diff --git a/src/components/RichText/RichTextField.tsx b/src/components/RichText/RichTextField.tsx
index 4899de4226..08cfbbfa19 100644
--- a/src/components/RichText/RichTextField.tsx
+++ b/src/components/RichText/RichTextField.tsx
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import { getHelperText, showError } from '../form/util';
 import { FormattedNumber } from '../Formatters';
 import { EditorJsTheme } from './EditorJsTheme';
 import type { ToolKey } from './editorJsTools';
-import { handleMsUnorderedList } from './ms-word-helpers';
+import { handleMsPasteFormatting } from './ms-word-helpers';
 import { RichTextView } from './RichTextView';
 
 declare module '@editorjs/editorjs/types/data-formats/output-data' {
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ export function RichTextField({
     'paste',
     (event: ClipboardEvent) => {
       const formattedUl: RichTextData | undefined =
-        handleMsUnorderedList(event);
+        handleMsPasteFormatting(event);
       if (formattedUl) {
         event.preventDefault();
         input.onChange(formattedUl);
diff --git a/src/components/RichText/ms-word-helpers.ts b/src/components/RichText/ms-word-helpers.ts
index 9676a9dd19..3886b73659 100644
--- a/src/components/RichText/ms-word-helpers.ts
+++ b/src/components/RichText/ms-word-helpers.ts
@@ -1,31 +1,78 @@
 import { OutputData as RichTextData } from '@editorjs/editorjs';
 
-export const handleMsUnorderedList = (
+export const handleMsPasteFormatting = (
   event: ClipboardEvent
 ): RichTextData | undefined => {
   const text = event.clipboardData?.getData('text');
+  // If there is no text, or the text has no list return undefined and continue native paste propagation
+  if (!text || !hasWordListMarkers(text)) {
+    return;
+  }
 
-  // Match any line that starts with "•\t" followed by anything until the end of the line
-  const matches = text?.match(/•\t(.*)/g);
+  const parsedLines = text.split('\n').map((line) => {
+    if (isUnorderedList(line)) {
+      return { type: 'ul', text: line.replace(/•\t/, '') };
+    }
+    if (isOrderedList(line)) {
+      return { type: 'ol', text: line.replace(/^\d+\.\s/, '') };
+    }
+    if (line === '\r') {
+      return { type: 'break', text: line };
+    }
+    return { type: 'p', text: line };
+  });
 
-  if (!matches) {
-    return undefined;
-  }
-  // If there are matches, prevent default actions, then create an array of strings without the "•\t" prefix
-  const listItems = matches.map((item) => item.replace(/•\t/, ''));
+  const groupedLines = groupSiblingsBy(parsedLines, (line) => line.type);
+
+  const blocks = groupedLines.map((lines) => {
+    const type = lines[0]!.type;
+    const textLines = lines.map((line) => line.text);
+
+    if (type === 'ol') {
+      return createListBlock(textLines, 'ordered');
+    }
+    if (type === 'ul') {
+      return createListBlock(textLines, 'unordered');
+    }
+    return createParagraphBlock(textLines);
+  });
 
-  // Now create a new object that conforms to the structure of RichTextData
-  // Assumption is that all the list items should be part of a single unordered list
   return {
     time: Date.now(),
-    blocks: [
-      {
-        type: 'list',
-        data: {
-          style: 'unordered',
-          items: listItems,
-        },
-      },
-    ],
+    blocks,
   };
 };
+
+const groupSiblingsBy = <T>(items: readonly T[], by: (item: T) => unknown) =>
+  items.reduce((acc: T[][], cur: T) => {
+    // If it's the first item or different from the last, start a new group
+    if (!acc.length || by(acc.at(-1)![0]!) !== by(cur)) {
+      acc.push([cur]);
+    } else {
+      // Otherwise, add it to the current group
+      acc.at(-1)!.push(cur);
+    }
+    return acc;
+  }, []);
+
+const createParagraphBlock = (text: string[]) => ({
+  type: 'paragraph',
+  data: {
+    text: text.join(' '),
+  },
+});
+
+const createListBlock = (items: string[], style: 'unordered' | 'ordered') => ({
+  type: 'list',
+  data: {
+    style: style,
+    items: items,
+  },
+});
+
+const hasWordListMarkers = (text: string) =>
+  isUnorderedList(text) || isOrderedList(text);
+
+const isUnorderedList = (text: string) => /•\t(.*)/.test(text);
+
+const isOrderedList = (text: string) => /^\d+\.\s(.*)/.test(text);