--- a/editeng/source/editeng/impedit2.cxx	Wed Jun 30 20:59:38 2010 +0100
+++ a/editeng/source/editeng/impedit2.cxx	Thu Jul 01 14:02:55 2010 +0100
@@ -4213,13 +4213,27 @@ 
                 long nPosInPortion = pLine->GetCharPosArray().GetObject( nPos );
 #else
                 // #i74188# (positioning the cursor after deleting components of combined indic characters)
+                sal_uInt16 nStartCalc = 0;
+                for (sal_uInt16 i = 0; i < nTextPortion; ++i)
+                {
+                    TextPortion *pTextPortion = pParaPortion->GetTextPortions().GetObject( i );
+                    nStartCalc += pTextPortion->GetLen();
+                }
+
                 SvxFont aTmpFont( pParaPortion->GetNode()->GetCharAttribs().GetDefFont() );
+
+                GetRefDevice()->Push( PUSH_ALL );
+                ImplInitLayoutMode( GetRefDevice(), GetEditDoc().GetPos(pParaPortion->GetNode()), 0xFFFF );
+                ImplInitDigitMode( GetRefDevice(), 0, 0, 0, aTmpFont.GetLanguage() );
+                GetRefDevice()->SetMapMode( MAP_100TH_MM );
+
                 SeekCursor( pParaPortion->GetNode(), nPos+1, aTmpFont );
                 aTmpFont.SetPhysFont( GetRefDevice() );
-                ImplInitDigitMode( GetRefDevice(), 0, 0, 0, aTmpFont.GetLanguage() );
-                String sSegment(*pParaPortion->GetNode(), pLine->GetStart(), nPos+1);
+                String sSegment(*pParaPortion->GetNode(), pLine->GetStart()+nStartCalc, nPos+1-nStartCalc);
                 long nPosInPortion = aTmpFont.QuickGetTextSize( GetRefDevice(),
-                    sSegment, 0, nPos+1, NULL ).Width();
+                    sSegment, 0, nPos+1-nStartCalc, NULL ).Width();
+
+		GetRefDevice()->Pop();
 #endif
 
 				if ( !pPortion->IsRightToLeft() )