diff --git a/sd/source/ui/dlg/dlgsnap.cxx b/sd/source/ui/dlg/dlgsnap.cxx
index 5afafe381cd7..089c4722ecae 100644
--- a/sd/source/ui/dlg/dlgsnap.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/ui/dlg/dlgsnap.cxx
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ SdSnapLineDlg::SdSnapLineDlg(
     m_pMtrFldY->SetLast( nValue );
 
     // set values
-    nXValue = ((const SfxUInt32Item&) rInAttrs.Get(ATTR_SNAPLINE_X)).GetValue();
-    nYValue = ((const SfxUInt32Item&) rInAttrs.Get(ATTR_SNAPLINE_Y)).GetValue();
+    nXValue = ((const SfxInt32Item&) rInAttrs.Get(ATTR_SNAPLINE_X)).GetValue();
+    nYValue = ((const SfxInt32Item&) rInAttrs.Get(ATTR_SNAPLINE_Y)).GetValue();
     nXValue = Fraction(nXValue) / aUIScale;
     nYValue = Fraction(nYValue) / aUIScale;
     SetMetricValue( *m_pMtrFldX, nXValue, SFX_MAPUNIT_100TH_MM);
diff --git a/sd/source/ui/func/fusnapln.cxx b/sd/source/ui/func/fusnapln.cxx
index 79f438a54379..8e3548e86c27 100644
--- a/sd/source/ui/func/fusnapln.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/ui/func/fusnapln.cxx
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ void FuSnapLine::DoExecute( SfxRequest& rReq )
             pPV->LogicToPagePos(aLinePos);
             bLineExist = true;
         }
-        aNewAttr.Put(SfxUInt32Item(ATTR_SNAPLINE_X, aLinePos.X()));
-        aNewAttr.Put(SfxUInt32Item(ATTR_SNAPLINE_Y, aLinePos.Y()));
+        aNewAttr.Put(SfxInt32Item(ATTR_SNAPLINE_X, aLinePos.X()));
+        aNewAttr.Put(SfxInt32Item(ATTR_SNAPLINE_Y, aLinePos.Y()));
 
         SdAbstractDialogFactory* pFact = SdAbstractDialogFactory::Create();
         boost::scoped_ptr<AbstractSdSnapLineDlg> pDlg(pFact ? pFact->CreateSdSnapLineDlg( NULL, aNewAttr, mpView ) : 0);