Index: main/sd/source/filter/ppt/pptin.cxx
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--- main/sd/source/filter/ppt/pptin.cxx	(revision 1376885)
+++ main/sd/source/filter/ppt/pptin.cxx	(working copy)
@@ -2385,7 +2385,11 @@
 							break;
 					}
 				}
-				if ( i < 8 )
+// [Bug 119962] Placeholder in ppt file created by MS 2007 is lost if load in Impress 
+				unsigned int nParaCount = pTextObj->Count();
+				PPTParagraphObj *pFirstPara = nParaCount == 0 ? NULL : pTextObj->First();
+				unsigned int nFirstParaTextcount = pFirstPara == NULL ? 0 : pFirstPara->GetTextSize();
+				if ( i < 8 || (nParaCount == 1 && nFirstParaTextcount == 0 || nParaCount == 0))
 				{
 					PresObjKind ePresObjKind = PRESOBJ_NONE;
 					sal_Bool    bEmptyPresObj = sal_True;