--- WordToFoExtractor.java	(revision 1139204)
+++ WordToFoExtractor.java	(working copy)
@@ -242,6 +242,15 @@ 
         {
             CharacterRun characterRun = paragraph.getCharacterRun( c );
 
+            if ( characterRun == null )
+            {
+                logger.log( POILogger.WARN,
+                        "Paragraph " + paragraph.getStartOffset() + "--"
+                                + paragraph.getEndOffset()
+                                + " contains null CharacterRun #" + c );
+                continue;
+            }
+
             if ( hwpfDocument.getPicturesTable().hasPicture( characterRun ) )
             {
                 Picture picture = hwpfDocument.getPicturesTable()
@@ -345,28 +354,46 @@ 
 
         if ( separatorMark - beginMark > 1 )
         {
-            CharacterRun firstAfterBegin = paragraph
-                    .getCharacterRun( beginMark + 1 );
-
-            final Matcher hyperlinkMatcher = hyperlinkPattern
-                    .matcher( firstAfterBegin.text() );
-            if ( hyperlinkMatcher.matches() )
+            int index = beginMark + 1;
+            CharacterRun firstAfterBegin = null;
+            while ( index < separatorMark )
             {
-                String hyperlink = hyperlinkMatcher.group( 1 );
-                processHyperlink( hwpfDocument, currentBlock, paragraph,
-                        currentTableLevel, hyperlink, separatorMark + 1,
-                        endMark );
-                return;
+                firstAfterBegin = paragraph.getCharacterRun( index );
+                if ( firstAfterBegin == null )
+                {
+                    logger.log( POILogger.WARN,
+                            "Paragraph " + paragraph.getStartOffset() + "--"
+                                    + paragraph.getEndOffset()
+                                    + " contains null CharacterRun #" + index );
+                    index++;
+                    continue;
+                }
+                break;
             }
 
-            final Matcher pagerefMatcher = pagerefPattern
-                    .matcher( firstAfterBegin.text() );
-            if ( pagerefMatcher.matches() )
+            if ( firstAfterBegin != null )
             {
-                String pageref = pagerefMatcher.group( 1 );
-                processPageref( hwpfDocument, currentBlock, paragraph,
-                        currentTableLevel, pageref, separatorMark + 1, endMark );
-                return;
+                final Matcher hyperlinkMatcher = hyperlinkPattern
+                        .matcher( firstAfterBegin.text() );
+                if ( hyperlinkMatcher.matches() )
+                {
+                    String hyperlink = hyperlinkMatcher.group( 1 );
+                    processHyperlink( hwpfDocument, currentBlock, paragraph,
+                            currentTableLevel, hyperlink, separatorMark + 1,
+                            endMark );
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                final Matcher pagerefMatcher = pagerefPattern
+                        .matcher( firstAfterBegin.text() );
+                if ( pagerefMatcher.matches() )
+                {
+                    String pageref = pagerefMatcher.group( 1 );
+                    processPageref( hwpfDocument, currentBlock, paragraph,
+                            currentTableLevel, pageref, separatorMark + 1,
+                            endMark );
+                    return;
+                }
             }
         }
 
@@ -461,10 +488,20 @@ 
             final boolean pItalic;
             {
                 CharacterRun characterRun = paragraph.getCharacterRun( 0 );
-                pFontSize = characterRun.getFontSize() / 2;
-                pFontName = characterRun.getFontName();
-                pBold = characterRun.isBold();
-                pItalic = characterRun.isItalic();
+                if (characterRun != null)
+                {
+                    pFontSize = characterRun.getFontSize() / 2;
+                    pFontName = characterRun.getFontName();
+                    pBold = characterRun.isBold();
+                    pItalic = characterRun.isItalic();
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    pFontSize = -1;
+                    pFontName = WordToFoUtils.EMPTY;
+                    pBold = false;
+                    pItalic = false;
+                }
             }
             WordToFoUtils.setFontFamily( block, pFontName );
             WordToFoUtils.setFontSize( block, pFontSize );
@@ -723,6 +760,15 @@ 
         {
             CharacterRun characterRun = paragraph.getCharacterRun( c );
 
+            if ( characterRun == null )
+            {
+                logger.log( POILogger.WARN,
+                        "Paragraph " + paragraph.getStartOffset() + "--"
+                                + paragraph.getEndOffset()
+                                + " contains null CharacterRun #" + c );
+                continue;
+            }
+
             String text = characterRun.text();
             if ( text.getBytes().length == 0 )
                 continue;