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diff --git a/crates/office2pdf/src/render/typst_gen.rs b/crates/office2pdf/src/render/typst_gen.rs
index cf0e07ae..43cb23ac 100644
--- a/crates/office2pdf/src/render/typst_gen.rs
+++ b/crates/office2pdf/src/render/typst_gen.rs
@@ -569,10 +569,19 @@ fn generate_table_with_anchors(
                 out.push('\n');
                 row_start = row_end + 1;
             }
-            // Emit the anchored element
-            generate_sheet_anchor(out, &sorted_charts[chart_idx].1, ctx);
-            out.push('\n');
-            chart_idx += 1;
+            // Emit every drawing anchored to this row together, so same-row
+            // shapes overlay rather than stack (issue #459).
+            let row_end_idx: usize = sorted_charts[chart_idx..]
+                .iter()
+                .take_while(|(row, _)| *row == sorted_charts[chart_idx].0)
+                .count()
+                + chart_idx;
+            let row_anchors: Vec<&SheetAnchor> = sorted_charts[chart_idx..row_end_idx]
+                .iter()
+                .map(|(_, anchor)| anchor)
+                .collect();
+            generate_sheet_anchor_row(out, &row_anchors, ctx);
+            chart_idx = row_end_idx;
         }
     }
 
@@ -596,24 +605,81 @@ fn generate_table_with_anchors(
         out.push('\n');
     }
 
-    // Emit any remaining anchors (anchored beyond last row, e.g., u32::MAX)
+    // Emit any remaining anchors (anchored beyond last row, e.g., u32::MAX),
+    // still grouped by the row they share.
     while chart_idx < sorted_charts.len() {
-        generate_sheet_anchor(out, &sorted_charts[chart_idx].1, ctx);
-        out.push('\n');
-        chart_idx += 1;
+        let row_end_idx: usize = sorted_charts[chart_idx..]
+            .iter()
+            .take_while(|(row, _)| *row == sorted_charts[chart_idx].0)
+            .count()
+            + chart_idx;
+        let row_anchors: Vec<&SheetAnchor> = sorted_charts[chart_idx..row_end_idx]
+            .iter()
+            .map(|(_, anchor)| anchor)
+            .collect();
+        generate_sheet_anchor_row(out, &row_anchors, ctx);
+        chart_idx = row_end_idx;
     }
 
     Ok(())
 }
 
-fn generate_sheet_anchor(out: &mut String, anchor: &SheetAnchor, ctx: &mut GenCtx) {
+/// Emit every drawing anchored to one worksheet row.
+///
+/// Excel lays same-row shapes out side by side over the grid. Reserving a
+/// flow box per shape advanced the flow between them, so three shapes on row
+/// 3 formed a diagonal stack and reserved three times the height, spilling
+/// onto a blank second page (issue #459). One reserved box, as tall as the
+/// tallest shape, holds them all; each keeps its own horizontal offset.
+///
+/// Charts are ordinary flow content and keep their own placement.
+fn generate_sheet_anchor_row(out: &mut String, anchors: &[&SheetAnchor], ctx: &mut GenCtx) {
+    for anchor in anchors.iter() {
+        if let SheetAnchor::Chart(chart) = anchor {
+            generate_chart(out, chart);
+            out.push('\n');
+        }
+    }
+
+    let placed: Vec<&&SheetAnchor> = anchors
+        .iter()
+        .filter(|anchor| !matches!(anchor, SheetAnchor::Chart(_)))
+        .collect();
+    if placed.is_empty() {
+        return;
+    }
+    let reserved_height_pt: f64 = placed
+        .iter()
+        .map(|anchor| sheet_anchor_height_pt(anchor))
+        .fold(0.0, f64::max);
+    let _ = write!(
+        out,
+        "#box(width: 100%, height: {}pt)[",
+        format_f64(reserved_height_pt)
+    );
+    for anchor in placed {
+        write_placed_sheet_anchor(out, anchor, ctx);
+    }
+    out.push_str("]\n");
+}
+
+/// The flow height a placed drawing occupies.
+fn sheet_anchor_height_pt(anchor: &SheetAnchor) -> f64 {
     match anchor {
-        SheetAnchor::Chart(chart) => generate_chart(out, chart),
+        SheetAnchor::TextBox(text_box) => text_box.height,
+        SheetAnchor::Image(sheet_image) => sheet_image.image.height.unwrap_or(100.0),
+        SheetAnchor::Chart(_) => 0.0,
+    }
+}
+
+/// Place one drawing at its horizontal offset inside the row's reserved box.
+fn write_placed_sheet_anchor(out: &mut String, anchor: &SheetAnchor, ctx: &mut GenCtx) {
+    match anchor {
+        SheetAnchor::Chart(_) => {}
         SheetAnchor::TextBox(text_box) => {
             let _ = write!(
                 out,
-                "#box(width: 100%, height: {}pt)[#place(top + left, dx: {}pt)[#box(width: {}pt, height: {}pt",
-                format_f64(text_box.height),
+                "#place(top + left, dx: {}pt)[#box(width: {}pt, height: {}pt",
                 format_f64(text_box.x_offset_pt),
                 format_f64(text_box.width),
                 format_f64(text_box.height),
@@ -639,20 +705,16 @@ fn generate_sheet_anchor(out: &mut String, anchor: &SheetAnchor, ctx: &mut GenCt
             if text_box.vertical_center {
                 out.push(']');
             }
-            out.push_str("]]]\n");
+            out.push_str("]]");
         }
         SheetAnchor::Image(sheet_image) => {
-            // Keep the anchor's horizontal position: reserve the image height
-            // in the flow and place the image at its column offset.
-            let height: f64 = sheet_image.image.height.unwrap_or(100.0);
             let _ = write!(
                 out,
-                "#box(width: 100%, height: {}pt)[#place(top + left, dx: {}pt)[",
-                format_f64(height),
+                "#place(top + left, dx: {}pt)[",
                 format_f64(sheet_image.x_offset_pt),
             );
             generate_image(out, &sheet_image.image, ctx);
-            out.push_str("]]\n");
+            out.push(']');
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/office2pdf/src/render/typst_gen_advanced_tests.rs b/crates/office2pdf/src/render/typst_gen_advanced_tests.rs
index f28d31f9..34fe7273 100644
--- a/crates/office2pdf/src/render/typst_gen_advanced_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/office2pdf/src/render/typst_gen_advanced_tests.rs
@@ -1339,3 +1339,107 @@ fn test_non_arrow_icon_set_still_renders_as_text() {
     assert!(output.source.contains("text(fill: rgb(214, 85, 50)"));
     assert!(!output.source.contains("polygon("));
 }
+
+/// A worksheet text box anchored after `anchor_row` at `x_offset_pt`.
+fn make_sheet_text_box(anchor_row: u32, x_offset_pt: f64, height: f64) -> crate::ir::SheetTextBox {
+    crate::ir::SheetTextBox {
+        anchor_row,
+        x_offset_pt,
+        width: 100.0,
+        height,
+        paragraphs: vec![Paragraph {
+            style: ParagraphStyle::default(),
+            runs: vec![Run {
+                text: format!("shape at {x_offset_pt}"),
+                style: TextStyle::default(),
+                href: None,
+                footnote: None,
+            }],
+        }],
+        fill: None,
+        border: None,
+        vertical_center: false,
+    }
+}
+
+fn sheet_page_with_text_boxes(text_boxes: Vec<crate::ir::SheetTextBox>) -> Page {
+    Page::Sheet(SheetPage {
+        name: "Sheet1".to_string(),
+        size: PageSize::default(),
+        margins: Margins::default(),
+        table: Table {
+            rows: vec![TableRow {
+                cells: vec![TableCell::default()],
+                height: None,
+            }],
+            column_widths: vec![100.0],
+            ..Table::default()
+        },
+        header: None,
+        footer: None,
+        charts: vec![],
+        images: Vec::new(),
+        text_boxes,
+    })
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_same_row_sheet_drawings_share_one_reserved_box() {
+    // Excel draws shapes anchored to the same row side by side. Emitting one
+    // reserved flow box each stacked them diagonally and reserved three
+    // times the height, which spilled onto a blank second page (issue #459).
+    let doc = make_doc(vec![sheet_page_with_text_boxes(vec![
+        make_sheet_text_box(1, 0.0, 60.0),
+        make_sheet_text_box(1, 200.0, 60.0),
+        make_sheet_text_box(1, 400.0, 60.0),
+    ])]);
+    let source = generate_typst(&doc).unwrap().source;
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        source.matches("#box(width: 100%, height: 60pt)").count(),
+        1,
+        "same-row drawings share one reserved box: {source}"
+    );
+    for dx in ["dx: 0pt", "dx: 200pt", "dx: 400pt"] {
+        assert!(
+            source.contains(dx),
+            "each drawing keeps its own horizontal offset ({dx}): {source}"
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_same_row_sheet_drawings_reserve_the_tallest_height() {
+    // The row's reserved height is the tallest shape on it, not the sum.
+    let doc = make_doc(vec![sheet_page_with_text_boxes(vec![
+        make_sheet_text_box(1, 0.0, 40.0),
+        make_sheet_text_box(1, 200.0, 90.0),
+    ])]);
+    let source = generate_typst(&doc).unwrap().source;
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        source.matches("#box(width: 100%, height: ").count(),
+        1,
+        "the row reserves a single box: {source}"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        source.contains("#box(width: 100%, height: 90pt)"),
+        "the reserved height is the tallest shape, not the sum: {source}"
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_drawings_on_different_rows_keep_separate_boxes() {
+    // Triangulation: shapes on different rows still advance the flow.
+    let doc = make_doc(vec![sheet_page_with_text_boxes(vec![
+        make_sheet_text_box(1, 0.0, 60.0),
+        make_sheet_text_box(5, 0.0, 60.0),
+    ])]);
+    let source = generate_typst(&doc).unwrap().source;
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        source.matches("#box(width: 100%, height: 60pt)").count(),
+        2,
+        "different rows reserve their own boxes: {source}"
+    );
+}