--- sw/source/filter/ww8/ww8par.cxx
+++ sw/source/filter/ww8/ww8par.cxx
@@ -288,6 +288,9 @@
 
 #define MM_250 1417             // WW-Default fuer Hor. Seitenraender: 2.5 cm
 #define MM_200 1134             // WW-Default fuer u.Seitenrand: 2.0 cm
+#ifndef _SV_SVAPP_HXX
+#include <vcl/svapp.hxx>
+#endif
 
 using namespace ::com::sun::star;
 using namespace sw::util;
@@ -1851,7 +1854,7 @@ long SwWW8ImplReader::Read_And(WW8PLCFManResult* pRes)
             sAuthor = *pA;
         else
             sAuthor = String(pDescri->xstUsrInitl + 1, pDescri->xstUsrInitl[0],
-                RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_1252);
+                Application::GetSettings().GetDefaultTextEncoding());
     }
     else
     {
@@ -2448,7 +2451,7 @@ CharSet SwWW8ImplReader::GetCurrentCharSet()
                         eSrcCharSet = RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_1250;
                         break;
                     default:
-                        eSrcCharSet = RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_1252;
+                        eSrcCharSet = Application::GetSettings().GetDefaultTextEncoding();
                         break;
                 }
             }
@@ -2507,7 +2510,7 @@ sal_Unicode Custom8BitToUnicode(rtl_TextToUnicodeConverter hConverter,
     if (nInfo & RTL_TEXTTOUNICODE_FLAGS_UNDEFINED_IGNORE)
     {
         rtl_TextToUnicodeConverter hCP1252Converter =
-            rtl_createTextToUnicodeConverter(RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_1252);
+            rtl_createTextToUnicodeConverter(Application::GetSettings().GetDefaultTextEncoding());
         nDestChars = rtl_convertTextToUnicode(hCP1252Converter, 0,
             &cChar, 1, &nConvChar, 1, nFlags, &nInfo, &nSrcBytes );
         rtl_destroyTextToUnicodeConverter(hCP1252Converter);
@@ -2550,7 +2553,7 @@ bool SwWW8ImplReader::ReadPlainChars(WW8_CP& rPos, long nEnd, long nCpOfs)
         return true;
 
     const CharSet eSrcCharSet = bVer67 ? GetCurrentCharSet() :
-        RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_1252;
+        Application::GetSettings().GetDefaultTextEncoding();
 
     // (re)alloc UniString data
     String sPlainCharsBuf;
@@ -2890,7 +2893,7 @@ bool SwWW8ImplReader::ReadChar(long nPosCp, long nCpOfs)
     if( '\x0' != cInsert )
     {
         String sInsert = ByteString::ConvertToUnicode(cInsert,
-            RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_1252 );
+            Application::GetSettings().GetDefaultTextEncoding());
         AddTextToParagraph(sInsert);
     }
     if (!maApos.back()) //a para end in apo doesn't count
diff --git a/sw/source/filter/ww8/ww8par5.cxx b/sw/source/filter/ww8/ww8par5.cxx
index 405d291..736f988 100644