Index: C:/Documents and Settings/polyst/workspace3.2/poi/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hwpf/model/TextPiece.java
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--- C:/Documents and Settings/polyst/workspace3.2/poi/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hwpf/model/TextPiece.java	(revision 520483)
+++ C:/Documents and Settings/polyst/workspace3.2/poi/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hwpf/model/TextPiece.java	(working copy)
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException;
 /**
  * Lightweight representation of a text piece.
  *
@@ -84,8 +85,13 @@
    public String substring(int start, int end)
    {
      int denominator = _usesUnicode ? 2 : 1;
-
-     return ((StringBuffer)_buf).substring(start/denominator, end/denominator);
+     String string = "";
+     try {
+    	string = ((StringBuffer)_buf).substring(start/denominator, end/denominator);
+     } catch(StringIndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
+    	string = ""; 
+     }
+     return string;
    }
 
    public void adjustForDelete(int start, int length)