diff --git a/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hwpf/model/GenericPropertyNode.java b/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hwpf/model/GenericPropertyNode.java
index b68170ee7..4fe0ec9d8 100644
--- a/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hwpf/model/GenericPropertyNode.java
+++ b/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hwpf/model/GenericPropertyNode.java
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ public class GenericPropertyNode
     super(start, end, buf);
   }
 
-  protected byte[] getBytes()
+  public byte[] getBytes()
   {
     return (byte[])_buf;
   }
diff --git a/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hwpf/model/TextPiece.java b/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hwpf/model/TextPiece.java
index 93b7d234d..fff36ce62 100644
--- a/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hwpf/model/TextPiece.java
+++ b/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hwpf/model/TextPiece.java
@@ -116,6 +116,13 @@ public class TextPiece extends PropertyNode implements Comparable
 
    }
 
+   public String substring(int start, int end)
+   {
+     int denominator = _usesUnicode ? 2 : 1;
+
+     return ((StringBuffer)_buf).substring(start/denominator, end/denominator);
+   }
+
    public boolean equals(Object o)
    {
      if (limitsAreEqual(o))