diff --git a/crates/metafile/src/emf.rs b/crates/metafile/src/emf.rs
--- a/crates/metafile/src/emf.rs
+++ b/crates/metafile/src/emf.rs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ pub(crate) fn parse(input: Bytes) -> Result<(Canvas, Option<Frame>), Error> {
             if let Some(data) = Bytes(rec).tail(16) {
                 plus.comment(&mut cv, data);
             }
-        } else {
+        } else if plus.plays_gdi() {
             record(&mut cv, typ, Bytes(rec));
         }
         parsed += 1;
diff --git a/crates/metafile/src/emfplus.rs b/crates/metafile/src/emfplus.rs
--- a/crates/metafile/src/emfplus.rs
+++ b/crates/metafile/src/emfplus.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 //! EMF+ (MS-EMFPLUS): GDI+ drawing records carried in EMF comment records.
 //!
-//! Most EMF+ files are *dual*: the same picture is also drawn with plain EMF records, which
-//! [`crate::emf`] already plays, so this reader ignores their EMF+ part. An *EMF+ only* file has
-//! nothing else to draw; for those this reader plays the records:
+//! Most EMF+ files are *dual*: the same picture is also drawn with plain EMF records as a
+//! fallback for GDI. PowerPoint draws metafiles with GDI+, which plays the EMF+ records and skips
+//! the plain ones (except after EmfPlusGetDC), and a fallback can be incomplete (a nested
+//! metafile it lacks), so this reader does the same. It plays the records:
 //! - brushes (solid, hatch, texture, linear and path gradients), pens, paths, images, fonts,
 //!   string formats and regions, including objects split across several records;
 //! - rectangles, polygons, lines, ellipses, paths and Béziers;
@@ -214,8 +215,10 @@ struct Saved {
 }
 
 pub(crate) struct Plus {
-    /// An EMF+ header said the file is EMF+ only, so these records are the picture.
-    active: bool,
+    /// An EMF+ header said the file is dual: its plain EMF records are only a GDI fallback.
+    dual: bool,
+    /// An EmfPlusGetDC record opened a window of plain EMF records, until the next EMF+ comment.
+    gdi: bool,
     dpi: f64,
     world: Xform,
     page: f64,
@@ -232,7 +235,8 @@ pub(crate) struct Plus {
 impl Plus {
     pub fn new() -> Self {
         Plus {
-            active: false,
+            dual: false,
+            gdi: false,
             dpi: 96.0,
             world: IDENTITY,
             page: 1.0,
@@ -245,8 +249,15 @@ impl Plus {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Whether the plain EMF record that follows is drawn: always, except in a dual file outside
+    /// an EmfPlusGetDC window.
+    pub fn plays_gdi(&self) -> bool {
+        !self.dual || self.gdi
+    }
+
     /// Plays the EMF+ records of one EMR_COMMENT payload (after the identifier).
     pub fn comment(&mut self, cv: &mut Canvas, data: Bytes) {
+        self.gdi = false;
         let mut pos = 0usize;
         while !cv.full() {
             let Some(tail) = data.0.get(pos..) else { break };
@@ -276,15 +287,15 @@ impl Plus {
 
     fn record(&mut self, cv: &mut Canvas, typ: u16, flags: u16, r: Bytes) -> Option<()> {
         if typ == 0x4001 {
-            // Header: dual files also draw with EMF records, which win.
-            self.active = flags & 1 == 0;
+            self.dual = flags & 1 != 0;
             if let Some(d) = r.u32(8).map(f64::from).filter(|d| *d > 0.0 && *d < 100_000.0) {
                 self.dpi = d;
             }
             return Some(());
         }
-        if !self.active {
-            return None;
+        if typ == 0x4004 {
+            self.gdi = true;
+            return Some(());
         }
         let compressed = flags & 0x4000 != 0;
         let id = usize::from(flags & 0xFF);
diff --git a/crates/metafile/src/tests.rs b/crates/metafile/src/tests.rs
--- a/crates/metafile/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/metafile/src/tests.rs
@@ -1656,12 +1656,20 @@ fn emfplus_only_fill_rects_with_argb_colour() {
 }
 
 #[test]
-fn emfplus_dual_files_draw_only_the_emf_records() {
+fn emfplus_dual_files_draw_the_emfplus_records_like_gdiplus() {
     let fill = prec(0x400A, 0x8000, &cat(vec![h32(0xFFFF_0000), h32(1), f32s(&[0.0, 0.0, 5.0, 5.0])]));
     let gdi = erec(43, &cat(vec![e32(0), e32(0), e32(9), e32(9)]));
     let p = parse(&emf(&[plus_comment(&[plus_header(true), fill]), gdi], [0; 4], [0; 4])).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(p.items.len(), 1);
-    assert_eq!(path_segs(&p.items[0]).1, Some([255, 255, 255, 255]));
+    assert_eq!(path_segs(&p.items[0]).1, Some([255, 0, 0, 255]));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn emfplus_dual_files_play_plain_records_after_get_dc() {
+    let gdi = erec(43, &cat(vec![e32(0), e32(0), e32(9), e32(9)]));
+    let get_dc = prec(0x4004, 0, &[]);
+    let p = parse(&emf(&[plus_comment(&[plus_header(true)]), plus_comment(&[get_dc]), gdi], [0; 4], [0; 4])).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(p.items.len(), 1);
 }
 
 #[test]