diff --git a/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hslf/extractor/PowerPointExtractor.java b/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hslf/extractor/PowerPointExtractor.java
index 9dddb700b..95900a45e 100644
--- a/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hslf/extractor/PowerPointExtractor.java
+++ b/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hslf/extractor/PowerPointExtractor.java
@@ -175,6 +175,12 @@ public class PowerPointExtractor extends POIOLE2TextExtractor
 	if(getSlideText) {
 		for(int i=0; i<_slides.length; i++) {
 			Slide slide = _slides[i];
+			
+			HeadersFooters hf = slide.getHeadersFooters();
+			if(hf != null && hf.getHeaderText() != null) {
+				ret.append(hf.getHeaderText() + "\n");
+			}
+			
 			TextRun[] runs = slide.getTextRuns();
 			for(int j=0; j<runs.length; j++) {
 				TextRun run = runs[j];
@@ -187,6 +193,10 @@ public class PowerPointExtractor extends POIOLE2TextExtractor
 				}
 			}
 			
+			if(hf != null && hf.getFooterText() != null) {
+				ret.append(hf.getFooterText() + "\n");
+			}
+			
 			if(getCommentText) {
 				Comment[] comments = slide.getComments();
 				for(int j=0; j<comments.length; j++) {
diff --git a/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/data/45537_Footer.ppt b/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/data/45537_Footer.ppt
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/data/45537_Header.ppt b/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/data/45537_Header.ppt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e09d7752b
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diff --git a/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/extractor/TextExtractor.java b/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/extractor/TextExtractor.java
index 35113866f..2fbdb6af9 100644
--- a/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/extractor/TextExtractor.java
+++ b/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/extractor/TextExtractor.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ package org.apache.poi.hslf.extractor;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.HSLFSlideShow;
+import org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel.SlideShow;
 import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.DirectoryNode;
 import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.POIFSFileSystem;
 
@@ -248,4 +249,38 @@ public class TextExtractor extends TestCase {
 		text = ppe.getText();
 		assertTrue("Unable to find expected word in text\n" + text, text.contains("testdoc"));
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * From bug #45537
+     */
+    public void DISABLEDtestHeaderFooter() throws Exception {
+		String filename, text;
+		
+		// With a header
+		filename = dirname + "/45537_Header.ppt";
+		HSLFSlideShow hslf = new HSLFSlideShow(new FileInputStream(filename));
+		SlideShow ss = new SlideShow(hslf);
+		assertNotNull(ss.getSlides()[0].getHeadersFooters());
+		assertEquals("testdoc test phrase", ss.getSlides()[0].getHeadersFooters().getHeaderText());
+		
+		ppe = new PowerPointExtractor(hslf);
+
+		text = ppe.getText();
+		assertTrue("Unable to find expected word in text\n" + text, text.contains("testdoc"));
+        assertTrue("Unable to find expected word in text\n" + text, text.contains("test phrase"));
+
+        
+		// And with a footer
+		filename = dirname + "/45537_Footer.ppt";
+		hslf = new HSLFSlideShow(new FileInputStream(filename));
+		ss = new SlideShow(hslf);
+		assertNotNull(ss.getSlides()[0].getHeadersFooters());
+		assertEquals("testdoc test phrase", ss.getSlides()[0].getHeadersFooters().getFooterText());
+		
+		ppe = new PowerPointExtractor(filename);
+
+		text = ppe.getText();
+		assertTrue("Unable to find expected word in text\n" + text, text.contains("testdoc"));
+        assertTrue("Unable to find expected word in text\n" + text, text.contains("test phrase"));
+    }
 }