diff --git a/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hslf/model/TextRun.java b/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hslf/model/TextRun.java
index 8e392d831..7ebb28034 100644
--- a/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hslf/model/TextRun.java
+++ b/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hslf/model/TextRun.java
@@ -293,8 +293,8 @@ public class TextRun
 			return;
 		}
 		
-		// Create a new one
-		_styleAtom = new StyleTextPropAtom(0);
+		// Create a new one at the right size
+		_styleAtom = new StyleTextPropAtom(getRawText().length());
 		
 		// Use the TextHeader atom to get at the parent
 		RecordContainer runAtomsParent = _headerAtom.getParentRecord();
diff --git a/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hslf/record/StyleTextPropAtom.java b/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hslf/record/StyleTextPropAtom.java
index b7d2230b5..148227136 100644
--- a/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hslf/record/StyleTextPropAtom.java
+++ b/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hslf/record/StyleTextPropAtom.java
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ public class StyleTextPropAtom extends RecordAtom
 		paragraphStyles = new LinkedList();
 		charStyles = new LinkedList();
 
-		TextPropCollection defaultParagraphTextProps = new TextPropCollection(parentTextSize);
+		TextPropCollection defaultParagraphTextProps = new TextPropCollection(parentTextSize, (short)0);
 		paragraphStyles.add(defaultParagraphTextProps);
 
 		TextPropCollection defaultCharacterTextProps = new TextPropCollection(parentTextSize);