diff --git a/sw/source/filter/writer/writer.cxx b/sw/source/filter/writer/writer.cxx
index 9760f8988bda..0f4788fed7d4 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/writer/writer.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/writer/writer.cxx
@@ -352,15 +352,15 @@ void Writer::PutEditEngFontsInAttrPool( bool bIncl_CJK_CTL )
 
 void Writer::_AddFontItems( SfxItemPool& rPool, sal_uInt16 nW )
 {
-    const SvxFontItem* pFont = (const SvxFontItem*)&rPool.GetDefaultItem( nW );
+    const SvxFontItem* pFont = static_cast<const SvxFontItem*>(&rPool.GetDefaultItem( nW ));
     _AddFontItem( rPool, *pFont );
 
-    if( 0 != ( pFont = (const SvxFontItem*)rPool.GetPoolDefaultItem( nW )) )
+    if( 0 != ( pFont = static_cast<const SvxFontItem*>(rPool.GetPoolDefaultItem( nW ))) )
         _AddFontItem( rPool, *pFont );
 
     sal_uInt32 nMaxItem = rPool.GetItemCount2( nW );
     for( sal_uInt32 nGet = 0; nGet < nMaxItem; ++nGet )
-        if( 0 != (pFont = (const SvxFontItem*)rPool.GetItem2( nW, nGet )) )
+        if( 0 != (pFont = static_cast<const SvxFontItem*>(rPool.GetItem2( nW, nGet ))) )
             _AddFontItem( rPool, *pFont );
 }
 
@@ -371,10 +371,10 @@ void Writer::_AddFontItem( SfxItemPool& rPool, const SvxFontItem& rFont )
     {
         SvxFontItem aFont( rFont );
         aFont.SetWhich( RES_CHRATR_FONT );
-        pItem = (SvxFontItem*)&rPool.Put( aFont );
+        pItem = static_cast<const SvxFontItem*>(&rPool.Put( aFont ));
     }
     else
-        pItem = (SvxFontItem*)&rPool.Put( rFont );
+        pItem = static_cast<const SvxFontItem*>(&rPool.Put( rFont ));
 
     if( 1 < pItem->GetRefCount() )
         rPool.Remove( *pItem );
diff --git a/sw/source/filter/writer/wrtswtbl.cxx b/sw/source/filter/writer/wrtswtbl.cxx
index fb5d2aff68c0..968a3ddd1d95 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/writer/wrtswtbl.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/writer/wrtswtbl.cxx
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ sal_uInt32 SwWriteTable::GetBoxWidth( const SwTableBox *pBox )
 {
     const SwFrmFmt *pFmt = pBox->GetFrmFmt();
     const SwFmtFrmSize& aFrmSize=
-        (const SwFmtFrmSize&)pFmt->GetFmtAttr( RES_FRM_SIZE );
+        static_cast<const SwFmtFrmSize&>(pFmt->GetFmtAttr( RES_FRM_SIZE ));
 
     return sal::static_int_cast<sal_uInt32>(aFrmSize.GetSize().Width());
 }
@@ -176,11 +176,11 @@ const SvxBrushItem *SwWriteTable::GetLineBrush( const SwTableBox *pBox,
             if( !pLine->GetUpper() )
             {
                 if( !pRow->GetBackground() )
-                    pRow->SetBackground( (const SvxBrushItem *)pItem );
+                    pRow->SetBackground( static_cast<const SvxBrushItem *>(pItem) );
                 pItem = 0;
             }
 
-            return (const SvxBrushItem *)pItem;
+            return static_cast<const SvxBrushItem *>(pItem);
         }
 
         pBox = pLine->GetUpper();
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ sal_uInt16 SwWriteTable::MergeBoxBorders( const SwTableBox *pBox,
     sal_uInt16 nBorderMask = 0;
 
     const SwFrmFmt *pFrmFmt = pBox->GetFrmFmt();
-    const SvxBoxItem& rBoxItem = (const SvxBoxItem&)pFrmFmt->GetFmtAttr( RES_BOX );
+    const SvxBoxItem& rBoxItem = static_cast<const SvxBoxItem&>(pFrmFmt->GetFmtAttr( RES_BOX ));
 
     if( rBoxItem.GetTop() )
     {
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ void SwWriteTable::FillTableRowsCols( long nStartRPos, sal_uInt16 nStartRow,
         if( SfxItemState::SET == rItemSet.GetItemState( RES_BACKGROUND, false,
                                                    &pItem ) )
         {
-            pLineBrush = (const SvxBrushItem *)pItem;
+            pLineBrush = static_cast<const SvxBrushItem *>(pItem);
 
             // If the row spans the entire table, we can
             // print out the background to the row. Otherwise
diff --git a/sw/source/filter/ww8/docxattributeoutput.cxx b/sw/source/filter/ww8/docxattributeoutput.cxx
index 81db98a05043..862d75486f79 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/ww8/docxattributeoutput.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/ww8/docxattributeoutput.cxx
@@ -1424,7 +1424,7 @@ void DocxAttributeOutput::StartField_Impl( FieldInfos& rInfos, bool bWriteRun )
                     WriteFFData(  rInfos );
                 if ( rInfos.pField )
                 {
-                    const SwDropDownField& rFld2 = *(SwDropDownField*)rInfos.pField;
+                    const SwDropDownField& rFld2 = *static_cast<const SwDropDownField*>(rInfos.pField);
                     uno::Sequence<OUString> aItems =
                         rFld2.GetItemSequence();
                     GetExport().DoComboBox(rFld2.GetName(),
@@ -3590,7 +3590,7 @@ void DocxAttributeOutput::TableVerticalCell( ww8::WW8TableNodeInfoInner::Pointer
         aPam.GetPoint()->nNode++;
         if (aPam.GetPoint()->nNode.GetNode().IsTxtNode())
         {
-            const SwTxtNode& rTxtNode = (const SwTxtNode&)aPam.GetPoint()->nNode.GetNode();
+            const SwTxtNode& rTxtNode = static_cast<const SwTxtNode&>(aPam.GetPoint()->nNode.GetNode());
             if( const SwAttrSet* pAttrSet = rTxtNode.GetpSwAttrSet())
             {
                 const SvxCharRotateItem& rCharRotate = pAttrSet->GetCharRotate();
@@ -5494,7 +5494,7 @@ void DocxAttributeOutput::SectionPageBorders( const SwFrmFmt* pFmt, const SwFrmF
         const SfxPoolItem* pItem = GetExport().HasItem( RES_SHADOW );
         if ( pItem )
         {
-            const SvxShadowItem* pShadowItem = (const SvxShadowItem*)pItem;
+            const SvxShadowItem* pShadowItem = static_cast<const SvxShadowItem*>(pItem);
             aOutputBorderOptions.aShadowLocation = pShadowItem->GetLocation();
         }
 
@@ -5570,7 +5570,7 @@ static OString impl_LevelNFC( sal_uInt16 nNumberingType , const SfxItemSet *pOut
         case style::NumberingType::NUMBER_LOWER_ZH:
             aType="taiwaneseCountingThousand";
             if (pOutSet) {
-                const SvxLanguageItem rLang = (const SvxLanguageItem&) pOutSet->Get( RES_CHRATR_CJK_LANGUAGE,true);
+                const SvxLanguageItem rLang = static_cast<const SvxLanguageItem&>( pOutSet->Get( RES_CHRATR_CJK_LANGUAGE,true) );
                 const LanguageType eLang = rLang.GetLanguage();
 
                 if (LANGUAGE_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED == eLang) {
@@ -6596,12 +6596,12 @@ void DocxAttributeOutput::WriteField_Impl( const SwField* pFld, ww::eField eType
         // TODO Any other field types here ?
         if ( ( nType == RES_SETEXPFLD ) && ( nSubType & nsSwGetSetExpType::GSE_STRING ) )
         {
-            const SwSetExpField *pSet = ( const SwSetExpField* )( pFld );
+            const SwSetExpField *pSet = static_cast<const SwSetExpField*>( pFld );
             m_sFieldBkm = pSet->GetPar1( );
         }
         else if ( nType == RES_DROPDOWN )
         {
-            const SwDropDownField* pDropDown = ( const SwDropDownField* )( pFld );
+            const SwDropDownField* pDropDown = static_cast<const SwDropDownField*>( pFld );
             m_sFieldBkm = pDropDown->GetName( );
         }
     }
@@ -7762,7 +7762,7 @@ void DocxAttributeOutput::FormatBox( const SvxBoxItem& rBox )
     const SfxPoolItem* pItem = GetExport().HasItem( RES_SHADOW );
     if ( pItem )
     {
-        const SvxShadowItem* pShadowItem = (const SvxShadowItem*)pItem;
+        const SvxShadowItem* pShadowItem = static_cast<const SvxShadowItem*>(pItem);
         aOutputBorderOptions.aShadowLocation = pShadowItem->GetLocation();
     }
 
diff --git a/sw/source/filter/ww8/docxexport.cxx b/sw/source/filter/ww8/docxexport.cxx
index 5d3be74efc3e..197eac9a1bcc 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/ww8/docxexport.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/ww8/docxexport.cxx
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ void DocxExport::OutputEndNode( const SwEndNode& rEndNode )
         {
             const SwSectionFmt* pParentFmt = rSect.GetFmt()->GetParent();
             if( !pParentFmt )
-                pParentFmt = (SwSectionFmt*)0xFFFFFFFF;
+                pParentFmt = reinterpret_cast<SwSectionFmt*>(0xFFFFFFFF) ;
 
             sal_uLong nRstLnNum;
             if( rNd.IsCntntNode() )
diff --git a/sw/source/filter/ww8/rtfattributeoutput.cxx b/sw/source/filter/ww8/rtfattributeoutput.cxx
index 51a4c62fa713..816a7e5a6ec9 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/ww8/rtfattributeoutput.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/ww8/rtfattributeoutput.cxx
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ void RtfAttributeOutput::TableDefaultBorders(ww8::WW8TableNodeInfoInner::Pointer
     const SfxPoolItem* pItem;
     if (pCellFmt->GetAttrSet().HasItem(RES_BOX, &pItem))
     {
-        const SvxBoxItem& rBox = (SvxBoxItem&)*pItem;
+        const SvxBoxItem& rBox = static_cast<const SvxBoxItem&>(*pItem);
         static const sal_uInt16 aBorders[] =
         {
             BOX_LINE_TOP, BOX_LINE_LEFT, BOX_LINE_BOTTOM, BOX_LINE_RIGHT
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ void RtfAttributeOutput::TableBackgrounds(ww8::WW8TableNodeInfoInner::Pointer_t
     const SfxPoolItem* pItem;
     if (pCellFmt->GetAttrSet().HasItem(RES_BACKGROUND, &pItem))
     {
-        const SvxBrushItem& rBack = (SvxBrushItem&)*pItem;
+        const SvxBrushItem& rBack = static_cast<const SvxBrushItem&>(*pItem);
         if (!rBack.GetColor().GetTransparency())
         {
             m_aRowDefs.append(OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_RTF_CLCBPAT);
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ void RtfAttributeOutput::TableVerticalCell(ww8::WW8TableNodeInfoInner::Pointer_t
 
     // vertical alignment
     if (pCellFmt->GetAttrSet().HasItem(RES_VERT_ORIENT, &pItem))
-        switch (((SwFmtVertOrient*)pItem)->GetVertOrient())
+        switch (static_cast<const SwFmtVertOrient*>(pItem)->GetVertOrient())
         {
         case text::VertOrientation::CENTER:
             m_aRowDefs.append(OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_RTF_CLVERTALC);
@@ -1311,7 +1311,7 @@ void RtfAttributeOutput::NumberingLevel(sal_uInt8 nLevel,
         nVal=35;
         if (pOutSet)
         {
-            const SvxLanguageItem rlang = (const SvxLanguageItem&) pOutSet->Get(RES_CHRATR_CJK_LANGUAGE,true);
+            const SvxLanguageItem rlang = static_cast<const SvxLanguageItem&>( pOutSet->Get(RES_CHRATR_CJK_LANGUAGE,true) );
             if (LANGUAGE_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED == rlang.GetLanguage())
             {
                 nVal=39;
@@ -2098,7 +2098,7 @@ void RtfAttributeOutput::CharEscapement(const SvxEscapementItem& rEsc)
 
     const char* pUpDn;
 
-    SwTwips nH = ((SvxFontHeightItem&)m_rExport.GetItem(RES_CHRATR_FONTSIZE)).GetHeight();
+    SwTwips nH = static_cast<const SvxFontHeightItem&>(m_rExport.GetItem(RES_CHRATR_FONTSIZE)).GetHeight();
 
     if (0 < rEsc.GetEsc())
         pUpDn = OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_RTF_UP;
@@ -2600,7 +2600,7 @@ void RtfAttributeOutput::ParaWidows(const SvxWidowsItem& rWidows)
 
 void RtfAttributeOutput::ParaTabStop(const SvxTabStopItem& rTabStop)
 {
-    long nOffset = ((SvxLRSpaceItem&)m_rExport.GetItem(RES_LR_SPACE)).GetTxtLeft();
+    long nOffset = static_cast<const SvxLRSpaceItem&>(m_rExport.GetItem(RES_LR_SPACE)).GetTxtLeft();
     for (sal_uInt16 n = 0; n < rTabStop.Count(); n++)
     {
         const SvxTabStop& rTS = rTabStop[ n ];
@@ -2699,7 +2699,7 @@ void RtfAttributeOutput::ParaNumRule_Impl(const SwTxtNode* pTxtNd, sal_Int32 nLv
         m_aStyles.append(OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_RTF_PLAIN);
         m_aStyles.append(' ');
 
-        SvxLRSpaceItem aLR((SvxLRSpaceItem&)rNdSet.Get(RES_LR_SPACE));
+        SvxLRSpaceItem aLR(static_cast<const SvxLRSpaceItem&>(rNdSet.Get(RES_LR_SPACE)));
         aLR.SetTxtLeft(aLR.GetTxtLeft() + pFmt->GetIndentAt());
         aLR.SetTxtFirstLineOfst(pFmt->GetFirstLineOffset());
 
@@ -3297,7 +3297,7 @@ void RtfAttributeOutput::SetField(const SwField& /*rFld*/, ww::eField /*eType*/,
 
 void RtfAttributeOutput::PostitField(const SwField* pFld)
 {
-    const SwPostItField& rPFld = *(SwPostItField*)pFld;
+    const SwPostItField& rPFld = *static_cast<const SwPostItField*>(pFld);
 
     OString aName = OUStringToOString(rPFld.GetName(), RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8);
     std::map<OString, sal_uInt16>::iterator it = m_rOpenedAnnotationMarksIds.find(aName);
@@ -3628,7 +3628,7 @@ void RtfAttributeOutput::FlyFrameOLEReplacement(const SwFlyFrmFmt* pFlyFrmFmt, S
     aRendered.Height() = rSize.Height();
     const Graphic* pGraphic = rOLENode.GetGraphic();
     Size aMapped(pGraphic->GetPrefSize());
-    const SwCropGrf& rCr = (const SwCropGrf&)rOLENode.GetAttr(RES_GRFATR_CROPGRF);
+    const SwCropGrf& rCr = static_cast<const SwCropGrf&>(rOLENode.GetAttr(RES_GRFATR_CROPGRF));
     const sal_Char* pBLIPType = OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_RTF_PNGBLIP;
     const sal_uInt8* pGraphicAry = 0;
     SvMemoryStream aStream;
@@ -3756,7 +3756,7 @@ void RtfAttributeOutput::FlyFrameGraphic(const SwFlyFrmFmt* pFlyFrmFmt, const Sw
 
     Size aMapped(eGraphicType == GRAPHIC_BITMAP ? rGraphic.GetSizePixel() : rGraphic.GetPrefSize());
 
-    const SwCropGrf& rCr = (const SwCropGrf&)pGrfNode->GetAttr(RES_GRFATR_CROPGRF);
+    const SwCropGrf& rCr = static_cast<const SwCropGrf&>(pGrfNode->GetAttr(RES_GRFATR_CROPGRF));
 
     //Get original size in twips
     Size aSize(pGrfNode->GetTwipSize());
diff --git a/sw/source/filter/ww8/rtfexport.cxx b/sw/source/filter/ww8/rtfexport.cxx
index 5949a28bdac5..fc7acc1eb985 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/ww8/rtfexport.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/ww8/rtfexport.cxx
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include <editeng/udlnitem.hxx>
 #include <editeng/boxitem.hxx>
 #include <editeng/brushitem.hxx>
+#include <editeng/fontitem.hxx>
 #include <editeng/shaditem.hxx>
 #include <editeng/ulspitem.hxx>
 #include <editeng/paperinf.hxx>
@@ -491,7 +492,7 @@ void RtfExport::ExportDocument_Impl()
     Strm().WriteChar('{').WriteCharPtr(OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_RTF_RTF).WriteChar('1')
     .WriteCharPtr(OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_RTF_ANSI);
     Strm().WriteCharPtr(OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_RTF_DEFF);
-    OutULong(maFontHelper.GetId((SvxFontItem&)pDoc->GetAttrPool().GetDefaultItem(RES_CHRATR_FONT)));
+    OutULong(maFontHelper.GetId(static_cast<const SvxFontItem&>(pDoc->GetAttrPool().GetDefaultItem(RES_CHRATR_FONT))));
     // If this not exist, MS don't understand our ansi characters (0x80-0xff).
     Strm().WriteCharPtr("\\adeflang1025");
 
@@ -536,7 +537,7 @@ void RtfExport::ExportDocument_Impl()
         sal_uInt32 const nMaxItem = rPool.GetItemCount2(RES_PROTECT);
         for (sal_uInt32 n = 0; n < nMaxItem; ++n)
         {
-            const SvxProtectItem* pProtect = (const SvxProtectItem*)rPool.GetItem2(RES_PROTECT, n);
+            const SvxProtectItem* pProtect = static_cast<const SvxProtectItem*>(rPool.GetItem2(RES_PROTECT, n));
             if (pProtect && pProtect->IsCntntProtected())
             {
                 Strm().WriteCharPtr(OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_RTF_FORMPROT);
@@ -570,7 +571,7 @@ void RtfExport::ExportDocument_Impl()
             if (pSet)
             {
                 sal_uInt16 nPosInDoc;
-                pSttPgDsc = (SwFmtPageDesc*)&pSet->Get(RES_PAGEDESC);
+                pSttPgDsc = static_cast<const SwFmtPageDesc*>(&pSet->Get(RES_PAGEDESC));
                 if (!pSttPgDsc->GetPageDesc())
                     pSttPgDsc = 0;
                 else if (pDoc->FindPageDesc(pSttPgDsc->GetPageDesc()->GetName(), &nPosInDoc))
@@ -946,33 +947,33 @@ void RtfExport::OutColorTable()
 
     // char color
     {
-        const SvxColorItem* pCol = (const SvxColorItem*)GetDfltAttr(RES_CHRATR_COLOR);
+        const SvxColorItem* pCol = static_cast<const SvxColorItem*>(GetDfltAttr(RES_CHRATR_COLOR));
         InsColor(pCol->GetValue());
-        if (0 != (pCol = (const SvxColorItem*)rPool.GetPoolDefaultItem(RES_CHRATR_COLOR)))
+        if (0 != (pCol = static_cast<const SvxColorItem*>(rPool.GetPoolDefaultItem(RES_CHRATR_COLOR))))
             InsColor(pCol->GetValue());
         nMaxItem = rPool.GetItemCount2(RES_CHRATR_COLOR);
         for (sal_uInt32 n = 0; n < nMaxItem; ++n)
         {
-            if (0 != (pCol = (const SvxColorItem*)rPool.GetItem2(RES_CHRATR_COLOR, n)))
+            if (0 != (pCol = static_cast<const SvxColorItem*>(rPool.GetItem2(RES_CHRATR_COLOR, n))))
                 InsColor(pCol->GetValue());
         }
 
-        const SvxUnderlineItem* pUnder = (const SvxUnderlineItem*)GetDfltAttr(RES_CHRATR_UNDERLINE);
+        const SvxUnderlineItem* pUnder = static_cast<const SvxUnderlineItem*>(GetDfltAttr(RES_CHRATR_UNDERLINE));
         InsColor(pUnder->GetColor());
         nMaxItem = rPool.GetItemCount2(RES_CHRATR_UNDERLINE);
         for (sal_uInt32 n = 0; n < nMaxItem; ++n)
         {
-            if (0 != (pUnder = (const SvxUnderlineItem*)rPool.GetItem2(RES_CHRATR_UNDERLINE, n)))
+            if (0 != (pUnder = static_cast<const SvxUnderlineItem*>(rPool.GetItem2(RES_CHRATR_UNDERLINE, n))))
                 InsColor(pUnder->GetColor());
 
         }
 
-        const SvxOverlineItem* pOver = (const SvxOverlineItem*)GetDfltAttr(RES_CHRATR_OVERLINE);
+        const SvxOverlineItem* pOver = static_cast<const SvxOverlineItem*>(GetDfltAttr(RES_CHRATR_OVERLINE));
         InsColor(pOver->GetColor());
         nMaxItem = rPool.GetItemCount2(RES_CHRATR_OVERLINE);
         for (sal_uInt32 n = 0; n < nMaxItem; ++n)
         {
-            if (0 != (pOver = (const SvxOverlineItem*)rPool.GetItem2(RES_CHRATR_OVERLINE, n)))
+            if (0 != (pOver = static_cast<const SvxOverlineItem*>(rPool.GetItem2(RES_CHRATR_OVERLINE, n))))
                 InsColor(pOver->GetColor());
 
         }
@@ -987,16 +988,16 @@ void RtfExport::OutColorTable()
 
     for (const sal_uInt16* pIds = aBrushIds; *pIds; ++pIds)
     {
-        const SvxBrushItem* pBkgrd = (const SvxBrushItem*)GetDfltAttr(*pIds);
+        const SvxBrushItem* pBkgrd = static_cast<const SvxBrushItem*>(GetDfltAttr(*pIds));
         InsColor(pBkgrd->GetColor());
-        if (0 != (pBkgrd = (const SvxBrushItem*)rPool.GetPoolDefaultItem(*pIds)))
+        if (0 != (pBkgrd = static_cast<const SvxBrushItem*>(rPool.GetPoolDefaultItem(*pIds))))
         {
             InsColor(pBkgrd->GetColor());
         }
         nMaxItem = rPool.GetItemCount2(*pIds);
         for (sal_uInt32 n = 0; n < nMaxItem; ++n)
         {
-            if (0 != (pBkgrd = (const SvxBrushItem*)rPool.GetItem2(*pIds , n)))
+            if (0 != (pBkgrd = static_cast<const SvxBrushItem*>(rPool.GetItem2(*pIds , n))))
             {
                 InsColor(pBkgrd->GetColor());
             }
@@ -1005,16 +1006,16 @@ void RtfExport::OutColorTable()
 
     // shadow color
     {
-        const SvxShadowItem* pShadow = (const SvxShadowItem*)GetDfltAttr(RES_SHADOW);
+        const SvxShadowItem* pShadow = static_cast<const SvxShadowItem*>(GetDfltAttr(RES_SHADOW));
         InsColor(pShadow->GetColor());
-        if (0 != (pShadow = (const SvxShadowItem*)rPool.GetPoolDefaultItem(RES_SHADOW)))
+        if (0 != (pShadow = static_cast<const SvxShadowItem*>(rPool.GetPoolDefaultItem(RES_SHADOW))))
         {
             InsColor(pShadow->GetColor());
         }
         nMaxItem = rPool.GetItemCount2(RES_SHADOW);
         for (sal_uInt32 n = 0; n < nMaxItem; ++n)
         {
-            if (0 != (pShadow = (const SvxShadowItem*)rPool.GetItem2(RES_SHADOW, n)))
+            if (0 != (pShadow = static_cast<const SvxShadowItem*>(rPool.GetItem2(RES_SHADOW, n))))
             {
                 InsColor(pShadow->GetColor());
             }
@@ -1024,24 +1025,24 @@ void RtfExport::OutColorTable()
     // frame border color
     {
         const SvxBoxItem* pBox;
-        if (0 != (pBox = (const SvxBoxItem*)rPool.GetPoolDefaultItem(RES_BOX)))
+        if (0 != (pBox = static_cast<const SvxBoxItem*>(rPool.GetPoolDefaultItem(RES_BOX))))
             InsColorLine(*pBox);
         nMaxItem = rPool.GetItemCount2(RES_BOX);
         for (sal_uInt32 n = 0; n < nMaxItem; ++n)
         {
-            if (0 != (pBox = (const SvxBoxItem*)rPool.GetItem2(RES_BOX, n)))
+            if (0 != (pBox = static_cast<const SvxBoxItem*>(rPool.GetItem2(RES_BOX, n))))
                 InsColorLine(*pBox);
         }
     }
 
     {
         const SvxBoxItem* pCharBox;
-        if (0 != (pCharBox = (const SvxBoxItem*)rPool.GetPoolDefaultItem(RES_CHRATR_BOX)))
+        if (0 != (pCharBox = static_cast<const SvxBoxItem*>(rPool.GetPoolDefaultItem(RES_CHRATR_BOX))))
             InsColorLine(*pCharBox);
         nMaxItem = rPool.GetItemCount2(RES_CHRATR_BOX);
         for (sal_uInt32 n = 0; n < nMaxItem; ++n)
         {
-            if (0 != (pCharBox = (const SvxBoxItem*)rPool.GetItem2(RES_CHRATR_BOX, n)))
+            if (0 != (pCharBox = static_cast<const SvxBoxItem*>(rPool.GetItem2(RES_CHRATR_BOX, n))))
                 InsColorLine(*pCharBox);
         }
     }
@@ -1153,13 +1154,13 @@ void RtfExport::WriteHeaderFooter(const SfxPoolItem& rItem, bool bHeader)
 {
     if (bHeader)
     {
-        const SwFmtHeader& rHeader = (const SwFmtHeader&)rItem;
+        const SwFmtHeader& rHeader = static_cast<const SwFmtHeader&>(rItem);
         if (!rHeader.IsActive())
             return;
     }
     else
     {
-        const SwFmtFooter& rFooter = (const SwFmtFooter&)rItem;
+        const SwFmtFooter& rFooter = static_cast<const SwFmtFooter&>(rItem);
         if (!rFooter.IsActive())
             return;
     }
diff --git a/sw/source/filter/ww8/rtfsdrexport.cxx b/sw/source/filter/ww8/rtfsdrexport.cxx
index ecf12eef04c6..24acdcbb41c1 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/ww8/rtfsdrexport.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/ww8/rtfsdrexport.cxx
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ using namespace css;
 RtfSdrExport::RtfSdrExport(RtfExport& rExport)
     : EscherEx(EscherExGlobalRef(new EscherExGlobal), 0),
       m_rExport(rExport),
-      m_rAttrOutput((RtfAttributeOutput&)m_rExport.AttrOutput()),
+      m_rAttrOutput(static_cast<RtfAttributeOutput&>(m_rExport.AttrOutput())),
       m_pSdrObject(NULL),
       m_nShapeType(ESCHER_ShpInst_Nil),
       m_nShapeFlags(0) ,
diff --git a/sw/source/filter/ww8/wrtw8esh.cxx b/sw/source/filter/ww8/wrtw8esh.cxx
index 2b534ffcd203..3f2707fe4cf9 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/ww8/wrtw8esh.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/ww8/wrtw8esh.cxx
@@ -1143,13 +1143,13 @@ void MSWord_SdrAttrIter::SetCharSet(const EECharAttrib& rAttr, bool bStart)
 
 void MSWord_SdrAttrIter::OutEEField(const SfxPoolItem& rHt)
 {
-    const SvxFieldItem &rField = (const SvxFieldItem &)rHt;
+    const SvxFieldItem &rField = static_cast<const SvxFieldItem &>(rHt);
     const SvxFieldData *pFld = rField.GetField();
     if (pFld && pFld->ISA(SvxURLField))
     {
         sal_uInt8 nOldTxtTyp = m_rExport.nTxtTyp;
         m_rExport.nTxtTyp = mnTyp;
-        const SvxURLField *pURL = (const SvxURLField *)pFld;
+        const SvxURLField *pURL = static_cast<const SvxURLField *>(pFld);
         m_rExport.AttrOutput().StartURL( pURL->GetURL(), pURL->GetTargetFrame() );
 
         const OUString &rStr = pURL->GetRepresentation();
@@ -1988,14 +1988,14 @@ sal_Int32 SwBasicEscherEx::WriteFlyFrameAttr(const SwFrmFmt& rFmt,
     const SwAttrSet& rAttrSet = rFmt.GetAttrSet();
     if (SfxItemState::SET == rAttrSet.GetItemState(RES_BOX, false, &pItem))
     {
-        const SvxBoxItem* pBox = (const SvxBoxItem*)pItem;
+        const SvxBoxItem* pBox = static_cast<const SvxBoxItem*>(pItem);
         if( pBox )
         {
             const SfxPoolItem* pShadItem;
             if (SfxItemState::SET
                 == rAttrSet.GetItemState(RES_SHADOW, true, &pShadItem))
             {
-                const SvxShadowItem* pSI = (const SvxShadowItem*)pShadItem;
+                const SvxShadowItem* pSI = static_cast<const SvxShadowItem*>(pShadItem);
 
                 const sal_uInt16 nCstScale = 635;        // unit scale between AOO and MS Word
                 const sal_uInt32 nShadowType = 131074;    // shadow type of ms word. need to set the default value.
@@ -2325,7 +2325,7 @@ SwEscherEx::SwEscherEx(SvStream* pStrm, WW8Export& rWW8Wrt)
                 &pItem);
             if (SfxItemState::SET == eState && pItem)
             {
-                const SvxBrushItem* pBrush = (const SvxBrushItem*)pItem;
+                const SvxBrushItem* pBrush = static_cast<const SvxBrushItem*>(pItem);
                 WriteBrushAttr(*pBrush, aPropOpt);
 
                 SvxGraphicPosition ePos = pBrush->GetGraphicPos();
diff --git a/sw/source/filter/ww8/wrtw8nds.cxx b/sw/source/filter/ww8/wrtw8nds.cxx
index 3dac90607203..12339906c9a0 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/ww8/wrtw8nds.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/ww8/wrtw8nds.cxx
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ void SwWW8AttrIter::OutAttr( sal_Int32 nSwPos, bool bRuby )
     sal_uInt16 nFontId = GetWhichOfScript( RES_CHRATR_FONT, GetScript() );
 
     const SvxFontItem &rParentFont = ItemGet<SvxFontItem>(
-        (const SwTxtFmtColl&)rNd.GetAnyFmtColl(), nFontId);
+        static_cast<const SwTxtFmtColl&>(rNd.GetAnyFmtColl()), nFontId);
     const SvxFontItem *pFont = &rParentFont;
     const SfxPoolItem *pGrabBag = 0;
 
@@ -811,8 +811,8 @@ void WW8AttributeOutput::StartRuby( const SwTxtNode& rNode, sal_Int32 /*nPos*/,
 
     const SwAttrSet& rSet = rNode.GetSwAttrSet();
     const SvxFontHeightItem &rHeightItem  =
-        ( const SvxFontHeightItem& )rSet.Get(
-                                             GetWhichOfScript( RES_CHRATR_FONTSIZE, nRubyScript ) );
+        static_cast< const SvxFontHeightItem& >(rSet.Get(
+                                             GetWhichOfScript( RES_CHRATR_FONTSIZE, nRubyScript ) ));
     nHeight = (rHeightItem.GetHeight() + 10)/20-1;
     aStr += OUString::number(nHeight);
     aStr += "(";
@@ -1433,11 +1433,11 @@ short MSWordExportBase::GetDefaultFrameDirection( ) const
     {
         if ( bOutFlyFrmAttrs ) //frame
         {
-            nDir = TrueFrameDirection( *( const SwFrmFmt * ) pOutFmtNode );
+            nDir = TrueFrameDirection( *static_cast< const SwFrmFmt * >(pOutFmtNode) );
         }
         else if ( pOutFmtNode->ISA( SwCntntNode ) )    //pagagraph
         {
-            const SwCntntNode *pNd = ( const SwCntntNode * ) pOutFmtNode;
+            const SwCntntNode *pNd = static_cast<const SwCntntNode *>(pOutFmtNode);
             SwPosition aPos( *pNd );
             nDir = pDoc->GetTextDirection( aPos );
         }
@@ -1505,7 +1505,7 @@ const SvxBrushItem* WW8Export::GetCurrentPageBgBrush() const
     //If not set, or "no fill", get real bg
     SfxItemState eState = rFmt.GetItemState(RES_BACKGROUND, true, &pItem);
 
-    const SvxBrushItem* pRet = (const SvxBrushItem*)pItem;
+    const SvxBrushItem* pRet = static_cast<const SvxBrushItem*>(pItem);
     if (SfxItemState::SET != eState || (!pRet->GetGraphic() &&
         pRet->GetColor() == COL_TRANSPARENT))
     {
@@ -1525,7 +1525,7 @@ SvxBrushItem WW8Export::TrueFrameBgBrush(const SwFrmFmt &rFlyFmt) const
         const SfxPoolItem* pItem = 0;
         SfxItemState eState =
             pFlyFmt->GetItemState(RES_BACKGROUND, true, &pItem);
-        pRet = (const SvxBrushItem*)pItem;
+        pRet = static_cast<const SvxBrushItem*>(pItem);
         if (SfxItemState::SET != eState || (!pRet->GetGraphic() &&
             pRet->GetColor() == COL_TRANSPARENT))
         {
@@ -2433,7 +2433,7 @@ void MSWordExportBase::OutputTextNode( const SwTxtNode& rNode )
                    static_cast<const SvxULSpaceItem*>(pItem)->GetLower()) ))
             {
                 pTmpSet = new SfxItemSet( rNode.GetSwAttrSet() );
-                SvxULSpaceItem aUL( *(SvxULSpaceItem*)pItem );
+                SvxULSpaceItem aUL( *static_cast<const SvxULSpaceItem*>(pItem) );
                 // #i25901#- consider compatibility option
                 if (!pDoc->getIDocumentSettingAccess().get(IDocumentSettingAccess::PARA_SPACE_MAX_AT_PAGES))
                 {
@@ -2531,8 +2531,8 @@ void MSWordExportBase::OutputTextNode( const SwTxtNode& rNode )
         cannot export that, its its ltr then that's ok as thats word's
         default. Otherwise we must add a RTL attribute to our export list
         */
-        const SvxFrameDirectionItem* pItem = (const SvxFrameDirectionItem*)
-            rNode.GetSwAttrSet().GetItem(RES_FRAMEDIR);
+        const SvxFrameDirectionItem* pItem = static_cast<const SvxFrameDirectionItem*>(
+            rNode.GetSwAttrSet().GetItem(RES_FRAMEDIR));
         if (
             (!pItem || pItem->GetValue() == FRMDIR_ENVIRONMENT) &&
             aAttrIter.IsParaRTL()
@@ -2894,7 +2894,7 @@ void WW8Export::OutWW6FlyFrmsInCntnt( const SwTxtNode& rNd )
             {
                 // attribute bound to a character
                 const SwFmtFlyCnt& rFlyCntnt = pAttr->GetFlyCnt();
-                const SwFlyFrmFmt& rFlyFrmFmt = *(SwFlyFrmFmt*)rFlyCntnt.GetFrmFmt();
+                const SwFlyFrmFmt& rFlyFrmFmt = *static_cast<SwFlyFrmFmt*>(rFlyCntnt.GetFrmFmt());
                 const SwNodeIndex* pNodeIndex = rFlyFrmFmt.GetCntnt().GetCntntIdx();
 
                 if( pNodeIndex )
diff --git a/sw/source/filter/ww8/wrtw8num.cxx b/sw/source/filter/ww8/wrtw8num.cxx
index 359bdbd89b2e..79abf1df7c08 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/ww8/wrtw8num.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/ww8/wrtw8num.cxx
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ static sal_uInt8 GetLevelNFC(  sal_uInt16 eNumType, const SfxItemSet *pOutSet)
     case SVX_NUM_NUMBER_LOWER_ZH:
         nRet = 35;
         if ( pOutSet ) {
-            const SvxLanguageItem rLang = (const SvxLanguageItem&) pOutSet->Get( RES_CHRATR_CJK_LANGUAGE,true);
+            const SvxLanguageItem rLang = static_cast<const SvxLanguageItem&>( pOutSet->Get( RES_CHRATR_CJK_LANGUAGE,true) );
             const LanguageType eLang = rLang.GetLanguage();
             if (LANGUAGE_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED ==eLang) {
                 nRet = 39;
diff --git a/sw/source/filter/ww8/wrtw8sty.cxx b/sw/source/filter/ww8/wrtw8sty.cxx
index cd6b3e926cc8..ae6fafe5640e 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/ww8/wrtw8sty.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/ww8/wrtw8sty.cxx
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ void MSWordStyles::GetStyleData( SwFmt* pFmt, bool& bFmtColl, sal_uInt16& nBase,
 
     SwFmt* pNext;
     if ( bFmtColl )
-        pNext = &((SwTxtFmtColl*)pFmt)->GetNextTxtFmtColl();
+        pNext = &static_cast<SwTxtFmtColl*>(pFmt)->GetNextTxtFmtColl();
     else
         pNext = pFmt; // CharFmt: next CharFmt == self
 
@@ -902,13 +902,13 @@ void wwFontHelper::InitFontTable(bool bWrtWW8,const SwDoc& rDoc)
     GetId(wwFont(OUString("Arial"), PITCH_VARIABLE, FAMILY_SWISS,
         RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_1252,bWrtWW8));
 
-    const SvxFontItem* pFont = (const SvxFontItem*)GetDfltAttr(RES_CHRATR_FONT);
+    const SvxFontItem* pFont = static_cast<const SvxFontItem*>(GetDfltAttr(RES_CHRATR_FONT));
 
     GetId(wwFont(pFont->GetFamilyName(), pFont->GetPitch(),
         pFont->GetFamily(), pFont->GetCharSet(),bWrtWW8));
 
     const SfxItemPool& rPool = rDoc.GetAttrPool();
-    if (0 != (pFont = (const SvxFontItem*)rPool.GetPoolDefaultItem(RES_CHRATR_FONT)))
+    if (0 != (pFont = static_cast<const SvxFontItem*>(rPool.GetPoolDefaultItem(RES_CHRATR_FONT))))
     {
         GetId(wwFont(pFont->GetFamilyName(), pFont->GetPitch(),
             pFont->GetFamily(), pFont->GetCharSet(),bWrtWW8));
@@ -923,7 +923,7 @@ void wwFontHelper::InitFontTable(bool bWrtWW8,const SwDoc& rDoc)
         sal_uInt32 const nMaxItem = rPool.GetItemCount2( *pId );
         for (sal_uInt32 nGet = 0; nGet < nMaxItem; ++nGet)
         {
-            pFont = (const SvxFontItem*)rPool.GetItem2( *pId, nGet );
+            pFont = static_cast<const SvxFontItem*>(rPool.GetItem2( *pId, nGet ));
             if (0 != pFont)
             {
                 GetId(wwFont(pFont->GetFamilyName(), pFont->GetPitch(),
@@ -1043,9 +1043,9 @@ MSWordSections::MSWordSections( MSWordExportBase& rExport )
 
     const SfxPoolItem* pI;
     const SwNode* pNd = rExport.pCurPam->GetCntntNode();
-    const SfxItemSet* pSet = pNd ? &((SwCntntNode*)pNd)->GetSwAttrSet() : 0;
+    const SfxItemSet* pSet = pNd ? &static_cast<const SwCntntNode*>(pNd)->GetSwAttrSet() : 0;
 
-    sal_uLong nRstLnNum =  pSet ? ((SwFmtLineNumber&)pSet->Get( RES_LINENUMBER )).GetStartValue() : 0;
+    sal_uLong nRstLnNum =  pSet ? static_cast<const SwFmtLineNumber&>(pSet->Get( RES_LINENUMBER )).GetStartValue() : 0;
 
     const SwTableNode* pTblNd = rExport.pCurPam->GetNode().FindTableNode();
     const SwSectionNode* pSectNd;
@@ -1075,9 +1075,9 @@ MSWordSections::MSWordSections( MSWordExportBase& rExport )
     // Hole evtl. Pagedesc des 1. Nodes
     if ( pSet &&
          SfxItemState::SET == pSet->GetItemState( RES_PAGEDESC, true, &pI ) &&
-         ( (SwFmtPageDesc*)pI )->GetPageDesc() )
+         static_cast<const SwFmtPageDesc*>(pI)->GetPageDesc() )
     {
-        AppendSection( *(SwFmtPageDesc*)pI, *pNd, pFmt, nRstLnNum );
+        AppendSection( *static_cast<const SwFmtPageDesc*>(pI), *pNd, pFmt, nRstLnNum );
     }
     else
         AppendSection( rExport.pAktPageDesc, pFmt, nRstLnNum );
@@ -1138,10 +1138,10 @@ sal_uInt16 MSWordSections::NumberOfColumns( const SwDoc &rDoc, const WW8_SepInfo
     aSet.SetParent( &rSet );
 
     //0xffffffff, what the hell is going on with that!, fixme most terribly
-    if ( rInfo.pSectionFmt && (SwSectionFmt*)0xFFFFFFFF != rInfo.pSectionFmt )
+    if ( rInfo.pSectionFmt && reinterpret_cast<SwSectionFmt*>(0xFFFFFFFF) != rInfo.pSectionFmt )
         aSet.Put( rInfo.pSectionFmt->GetFmtAttr( RES_COL ) );
 
-    const SwFmtCol& rCol = (const SwFmtCol&)aSet.Get( RES_COL );
+    const SwFmtCol& rCol = static_cast<const SwFmtCol&>(aSet.Get( RES_COL ));
     const SwColumns& rColumns = rCol.GetColumns();
     return rColumns.size();
 }
@@ -1276,8 +1276,8 @@ void MSWordSections::SetHeaderFlag( sal_uInt8& rHeadFootFlags, const SwFmt& rFmt
 {
     const SfxPoolItem* pItem;
     if( SfxItemState::SET == rFmt.GetItemState(RES_HEADER, true, &pItem)
-        && ((SwFmtHeader*)pItem)->IsActive() &&
-        ((SwFmtHeader*)pItem)->GetHeaderFmt() )
+        && static_cast<const SwFmtHeader*>(pItem)->IsActive() &&
+        static_cast<const SwFmtHeader*>(pItem)->GetHeaderFmt() )
         rHeadFootFlags |= nFlag;
 }
 
@@ -1286,8 +1286,8 @@ void MSWordSections::SetFooterFlag( sal_uInt8& rHeadFootFlags, const SwFmt& rFmt
 {
     const SfxPoolItem* pItem;
     if( SfxItemState::SET == rFmt.GetItemState(RES_FOOTER, true, &pItem)
-        && ((SwFmtFooter*)pItem)->IsActive() &&
-        ((SwFmtFooter*)pItem)->GetFooterFmt() )
+        && static_cast<const SwFmtFooter*>(pItem)->IsActive() &&
+        static_cast<const SwFmtFooter*>(pItem)->GetFooterFmt() )
         rHeadFootFlags |= nFlag;
 }
 
@@ -1325,7 +1325,7 @@ bool WW8_SepInfo::IsProtected() const
     bool bRet = false;
     if (
          pSectionFmt &&
-         ((SwSectionFmt*)0xFFFFFFFF != pSectionFmt)
+         (reinterpret_cast<SwSectionFmt*>(0xFFFFFFFF) != pSectionFmt)
        )
     {
         const SwSection *pSection = pSectionFmt->GetSection();
@@ -1394,10 +1394,10 @@ bool MSWordSections::HasBorderItem( const SwFmt& rFmt )
 {
     const SfxPoolItem* pItem;
     return SfxItemState::SET == rFmt.GetItemState(RES_BOX, true, &pItem) &&
-            (   ((SvxBoxItem*)pItem)->GetTop() ||
-                ((SvxBoxItem*)pItem)->GetBottom()  ||
-                ((SvxBoxItem*)pItem)->GetLeft()  ||
-                ((SvxBoxItem*)pItem)->GetRight() );
+            (   static_cast<const SvxBoxItem*>(pItem)->GetTop() ||
+                static_cast<const SvxBoxItem*>(pItem)->GetBottom()  ||
+                static_cast<const SvxBoxItem*>(pItem)->GetLeft()  ||
+                static_cast<const SvxBoxItem*>(pItem)->GetRight() );
 }
 
 void WW8AttributeOutput::StartSection()
@@ -1661,7 +1661,7 @@ void MSWordExportBase::SectionProperties( const WW8_SepInfo& rSepInfo, WW8_PdAtt
             }
         }
 
-        if ( (SwSectionFmt*)0xFFFFFFFF != rSepInfo.pSectionFmt )
+        if ( reinterpret_cast<SwSectionFmt*>(0xFFFFFFFF) != rSepInfo.pSectionFmt )
         {
             if ( nBreakCode == 0 )
                 bOutPgDscSet = false;
diff --git a/sw/source/uibase/wrtsh/delete.cxx b/sw/source/uibase/wrtsh/delete.cxx
index ae07f4b9c902..68f2eaba05a4 100644
--- a/sw/source/uibase/wrtsh/delete.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/uibase/wrtsh/delete.cxx
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ bool SwWrtShell::TryRemoveIndent()
     SfxItemSet aAttrSet(GetAttrPool(), RES_LR_SPACE, RES_LR_SPACE);
     GetCurAttr(aAttrSet);
 
-    SvxLRSpaceItem aItem = (const SvxLRSpaceItem &)aAttrSet.Get(RES_LR_SPACE);
+    SvxLRSpaceItem aItem = static_cast<const SvxLRSpaceItem &>(aAttrSet.Get(RES_LR_SPACE));
     short aOldFirstLineOfst = aItem.GetTxtFirstLineOfst();
 
     if (aOldFirstLineOfst > 0)
diff --git a/sw/source/uibase/wrtsh/select.cxx b/sw/source/uibase/wrtsh/select.cxx
index 8e058602f1bd..a2a2f036ed1d 100644
--- a/sw/source/uibase/wrtsh/select.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/uibase/wrtsh/select.cxx
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ void SwWrtShell::Invalidate()
     // to avoid making the slot volatile, invalidate it every time if something could have been changed
     // this is still much cheaper than asking for the state every 200 ms (and avoid background processing)
     GetView().GetViewFrame()->GetBindings().Invalidate( FN_STAT_SELMODE );
-    SwWordCountWrapper *pWrdCnt = (SwWordCountWrapper*)GetView().GetViewFrame()->GetChildWindow(SwWordCountWrapper::GetChildWindowId());
+    SwWordCountWrapper *pWrdCnt = static_cast<SwWordCountWrapper*>(GetView().GetViewFrame()->GetChildWindow(SwWordCountWrapper::GetChildWindowId()));
     if (pWrdCnt)
         pWrdCnt->UpdateCounts();
 }
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ void SwWrtShell::EndSelect()
             fnKillSel = &SwWrtShell::ResetSelect;
         }
     }
-    SwWordCountWrapper *pWrdCnt = (SwWordCountWrapper*)GetView().GetViewFrame()->GetChildWindow(SwWordCountWrapper::GetChildWindowId());
+    SwWordCountWrapper *pWrdCnt = static_cast<SwWordCountWrapper*>(GetView().GetViewFrame()->GetChildWindow(SwWordCountWrapper::GetChildWindowId()));
     if (pWrdCnt)
         pWrdCnt->UpdateCounts();
 }
diff --git a/sw/source/uibase/wrtsh/wrtsh1.cxx b/sw/source/uibase/wrtsh/wrtsh1.cxx
index 8841f0cb333c..e6972174cda7 100644
--- a/sw/source/uibase/wrtsh/wrtsh1.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/uibase/wrtsh/wrtsh1.cxx
@@ -311,13 +311,13 @@ void SwWrtShell::Insert( const OUString &rPath, const OUString &rFilter,
         if( aGrfSize.Width() > aBound.Width() )
         {
             aGrfSize.Width()  = aBound.Width();
-            aGrfSize.Height() = ((BigInt)aBound.Width()) * aTempHeight / aTempWidth;
+            aGrfSize.Height() = BigInt(aBound.Width()) * aTempHeight / aTempWidth;
         }
         // Fit hight if necessary, scale down the width proportional thereafter.
         if( aGrfSize.Height() > aBound.Height() )
         {
             aGrfSize.Height() = aBound.Height();
-            aGrfSize.Width() =  ((BigInt)aBound.Height()) * aTempWidth / aTempHeight;
+            aGrfSize.Width() =  BigInt(aBound.Height()) * aTempWidth / aTempHeight;
         }
         pFrmMgr->SetSize( aGrfSize );
         pFrmMgr->UpdateFlyFrm();
@@ -1462,7 +1462,7 @@ SwCharFmt *SwWrtShell::GetCharStyle(const OUString &rFmtName, GetStyle eCreate )
     {
         sal_uInt16 nId = SwStyleNameMapper::GetPoolIdFromUIName( rFmtName, nsSwGetPoolIdFromName::GET_POOLID_CHRFMT );
         if( USHRT_MAX != nId || GETSTYLE_CREATEANY == eCreate )
-            pFmt = (SwCharFmt*)GetFmtFromPool( nId );
+            pFmt = static_cast<SwCharFmt*>(GetFmtFromPool( nId ));
     }
     return pFmt;
 }
diff --git a/sw/source/uibase/wrtsh/wrtsh2.cxx b/sw/source/uibase/wrtsh/wrtsh2.cxx
index 98f68300fa60..1f78a7b22f7c 100644
--- a/sw/source/uibase/wrtsh/wrtsh2.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/uibase/wrtsh/wrtsh2.cxx
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ void SwWrtShell::ClickToField( const SwField& rFld )
 
     case RES_MACROFLD:
         {
-            const SwMacroField *pFld = (const SwMacroField*)&rFld;
+            const SwMacroField *pFld = static_cast<const SwMacroField*>(&rFld);
             const OUString sText( rFld.GetPar2() );
             OUString sRet( sText );
             ExecMacro( pFld->GetSvxMacro(), &sRet );
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ void LoadURL( SwViewShell& rVSh, const OUString& rURL, sal_uInt16 nFilter,
         return;
 
     //A CrsrShell is always a WrtShell
-    SwWrtShell &rSh = (SwWrtShell&)rVSh;
+    SwWrtShell &rSh = static_cast<SwWrtShell&>(rVSh);
 
     SwDocShell* pDShell = rSh.GetView().GetDocShell();
     OSL_ENSURE( pDShell, "No DocShell?!");