diff -r c8f31107de72 sd/source/ui/animations/CustomAnimationPane.cxx
--- a/sd/source/ui/animations/CustomAnimationPane.cxx	Thu Oct 14 14:03:13 2010 +0200
+++ b/sd/source/ui/animations/CustomAnimationPane.cxx	Fri Oct 15 13:02:02 2010 +0200
@@ -1701,32 +1701,35 @@
 				bChanged = true;
 			}
 
-			if( bHasTextGrouping )
-			{
-				if( (pTextGroup->getTextGrouping() != nTextGrouping) )
-				{
-					pEffectSequence->setTextGrouping( pTextGroup, nTextGrouping );
-					bChanged = true;
-				}
-			}
-
-			if( bHasAnimateForm )
-			{
-				if( pTextGroup->getAnimateForm() != bAnimateForm )
-				{
-					pEffectSequence->setAnimateForm( pTextGroup, bAnimateForm );
-					bChanged = true;
-				}
-			}
-
-			if( bHasTextGroupingAuto )
-			{
-				if( pTextGroup->getTextGroupingAuto() != fTextGroupingAuto )
-				{
-					pEffectSequence->setTextGroupingAuto( pTextGroup, fTextGroupingAuto );
-					bChanged = true;
-				}
-			}
+            if (pTextGroup)
+            {
+                if( bHasTextGrouping )
+                {
+                    if( (pTextGroup->getTextGrouping() != nTextGrouping) )
+                    {
+                        pEffectSequence->setTextGrouping( pTextGroup, nTextGrouping );
+                        bChanged = true;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if( bHasAnimateForm )
+                {
+                    if( pTextGroup->getAnimateForm() != bAnimateForm )
+                    {
+                        pEffectSequence->setAnimateForm( pTextGroup, bAnimateForm );
+                        bChanged = true;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if( bHasTextGroupingAuto )
+                {
+                    if( pTextGroup->getTextGroupingAuto() != fTextGroupingAuto )
+                    {
+                        pEffectSequence->setTextGroupingAuto( pTextGroup, fTextGroupingAuto );
+                        bChanged = true;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
 
 			if( bHasTextReverse )
 			{