diff --git a/docs/changes/1.x/1.2.0.md b/docs/changes/1.x/1.2.0.md
index 9900e7b663..30d3b35202 100644
--- a/docs/changes/1.x/1.2.0.md
+++ b/docs/changes/1.x/1.2.0.md
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
   - Added Support for Language, both for document overall and individual text elements
 - Template : Set a checkbox by [@nxtpge](https://github.com/nxtpge) in [#2509](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord/pull/2509)
 - ODText / RTF / Word2007 Writer : Add field FILENAME by [@milkyway-git](https://github.com/milkyway-git) in [#2510](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord/pull/2510)
+- ODText Reader : Improve Section Reader by [@oleibman](https://github.com/oleibman) in [#2507](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord/pull/2507)
 
 ### Bug fixes
 
diff --git a/phpstan-baseline.neon b/phpstan-baseline.neon
index e7918d9174..2e44745b3d 100644
--- a/phpstan-baseline.neon
+++ b/phpstan-baseline.neon
@@ -165,11 +165,6 @@ parameters:
 			count: 1
 			path: src/PhpWord/Reader/HTML.php
 
-		-
-			message: "#^Call to an undefined method DOMNode\\:\\:getAttribute\\(\\)\\.$#"
-			count: 2
-			path: src/PhpWord/Reader/ODText/Content.php
-
 		-
 			message: "#^Offset 'textNodes' on array\\{changed\\: PhpOffice\\\\PhpWord\\\\Element\\\\TrackChange, textNodes\\: DOMNodeList\\<DOMElement\\>\\} in isset\\(\\) always exists and is not nullable\\.$#"
 			count: 1
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Element/TextRun.php b/src/PhpWord/Element/TextRun.php
index fc8727592a..33c55f6584 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Element/TextRun.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Element/TextRun.php
@@ -78,4 +78,16 @@ public function setParagraphStyle($style = null)
 
         return $this->paragraphStyle;
     }
+
+    public function getText(): string
+    {
+        $outstr = '';
+        foreach ($this->getElements() as $element) {
+            if ($element instanceof Text) {
+                $outstr .= $element->getText();
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $outstr;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Reader/ODText/Content.php b/src/PhpWord/Reader/ODText/Content.php
index 45cb0704db..15c76c27b9 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Reader/ODText/Content.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Reader/ODText/Content.php
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@
 namespace PhpOffice\PhpWord\Reader\ODText;
 
 use DateTime;
+use DOMElement;
+use DOMNodeList;
 use PhpOffice\Math\Reader\MathML;
+use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\Section;
 use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\TrackChange;
 use PhpOffice\PhpWord\PhpWord;
 use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Shared\XMLReader;
@@ -30,6 +33,9 @@
  */
 class Content extends AbstractPart
 {
+    /** @var ?Section */
+    private $section;
+
     /**
      * Read content.xml.
      */
@@ -41,17 +47,28 @@ public function read(PhpWord $phpWord): void
         $trackedChanges = [];
 
         $nodes = $xmlReader->getElements('office:body/office:text/*');
+        $this->section = null;
+        $this->processNodes($nodes, $xmlReader, $phpWord);
+        $this->section = null;
+    }
+
+    /** @param DOMNodeList<DOMElement> $nodes */
+    public function processNodes(DOMNodeList $nodes, XMLReader $xmlReader, PhpWord $phpWord): void
+    {
         if ($nodes->length > 0) {
-            $section = $phpWord->addSection();
             foreach ($nodes as $node) {
                 // $styleName = $xmlReader->getAttribute('text:style-name', $node);
                 switch ($node->nodeName) {
                     case 'text:h': // Heading
                         $depth = $xmlReader->getAttribute('text:outline-level', $node);
-                        $section->addTitle($node->nodeValue, $depth);
+                        $this->getSection($phpWord)->addTitle($node->nodeValue, $depth);
 
                         break;
                     case 'text:p': // Paragraph
+                        $styleName = $xmlReader->getAttribute('text:style-name', $node);
+                        if (substr($styleName, 0, 2) === 'SB') {
+                            break;
+                        }
                         $element = $xmlReader->getElement('draw:frame/draw:object', $node);
                         if ($element) {
                             $mathFile = str_replace('./', '', $element->getAttribute('xlink:href')) . '/content.xml';
@@ -65,11 +82,13 @@ public function read(PhpWord $phpWord): void
                                     $reader = new MathML();
                                     $math = $reader->read($mathXML);
 
-                                    $section->addFormula($math);
+                                    $this->getSection($phpWord)->addFormula($math);
                                 }
                             }
                         } else {
                             $children = $node->childNodes;
+                            $spans = false;
+                            /** @var DOMElement $child */
                             foreach ($children as $child) {
                                 switch ($child->nodeName) {
                                     case 'text:change-start':
@@ -89,16 +108,49 @@ public function read(PhpWord $phpWord): void
                                             $changed = $trackedChanges[$changeId];
                                         }
 
+                                        break;
+                                    case 'text:span':
+                                        $spans = true;
+
                                         break;
                                 }
                             }
 
-                            $element = $section->addText($node->nodeValue);
+                            if ($spans) {
+                                $element = $this->getSection($phpWord)->addTextRun();
+                                foreach ($children as $child) {
+                                    switch ($child->nodeName) {
+                                        case 'text:span':
+                                            /** @var DOMElement $child2 */
+                                            foreach ($child->childNodes as $child2) {
+                                                switch ($child2->nodeName) {
+                                                    case '#text':
+                                                        $element->addText($child2->nodeValue);
+
+                                                        break;
+                                                    case 'text:tab':
+                                                        $element->addText("\t");
+
+                                                        break;
+                                                    case 'text:s':
+                                                        $spaces = (int) $child2->getAttribute('text:c') ?: 1;
+                                                        $element->addText(str_repeat(' ', $spaces));
+
+                                                        break;
+                                                }
+                                            }
+
+                                            break;
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            } else {
+                                $element = $this->getSection($phpWord)->addText($node->nodeValue);
+                            }
                             if (isset($changed) && is_array($changed)) {
                                 $element->setTrackChange($changed['changed']);
                                 if (isset($changed['textNodes'])) {
                                     foreach ($changed['textNodes'] as $changedNode) {
-                                        $element = $section->addText($changedNode->nodeValue);
+                                        $element = $this->getSection($phpWord)->addText($changedNode->nodeValue);
                                         $element->setTrackChange($changed['changed']);
                                     }
                                 }
@@ -110,7 +162,7 @@ public function read(PhpWord $phpWord): void
                         $listItems = $xmlReader->getElements('text:list-item/text:p', $node);
                         foreach ($listItems as $listItem) {
                             // $listStyleName = $xmlReader->getAttribute('text:style-name', $listItem);
-                            $section->addListItem($listItem->nodeValue, 0);
+                            $this->getSection($phpWord)->addListItem($listItem->nodeValue, 0);
                         }
 
                         break;
@@ -129,9 +181,26 @@ public function read(PhpWord $phpWord): void
                             $trackedChanges[$changedRegion->getAttribute('text:id')] = ['changed' => $changed, 'textNodes' => $textNodes];
                         }
 
+                        break;
+                    case 'text:section': // Section
+                        // $sectionStyleName = $xmlReader->getAttribute('text:style-name', $listItem);
+                        $this->section = $phpWord->addSection();
+                        $children = $node->childNodes;
+                        $this->processNodes($children, $xmlReader, $phpWord);
+
                         break;
                 }
             }
         }
     }
+
+    private function getSection(PhpWord $phpWord): Section
+    {
+        $section = $this->section;
+        if ($section === null) {
+            $section = $this->section = $phpWord->addSection();
+        }
+
+        return $section;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/PhpWordTests/Reader/ODText/ODTextSectionTest.php b/tests/PhpWordTests/Reader/ODText/ODTextSectionTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a1a4512db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/PhpWordTests/Reader/ODText/ODTextSectionTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * This file is part of PHPWord - A pure PHP library for reading and writing
+ * word processing documents.
+ *
+ * PHPWord is free software distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+ * General Public License version 3 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please read the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code. For the full list of
+ * contributors, visit https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord/contributors.
+ *
+ * @see         https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord
+ *
+ * @license     http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.txt LGPL version 3
+ */
+
+namespace PhpOffice\PhpWordTests\Reader\ODText;
+
+use PhpOffice\PhpWord\IOFactory;
+use PhpOffice\PhpWord\PhpWord;
+use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Settings;
+
+class ODTextSectionTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
+{
+    /** @var string */
+    private $filename = '';
+
+    protected function tearDown(): void
+    {
+        if ($this->filename !== '') {
+            unlink($this->filename);
+            $this->filename = '';
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function testWriteThenReadSection(): void
+    {
+        $dir = 'tests/PhpWordTests/_files';
+        Settings::setOutputEscapingEnabled(true);
+        $phpWord = new PhpWord();
+        $section = $phpWord->addSection();
+        $inputText = ['days', 'monday', 'tuesday'];
+        $inputText[] = "Tab\tthen two spaces  then done.";
+        foreach ($inputText as $text) {
+            $section->addText($text);
+        }
+        $writer = IOFactory::createWriter($phpWord, 'ODText');
+        $this->filename = "$dir/sectiontest.odt";
+        $writer->save($this->filename);
+
+        $reader = IOFactory::createReader('ODText');
+        $phpWord2 = $reader->load($this->filename);
+        $outputText = [];
+        foreach ($phpWord2->getSections() as $section) {
+            foreach ($section->getElements() as $element) {
+                if (is_object($element) && method_exists($element, 'getText')) {
+                    $outputText[] = $element->getText();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        self::assertSame($inputText, $outputText);
+    }
+
+    public function testReadNoSections(): void
+    {
+        $dir = 'tests/PhpWordTests/_files/documents';
+        $inputText = ['days', 'monday', 'tuesday'];
+
+        $reader = IOFactory::createReader('ODText');
+        $filename = "$dir/word.2493.nosection.odt";
+        $phpWord2 = $reader->load($filename);
+        $outputText = [];
+        foreach ($phpWord2->getSections() as $section) {
+            foreach ($section->getElements() as $element) {
+                if (is_object($element) && method_exists($element, 'getText')) {
+                    $outputText[] = $element->getText();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        self::assertSame($inputText, $outputText);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/PhpWordTests/_files/documents/word.2493.nosection.odt b/tests/PhpWordTests/_files/documents/word.2493.nosection.odt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb0fa20764
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/PhpWordTests/_files/documents/word.2493.nosection.odt differ