diff --git a/include/svx/swframeposstrings.hxx b/include/svx/swframeposstrings.hxx
index a6ecc3a7605e..7b9b7f2bd4be 100644
--- a/include/svx/swframeposstrings.hxx
+++ b/include/svx/swframeposstrings.hxx
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public:
 
         STR_MAX
     };
-    const String& GetString(StringId eId);
+    const OUString& GetString(StringId eId);
 };
 #endif
 
diff --git a/svx/source/dialog/swframeposstrings.cxx b/svx/source/dialog/swframeposstrings.cxx
index ad4f1ecd3e28..3729bb6f5c14 100644
--- a/svx/source/dialog/swframeposstrings.cxx
+++ b/svx/source/dialog/swframeposstrings.cxx
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 class SvxSwFramePosString_Impl : public Resource
 {
     friend class SvxSwFramePosString;
-    String aStrings[SvxSwFramePosString::STR_MAX];
+    OUString aStrings[SvxSwFramePosString::STR_MAX];
 public:
     SvxSwFramePosString_Impl();
 };
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ SvxSwFramePosString::~SvxSwFramePosString()
     delete pImpl;
 }
 
-const String& SvxSwFramePosString::GetString(StringId eId)
+const OUString& SvxSwFramePosString::GetString(StringId eId)
 {
     DBG_ASSERT(eId >= 0 && eId < STR_MAX, "invalid StringId");
     if(!(eId >= 0 && eId < STR_MAX))