Index: src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hwpf/model/PAPBinTable.java
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--- src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hwpf/model/PAPBinTable.java	(revision 1147857)
+++ src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hwpf/model/PAPBinTable.java	(working copy)
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
 
 import org.apache.poi.hwpf.model.io.HWPFFileSystem;
 import org.apache.poi.hwpf.model.io.HWPFOutputStream;
@@ -147,6 +148,23 @@
             }
         }
 
+        if (!bypassRebuildDocumentParagraphsStructure()) {
+            rebuildDocumentParagraphsStructure(dataStream, tpt);
+        }
+
+        _dataStream = dataStream;
+    }
+
+    private boolean bypassRebuildDocumentParagraphsStructure() {
+        String property = System.getProperty("POI.PAPBinTable.bypass.paragraphs.rebuild");
+        if (property != null && property.toUpperCase(Locale.US).equals("TRUE")) {
+            return true;
+        } else {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void rebuildDocumentParagraphsStructure(byte[] dataStream, TextPieceTable tpt) throws Error {
         // rebuild document paragraphs structure
         StringBuilder docText = new StringBuilder();
         for ( TextPiece textPiece : tpt.getTextPieces() )
@@ -250,8 +268,6 @@
             continue;
         }
         this._paragraphs = new ArrayList<PAPX>( newPapxs );
-
-        _dataStream = dataStream;
     }
 
   public void insert(int listIndex, int cpStart, SprmBuffer buf)
Index: src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/converter/TestWordToConverterSuite.java
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--- src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/converter/TestWordToConverterSuite.java	(revision 1147857)
+++ src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/converter/TestWordToConverterSuite.java	(working copy)
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@
      */
     private static List<String> failingFiles = Arrays
             .asList( "ProblemExtracting.doc" );
+    
+    private static List<String> largeFiles = Arrays
+            .asList( "007488.doc" );
 
     public static Test suite()
     {
@@ -81,35 +84,41 @@
 
     protected static void test( File child, boolean html ) throws Exception
     {
-        HWPFDocumentCore hwpfDocument;
-        try
-        {
-            hwpfDocument = AbstractWordUtils.loadDoc( child );
-        }
-        catch ( Exception exc )
-        {
-            // unable to parse file -- not WordToFoConverter fault
-            return;
+        try {
+            if (largeFiles.contains(child.getName())) {
+                System.setProperty("POI.PAPBinTable.bypass.paragraphs.rebuild", "true");
+            }
+            HWPFDocumentCore hwpfDocument;
+            try
+            {
+                hwpfDocument = AbstractWordUtils.loadDoc( child );
+            }
+            catch ( Exception exc )
+            {
+                // unable to parse file -- not WordToFoConverter fault
+                return;
+            }
+    
+            WordToFoConverter wordToFoConverter = new WordToFoConverter(
+                    DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance().newDocumentBuilder()
+                            .newDocument() );
+            wordToFoConverter.processDocument( hwpfDocument );
+    
+            StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();
+    
+            Transformer transformer = TransformerFactory.newInstance()
+                    .newTransformer();
+            transformer.setOutputProperty( OutputKeys.ENCODING, "utf-8" );
+            transformer.setOutputProperty( OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes" );
+            transformer.transform(
+                    new DOMSource( wordToFoConverter.getDocument() ),
+                    new StreamResult( stringWriter ) );
+    
+            if ( html )
+                transformer.setOutputProperty( OutputKeys.METHOD, "html" );
+        } finally {
+            System.setProperty("POI.PAPBinTable.bypass.paragraphs.rebuild", "");
         }
-
-        WordToFoConverter wordToFoConverter = new WordToFoConverter(
-                DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance().newDocumentBuilder()
-                        .newDocument() );
-        wordToFoConverter.processDocument( hwpfDocument );
-
-        StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();
-
-        Transformer transformer = TransformerFactory.newInstance()
-                .newTransformer();
-        transformer.setOutputProperty( OutputKeys.ENCODING, "utf-8" );
-        transformer.setOutputProperty( OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes" );
-        transformer.transform(
-                new DOMSource( wordToFoConverter.getDocument() ),
-                new StreamResult( stringWriter ) );
-
-        if ( html )
-            transformer.setOutputProperty( OutputKeys.METHOD, "html" );
-
         // no exceptions
     }
 }
Index: src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/TestGovdocs007488.java
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--- src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/TestGovdocs007488.java	(revision 0)
+++ src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/TestGovdocs007488.java	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package org.apache.poi.hwpf;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
+import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.NPOIFSFileSystem;
+
+public class TestGovdocs007488 extends TestCase {
+    
+    @Override
+    public void setUp() {
+        System.setProperty("POI.PAPBinTable.bypass.paragraphs.rebuild", "true");
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    public void tearDown() {
+        System.setProperty("POI.PAPBinTable.bypass.paragraphs.rebuild", "");
+    }
+    
+    public void test007488() throws IOException {
+        
+        InputStream is = POIDataSamples.getDocumentInstance().openResourceAsStream("007488.doc");
+        NPOIFSFileSystem fs = new NPOIFSFileSystem(is);
+        HWPFDocument d = new HWPFDocument(fs.getRoot());
+    }
+    
+}