reportPassThrough.last = True
+
 	def shouldSetFocusToObj(self,obj):
 		# Ignore strange editable text fields surrounding most inner fields (links, table cells etc) 
 		if obj.role==controlTypes.ROLE_EDITABLETEXT and obj.UIAElement.cachedAutomationID.startswith('UIA_AutomationId_Word_Content'):
@@ -341,8 +349,8 @@ def _get_role(self):
 		return role
 
 class WordDocument(UIADocumentWithTableNavigation,WordDocumentNode,WordDocumentBase):
-	treeInterceptorClass=WordBrowseModeDocument
-	shouldCreateTreeInterceptor=False
+	treeInterceptorClass = WordBrowseModeDocument
+	shouldCreateTreeInterceptor = True
 	announceEntireNewLine=True
 
 	# Microsoft Word duplicates the full title of the document on this control, which is redundant as it appears in the title of the app itself.
diff --git a/source/NVDAObjects/window/winword.py b/source/NVDAObjects/window/winword.py
index 2d83596adba..cd2449b0195 100755
--- a/source/NVDAObjects/window/winword.py
+++ b/source/NVDAObjects/window/winword.py
@@ -1069,6 +1069,14 @@ def _get_focusableNVDAObjectAtStart(self):
 
 class WordDocumentTreeInterceptor(browseMode.BrowseModeDocumentTreeInterceptor):
 
+	# This treeInterceptor starts in focus mode, thus escape should not switch back to browse mode
+	disableAutoPassThrough = True
+
+	def __init__(self, rootNVDAObject):
+		super(WordDocumentTreeInterceptor, self).__init__(rootNVDAObject)
+		self.passThrough = True
+		browseMode.reportPassThrough.last = True
+
 	TextInfo=BrowseModeWordDocumentTextInfo
 
 	def _activateLongDesc(self,controlField):