Index: src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HeaderFooter.java
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--- src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HeaderFooter.java	(revision 1021542)
+++ src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HeaderFooter.java	(working copy)
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 	 */
 	protected abstract String getRawText(); 
 	
-	private String[] splitParts() {
+	public String[] splitParts() {
 		String text = getRawText();
 		// default values
 		String _left = "";
Index: src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/extractor/ExtractorFactory.java
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--- src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/extractor/ExtractorFactory.java	(revision 1021542)
+++ src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/extractor/ExtractorFactory.java	(working copy)
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@
 import org.apache.poi.xslf.extractor.XSLFPowerPointExtractor;
 import org.apache.poi.xslf.usermodel.XSLFRelation;
 import org.apache.poi.xssf.extractor.XSSFEventBasedExcelExtractor;
+import org.apache.poi.xssf.extractor.XSSFEventBasedSimpleExcelExtractor;
+import org.apache.poi.xssf.extractor.XSSFEventSimpleExcelExtractor;
 import org.apache.poi.xssf.extractor.XSSFExcelExtractor;
 import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFRelation;
 import org.apache.poi.xwpf.extractor.XWPFWordExtractor;
@@ -167,7 +169,8 @@
        for(XSSFRelation rel : XSSFExcelExtractor.SUPPORTED_TYPES) {
           if(corePart.getContentType().equals(rel.getContentType())) {
              if(getPreferEventExtractor()) {
-                return new XSSFEventBasedExcelExtractor(pkg);
+                 return new XSSFEventSimpleExcelExtractor(pkg);
              } else {
                 return new XSSFExcelExtractor(pkg);
              }