diff --git a/src/file/xml-components/imported-xml-component.spec.ts b/src/file/xml-components/imported-xml-component.spec.ts
index b250cc852b..e896633850 100644
--- a/src/file/xml-components/imported-xml-component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/file/xml-components/imported-xml-component.spec.ts
@@ -1,95 +1,81 @@
-// import { expect } from "chai";
-// import { convertToXmlComponent, ImportedXmlComponent } from "./";
+import { expect } from "chai";
+import { Element, xml2js } from "xml-js";
 
-// const xmlString = `
-//         <w:p w:one="value 1" w:two="value 2">
-//             <w:rPr>
-//                 <w:noProof>some value</w:noProof>
-//             </w:rPr>
-//             <w:r active="true">
-//                 <w:t>Text 1</w:t>
-//             </w:r>
-//             <w:r active="true">
-//                 <w:t>Text 2</w:t>
-//             </w:r>
-//         </w:p>
-//     `;
+import { ImportedXmlComponent } from "./";
+import { convertToXmlComponent } from "./imported-xml-component";
 
-// // tslint:disable:object-literal-key-quotes
-// const importedXmlElement = {
-//     "w:p": {
-//         _attr: { "w:one": "value 1", "w:two": "value 2" },
-//         "w:rPr": { "w:noProof": "some value" },
-//         "w:r": [{ _attr: { active: "true" }, "w:t": "Text 1" }, { _attr: { active: "true" }, "w:t": "Text 2" }],
-//     },
-// };
-// // tslint:enable:object-literal-key-quotes
+const xmlString = `
+        <w:p w:one="value 1" w:two="value 2">
+            <w:rPr>
+                <w:noProof>some value</w:noProof>
+            </w:rPr>
+            <w:r active="true">
+                <w:t>Text 1</w:t>
+            </w:r>
+            <w:r active="true">
+                <w:t>Text 2</w:t>
+            </w:r>
+        </w:p>
+    `;
 
-// const convertedXmlElement = {
-//     deleted: false,
-//     rootKey: "w:p",
-//     root: [
-//         {
-//             deleted: false,
-//             rootKey: "w:rPr",
-//             root: [{ deleted: false, rootKey: "w:noProof", root: ["some value"] }],
-//         },
-//         {
-//             deleted: false,
-//             rootKey: "w:r",
-//             root: [{ deleted: false, rootKey: "w:t", root: ["Text 1"] }],
-//             _attr: { active: "true" },
-//         },
-//         {
-//             deleted: false,
-//             rootKey: "w:r",
-//             root: [{ deleted: false, rootKey: "w:t", root: ["Text 2"] }],
-//             _attr: { active: "true" },
-//         },
-//     ],
-//     _attr: { "w:one": "value 1", "w:two": "value 2" },
-// };
+const convertedXmlElement = {
+    deleted: false,
+    root: [
+        {
+            deleted: false,
+            rootKey: "w:p",
+            root: [
+                { deleted: false, rootKey: "w:rPr", root: [{ deleted: false, rootKey: "w:noProof", root: ["some value"] }] },
+                { deleted: false, rootKey: "w:r", root: [{ deleted: false, rootKey: "w:t", root: ["Text 1"] }], _attr: { active: "true" } },
+                { deleted: false, rootKey: "w:r", root: [{ deleted: false, rootKey: "w:t", root: ["Text 2"] }], _attr: { active: "true" } },
+            ],
+            _attr: { "w:one": "value 1", "w:two": "value 2" },
+        },
+    ],
+    rootKey: undefined,
+};
 
-// describe("ImportedXmlComponent", () => {
-//     let importedXmlComponent: ImportedXmlComponent;
+describe("ImportedXmlComponent", () => {
+    let importedXmlComponent: ImportedXmlComponent;
 
-//     beforeEach(() => {
-//         const attributes = {
-//             someAttr: "1",
-//             otherAttr: "2",
-//         };
-//         importedXmlComponent = new ImportedXmlComponent("w:test", attributes);
-//         importedXmlComponent.push(new ImportedXmlComponent("w:child"));
-//     });
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        const attributes = {
+            someAttr: "1",
+            otherAttr: "2",
+        };
+        importedXmlComponent = new ImportedXmlComponent("w:test", attributes);
+        importedXmlComponent.push(new ImportedXmlComponent("w:child"));
+    });
 
-//     describe("#prepForXml()", () => {
-//         it("should transform for xml", () => {
-//             const converted = importedXmlComponent.prepForXml();
-//             expect(converted).to.eql({
-//                 "w:test": [
-//                     {
-//                         _attr: {
-//                             someAttr: "1",
-//                             otherAttr: "2",
-//                         },
-//                     },
-//                     {
-//                         "w:child": [],
-//                     },
-//                 ],
-//             });
-//         });
-//     });
+    describe("#prepForXml()", () => {
+        it("should transform for xml", () => {
+            const converted = importedXmlComponent.prepForXml();
+            expect(converted).to.eql({
+                "w:test": [
+                    {
+                        _attr: {
+                            someAttr: "1",
+                            otherAttr: "2",
+                        },
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "w:child": [],
+                    },
+                ],
+            });
+        });
+    });
 
-//     it("should create XmlComponent from xml string", () => {
-//         const converted = ImportedXmlComponent.fromXmlString(xmlString);
-//         expect(converted).to.eql(convertedXmlElement);
-//     });
+    it("should create XmlComponent from xml string", () => {
+        const converted = ImportedXmlComponent.fromXmlString(xmlString);
+        expect(converted).to.eql(convertedXmlElement);
+    });
 
-//     describe("convertToXmlComponent", () => {
-//         it("should convert to xml component", () => {
-//             const converted = convertToXmlComponent("w:p", importedXmlElement["w:p"]);
-//             expect(converted).to.eql(convertedXmlElement);
-//         });
-//     });
-// });
+    describe("convertToXmlComponent", () => {
+        it("should convert to xml component", () => {
+            const xmlObj = xml2js(xmlString, { compact: false }) as Element;
+            const converted = convertToXmlComponent(xmlObj);
+            expect(converted).to.eql(convertedXmlElement);
+        });
+    });
+});
diff --git a/src/file/xml-components/imported-xml-component.ts b/src/file/xml-components/imported-xml-component.ts
index 8fa8f9746b..7485c651e0 100644
--- a/src/file/xml-components/imported-xml-component.ts
+++ b/src/file/xml-components/imported-xml-component.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // tslint:disable:no-any
-import { Element as XmlElement } from "xml-js";
+import { Element as XmlElement, xml2js } from "xml-js";
 import { IXmlableObject, XmlComponent } from ".";
 
 /**
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { IXmlableObject, XmlComponent } from ".";
 
 export function convertToXmlComponent(element: XmlElement): ImportedXmlComponent | string | undefined {
     switch (element.type) {
+        case undefined:
         case "element":
             const xmlComponent = new ImportedXmlComponent(element.name as string, element.attributes);
             const childElments = element.elements || [];
@@ -30,6 +31,15 @@ export function convertToXmlComponent(element: XmlElement): ImportedXmlComponent
  * Represents imported xml component from xml file.
  */
 export class ImportedXmlComponent extends XmlComponent {
+    /**
+     * Converts the xml string to a XmlComponent tree.
+     *
+     * @param importedContent xml content of the imported component
+     */
+    public static fromXmlString(importedContent: string): ImportedXmlComponent {
+        const xmlObj = xml2js(importedContent, { compact: false }) as XmlElement;
+        return convertToXmlComponent(xmlObj) as ImportedXmlComponent;
+    }
     /**
      * Converts the xml string to a XmlComponent tree.
      *