diff --git a/editeng/source/accessibility/AccessibleStringWrap.cxx b/editeng/source/accessibility/AccessibleStringWrap.cxx
index 7a069c2838f0..d42b012a06bd 100644
--- a/editeng/source/accessibility/AccessibleStringWrap.cxx
+++ b/editeng/source/accessibility/AccessibleStringWrap.cxx
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 //
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-AccessibleStringWrap::AccessibleStringWrap( OutputDevice& rDev, SvxFont& rFont, const String& rText ) :
+AccessibleStringWrap::AccessibleStringWrap( OutputDevice& rDev, SvxFont& rFont, const OUString& rText ) :
     mrDev( rDev ),
     mrFont( rFont ),
     maText( rText )
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ sal_Bool AccessibleStringWrap::GetCharacterBounds( sal_Int32 nIndex, Rectangle&
     mrFont.SetPhysFont( &mrDev );
 
     // #108900# Handle virtual position one-past-the end of the string
-    if( nIndex >= maText.Len() )
+    if( nIndex >= maText.getLength() )
     {
         // create a caret bounding rect that has the height of the
         // current font and is one pixel wide.
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ sal_Int32 AccessibleStringWrap::GetIndexAtPoint( const Point& rPoint )
 {
     // search for character bounding box containing given point
     Rectangle aRect;
-    sal_Int32 i, nLen = maText.Len();
+    sal_Int32 i, nLen = maText.getLength();
     for( i=0; i<nLen; ++i )
     {
         GetCharacterBounds(i, aRect);
diff --git a/include/editeng/AccessibleStringWrap.hxx b/include/editeng/AccessibleStringWrap.hxx
index cae879f95a1a..3252d1533edb 100644
--- a/include/editeng/AccessibleStringWrap.hxx
+++ b/include/editeng/AccessibleStringWrap.hxx
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class AccessibleStringWrap
 {
 public:
 
-    EDITENG_DLLPUBLIC AccessibleStringWrap( OutputDevice& rDev, SvxFont& rFont, const String& rText );
+    EDITENG_DLLPUBLIC AccessibleStringWrap( OutputDevice& rDev, SvxFont& rFont, const OUString& rText );
 
     EDITENG_DLLPUBLIC sal_Bool GetCharacterBounds( sal_Int32 nIndex, Rectangle& rRect );
     EDITENG_DLLPUBLIC sal_Int32 GetIndexAtPoint( const Point& rPoint );
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ private:
 
     OutputDevice&       mrDev;
     SvxFont&            mrFont;
-    String              maText;
+    OUString            maText;
 };
 
 #endif /* _ACCESSIBLESTRINGWRAP_HXX */