diff --git a/oox/source/core/xmlfilterbase.cxx b/oox/source/core/xmlfilterbase.cxx
index c07e3dbf6725..37e26f415ca4 100644
--- a/oox/source/core/xmlfilterbase.cxx
+++ b/oox/source/core/xmlfilterbase.cxx
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ static Reference< XComponentContext > lcl_getComponentContext(Reference< XMultiS
     {
         Reference< XPropertySet > xFactProp( aFactory, UNO_QUERY );
         if( xFactProp.is() )
-            xFactProp->getPropertyValue( OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("DefaultContext")) ) >>= xContext;
+            xFactProp->getPropertyValue( OUString::createFromAscii("DefaultContext") ) >>= xContext;
     }
     catch( Exception& )
     {}
diff --git a/oox/source/drawingml/shape.cxx b/oox/source/drawingml/shape.cxx
index 86726ea1efae..d7b2bc7b1bb2 100644
--- a/oox/source/drawingml/shape.cxx
+++ b/oox/source/drawingml/shape.cxx
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ Reference< XShape > Shape::createAndInsert(
     OUString aServiceName = rServiceName;
     if( mxCreateCallback.get() )
         aServiceName = mxCreateCallback->onCreateXShape( aServiceName, awt::Rectangle( aPosition.X / 360, aPosition.Y / 360, aSize.Width / 360, aSize.Height / 360 ) );
-    sal_Bool bIsCustomShape = aServiceName == OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("com.sun.star.drawing.CustomShape"));
+    sal_Bool bIsCustomShape = aServiceName == OUString::createFromAscii( "com.sun.star.drawing.CustomShape" );
 
     basegfx::B2DHomMatrix aTransformation;
     if( aSize.Width != 1 || aSize.Height != 1)
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ Reference< XShape > Shape::createAndInsert(
     }
 
     // special for lineshape
-    if ( aServiceName == OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("com.sun.star.drawing.LineShape")) )
+    if ( aServiceName == OUString::createFromAscii( "com.sun.star.drawing.LineShape" ) )
     {
         ::basegfx::B2DPolygon aPoly;
         aPoly.insert( 0, ::basegfx::B2DPoint( 0, 0 ) );
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ Reference< XShape > Shape::createAndInsert(
 
         maShapeProperties[ PROP_PolyPolygon ] <<= aPolyPolySequence;
     }
-    else if ( aServiceName == OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("com.sun.star.drawing.ConnectorShape")) )
+    else if ( aServiceName == OUString::createFromAscii( "com.sun.star.drawing.ConnectorShape" ) )
     {
         ::basegfx::B2DPolygon aPoly;
         aPoly.insert( 0, ::basegfx::B2DPoint( 0, 0 ) );
@@ -438,9 +438,9 @@ Reference< XShape > Shape::createAndInsert(
 
         // applying properties
         PropertySet aPropSet( xSet );
-        if ( aServiceName == OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("com.sun.star.drawing.GraphicObjectShape")) )
+        if ( aServiceName == OUString::createFromAscii( "com.sun.star.drawing.GraphicObjectShape" ) )
             mpGraphicPropertiesPtr->pushToPropSet( aPropSet, rGraphicHelper );
-        if ( mpTablePropertiesPtr.get() && ( aServiceName == OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("com.sun.star.drawing.TableShape")) ) )
+        if ( mpTablePropertiesPtr.get() && ( aServiceName == OUString::createFromAscii( "com.sun.star.drawing.TableShape" ) ) )
             mpTablePropertiesPtr->pushToPropSet( rFilterBase, xSet, mpMasterTextListStyle );
         aFillProperties.pushToPropSet( aPropSet, rModelObjectHelper, rGraphicHelper, FillProperties::DEFAULT_IDS, mnRotation, nFillPhClr );
         aLineProperties.pushToPropSet( aPropSet, rModelObjectHelper, rGraphicHelper, LineProperties::DEFAULT_IDS, nLinePhClr );
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ Reference< XShape > Shape::createAndInsert(
                 xSet->setPropertyValue( rPropName, Any( false ) );
 
         // do not set properties at a group shape (this causes assertions from svx)
-        if( aServiceName != OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("com.sun.star.drawing.GroupShape")) )
+        if( aServiceName != OUString::createFromAscii( "com.sun.star.drawing.GroupShape" ) )
             aPropSet.setProperties( aShapeProperties );
 
         if( bIsCustomShape )
diff --git a/oox/source/export/SchXMLSeriesHelper.cxx b/oox/source/export/SchXMLSeriesHelper.cxx
index 83111ec6b0fc..c755a5338892 100644
--- a/oox/source/export/SchXMLSeriesHelper.cxx
+++ b/oox/source/export/SchXMLSeriesHelper.cxx
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ Reference< chart2::XDataSeries > SchXMLSeriesHelper::getFirstCandleStickSeries(
             for( sal_Int32 nCTIdx=0; !xResult.is() && nCTIdx<aCTSeq.getLength(); ++nCTIdx )
             {
                 if( aCTSeq[nCTIdx]->getChartType().equals(
-                        ::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("com.sun.star.chart2.CandleStickChartType"))))
+                        ::rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("com.sun.star.chart2.CandleStickChartType")))
                 {
                     Reference< chart2::XDataSeriesContainer > xSeriesCnt( aCTSeq[nCTIdx], uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
                     Sequence< Reference< chart2::XDataSeries > > aSeriesSeq( xSeriesCnt->getDataSeries() );
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ uno::Reference< beans::XPropertySet > SchXMLSeriesHelper::createOldAPISeriesProp
             if( xFactory.is() )
             {
                 xRet = uno::Reference< beans::XPropertySet >( xFactory->createInstance(
-                    OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("com.sun.star.comp.chart2.DataSeriesWrapper")) ), uno::UNO_QUERY );
+                    OUString::createFromAscii( "com.sun.star.comp.chart2.DataSeriesWrapper" ) ), uno::UNO_QUERY );
                 Reference< lang::XInitialization > xInit( xRet, uno::UNO_QUERY );
                 if(xInit.is())
                 {
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ uno::Reference< beans::XPropertySet > SchXMLSeriesHelper::createOldAPIDataPointP
             if( xFactory.is() )
             {
                 xRet = uno::Reference< beans::XPropertySet >( xFactory->createInstance(
-                    OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("com.sun.star.comp.chart2.DataSeriesWrapper")) ), uno::UNO_QUERY );
+                    OUString::createFromAscii( "com.sun.star.comp.chart2.DataSeriesWrapper" ) ), uno::UNO_QUERY );
                 Reference< lang::XInitialization > xInit( xRet, uno::UNO_QUERY );
                 if(xInit.is())
                 {
diff --git a/oox/source/export/chartexport.cxx b/oox/source/export/chartexport.cxx
index fb91d8093ffa..524b728bc106 100644
--- a/oox/source/export/chartexport.cxx
+++ b/oox/source/export/chartexport.cxx
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ Reference< uno::XComponentContext > lcl_getComponentContext()
     {
         Reference< beans::XPropertySet > xFactProp( comphelper::getProcessServiceFactory(), uno::UNO_QUERY );
         if( xFactProp.is())
-            xFactProp->getPropertyValue(OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("DefaultContext"))) >>= xContext;
+            xFactProp->getPropertyValue(OUString::createFromAscii("DefaultContext")) >>= xContext;
     }
     catch( uno::Exception& )
     {}
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ Reference< chart2::data::XLabeledDataSequence > lcl_getCategories( const Referen
     {
         Sequence< Reference< chart2::data::XLabeledDataSequence > > aUnusedSequences( xDiagram->getUnusedData() );
 
-        lcl_MatchesRole aHasCategories( OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("categories")) );
+        lcl_MatchesRole aHasCategories( OUString::createFromAscii("categories" ) );
         for( sal_Int32 nN=0; nN<aUnusedSequences.getLength(); nN++ )
         {
             if( aHasCategories( aUnusedSequences[nN] ) )
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ Reference< chart2::data::XDataSource > lcl_createDataSource(
     if( xContext.is() )
         xSink.set(
             xContext->getServiceManager()->createInstanceWithContext(
-                OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("com.sun.star.chart2.data.DataSource")),
+                OUString::createFromAscii("com.sun.star.chart2.data.DataSource"),
                 xContext ), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
     if( xSink.is())
         xSink->setData( aData );
@@ -320,12 +320,12 @@ Reference< chart2::data::XDataSource > lcl_pressUsedDataIntoRectangularFormat( c
 
     //the first x-values is always the next sequence //todo ... other x-values get lost for old format
     Reference< chart2::data::XLabeledDataSequence > xXValues(
-        lcl_getDataSequenceByRole( aSeriesSeqVector, OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("values-x")) ) );
+        lcl_getDataSequenceByRole( aSeriesSeqVector, OUString::createFromAscii("values-x" ) ) );
     if( xXValues.is() )
         aLabeledSeqVector.push_back( xXValues );
 
     //add all other sequences now without x-values
-    lcl_MatchesRole aHasXValues( OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("values-x")) );
+    lcl_MatchesRole aHasXValues( OUString::createFromAscii("values-x" ) );
     for( sal_Int32 nN=0; nN<aSeriesSeqVector.getLength(); nN++ )
     {
         if( !aHasXValues( aSeriesSeqVector[nN] ) )
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ OUString ChartExport::parseFormula( const OUString& rRange )
     {
         try
         {
-            xParser.set( xSF->createInstance( OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("com.sun.star.sheet.FormulaParser")) ), UNO_QUERY );
+            xParser.set( xSF->createInstance( OUString::createFromAscii( "com.sun.star.sheet.FormulaParser" ) ), UNO_QUERY );
         }
         catch( Exception& )
         {
@@ -653,12 +653,12 @@ OUString ChartExport::parseFormula( const OUString& rRange )
         Reference< XPropertySet > xParserProps( xParser, uno::UNO_QUERY );
         if( xParserProps.is() )
         {
-            xParserProps->setPropertyValue( OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("FormulaConvention")), uno::makeAny(::com::sun::star::sheet::AddressConvention::OOO) );
+            xParserProps->setPropertyValue( OUString::createFromAscii("FormulaConvention"), uno::makeAny(::com::sun::star::sheet::AddressConvention::OOO) );
         }
         uno::Sequence<sheet::FormulaToken> aTokens = xParser->parseFormula( rRange, CellAddress( 0, 0, 0 ) );
         if( xParserProps.is() )
         {
-            xParserProps->setPropertyValue( OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("FormulaConvention")), uno::makeAny(::com::sun::star::sheet::AddressConvention::XL_OOX) );
+            xParserProps->setPropertyValue( OUString::createFromAscii("FormulaConvention"), uno::makeAny(::com::sun::star::sheet::AddressConvention::XL_OOX) );
         }
         aResult = xParser->printFormula( aTokens, CellAddress( 0, 0, 0 ) );
     }
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ void ChartExport::_ExportContent()
             if( xServ.is())
             {
                 if( xServ->supportsService(
-                        OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("com.sun.star.chart.ChartTableAddressSupplier"))))
+                        OUString::createFromAscii( "com.sun.star.chart.ChartTableAddressSupplier" )))
                 {
                     Reference< beans::XPropertySet > xProp( xServ, uno::UNO_QUERY );
                     if( xProp.is())
@@ -888,13 +888,13 @@ void ChartExport::_ExportContent()
                         {
                             OUString sChartAddress;
                             aAny = xProp->getPropertyValue(
-                                OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("ChartRangeAddress")));
+                                OUString::createFromAscii( "ChartRangeAddress" ));
                             aAny >>= msChartAddress;
                             //maExportHelper.SetChartRangeAddress( sChartAddress );
 
                             OUString sTableNumberList;
                             aAny = xProp->getPropertyValue(
-                                OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("TableNumberList")));
+                                OUString::createFromAscii( "TableNumberList" ));
                             aAny >>= msTableNumberList;
                             //maExportHelper.SetTableNumberList( sTableNumberList );
 
@@ -1604,7 +1604,7 @@ void ChartExport::exportSeries( Reference< chart2::XChartType > xChartType, sal_
         sal_Bool bJapaneseCandleSticks = sal_False;
         Reference< beans::XPropertySet > xCTProp( xChartType, uno::UNO_QUERY );
         if( xCTProp.is())
-            xCTProp->getPropertyValue( OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("Japanese"))) >>= bJapaneseCandleSticks;
+            xCTProp->getPropertyValue( OUString::createFromAscii("Japanese")) >>= bJapaneseCandleSticks;
         exportCandleStickSeries(
             xDSCnt->getDataSeries(), bJapaneseCandleSticks, nAttachedAxis );
         return;
@@ -1636,7 +1636,7 @@ void ChartExport::exportSeries( Reference< chart2::XChartType > xChartType, sal_
                     {
                         Reference< beans::XPropertySet > xSeqProp( xTempValueSeq, uno::UNO_QUERY );
                         if( xSeqProp.is())
-                            xSeqProp->getPropertyValue(OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("Role"))) >>= aRole;
+                            xSeqProp->getPropertyValue(OUString::createFromAscii("Role")) >>= aRole;
                         // "main" sequence
                         if( aRole.equals( aLabelRole ))
                         {
@@ -1731,7 +1731,7 @@ void ChartExport::exportSeries( Reference< chart2::XChartType > xChartType, sal_
                         || (eChartType == chart::TYPEID_BUBBLE) )
                     {
                         // export xVal
-                        Reference< chart2::data::XLabeledDataSequence > xSequence( lcl_getDataSequenceByRole( aSeqCnt, OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("values-x")) ) );
+                        Reference< chart2::data::XLabeledDataSequence > xSequence( lcl_getDataSequenceByRole( aSeqCnt, OUString::createFromAscii("values-x" ) ) );
                         if( xSequence.is() )
                         {
                             Reference< chart2::data::XDataSequence > xValues( xSequence->getValues() );
@@ -1744,7 +1744,7 @@ void ChartExport::exportSeries( Reference< chart2::XChartType > xChartType, sal_
                     if( eChartType == chart::TYPEID_BUBBLE )
                     {
                         // export yVal
-                        Reference< chart2::data::XLabeledDataSequence > xSequence( lcl_getDataSequenceByRole( aSeqCnt, OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("values-y")) ) );
+                        Reference< chart2::data::XLabeledDataSequence > xSequence( lcl_getDataSequenceByRole( aSeqCnt, OUString::createFromAscii("values-y" ) ) );
                         if( xSequence.is() )
                         {
                             Reference< chart2::data::XDataSequence > xValues( xSequence->getValues() );
@@ -1791,7 +1791,7 @@ void ChartExport::exportCandleStickSeries(
                 xSource->getDataSequences());
 
             //sal_Int32 nSeriesLength =
-            //    lcl_getSequenceLengthByRole( aSeqCnt, OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("values-last")));
+            //    lcl_getSequenceLengthByRole( aSeqCnt, OUString::createFromAscii("values-last"));
 
             Reference< chart2::XChartDocument > xNewDoc( getModel(), uno::UNO_QUERY );
             const char* sSeries[] = {"values-first","values-max","values-min","values-last",0};
diff --git a/oox/source/ppt/pptshape.cxx b/oox/source/ppt/pptshape.cxx
index 2c6b383a2489..2542a372ce61 100644
--- a/oox/source/ppt/pptshape.cxx
+++ b/oox/source/ppt/pptshape.cxx
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ void PPTShape::addShape(
             Reference< lang::XMultiServiceFactory > xServiceFact( rFilterBase.getModel(), UNO_QUERY_THROW );
             sal_Bool bClearText = sal_False;
 
-            if ( sServiceName != OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("com.sun.star.drawing.GraphicObjectShape")) &&
-                 sServiceName != OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("com.sun.star.drawing.OLE2Shape")) )
+            if ( sServiceName != OUString::createFromAscii( "com.sun.star.drawing.GraphicObjectShape" ) &&
+                 sServiceName != OUString::createFromAscii( "com.sun.star.drawing.OLE2Shape" ) )
             {
                 switch( mnSubType )
                 {
diff --git a/oox/source/vml/vmlshape.cxx b/oox/source/vml/vmlshape.cxx
index adbf9db205fa..3f5bc4d00f41 100644
--- a/oox/source/vml/vmlshape.cxx
+++ b/oox/source/vml/vmlshape.cxx
@@ -171,22 +171,22 @@ void lclSetXShapeRect( const Reference< XShape >& rxShape, const Rectangle& rSha
             try
             {
                 // The size
-                xProps->setPropertyValue( OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("SizeType")), Any( SizeType::FIX ) );
-                xProps->setPropertyValue( OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("FrameIsAutomaticHeight")), Any( sal_False ) );
-                xProps->setPropertyValue( OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("Height")), Any( rShapeRect.Height ) );
-                xProps->setPropertyValue( OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("Width")), Any( rShapeRect.Width ) );
+                xProps->setPropertyValue( OUString::createFromAscii( "SizeType" ), Any( SizeType::FIX ) );
+                xProps->setPropertyValue( OUString::createFromAscii( "FrameIsAutomaticHeight" ), Any( sal_False ) );
+                xProps->setPropertyValue( OUString::createFromAscii( "Height" ), Any( rShapeRect.Height ) );
+                xProps->setPropertyValue( OUString::createFromAscii( "Width" ), Any( rShapeRect.Width ) );
 
                 // The position
-                xProps->setPropertyValue( OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("HoriOrientPosition")), Any( rShapeRect.X ) );
-                xProps->setPropertyValue( OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("HoriOrientRelation")),
+                xProps->setPropertyValue( OUString::createFromAscii( "HoriOrientPosition" ), Any( rShapeRect.X ) );
+                xProps->setPropertyValue( OUString::createFromAscii( "HoriOrientRelation" ),
                         Any( RelOrientation::FRAME ) );
-                xProps->setPropertyValue( OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("HoriOrient")),
+                xProps->setPropertyValue( OUString::createFromAscii( "HoriOrient" ),
                         Any( HoriOrientation::NONE ) );
 
-                xProps->setPropertyValue( OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("VertOrientPosition")), Any( rShapeRect.Y ) );
-                xProps->setPropertyValue( OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("VertOrientRelation")),
+                xProps->setPropertyValue( OUString::createFromAscii( "VertOrientPosition" ), Any( rShapeRect.Y ) );
+                xProps->setPropertyValue( OUString::createFromAscii( "VertOrientRelation" ),
                         Any( RelOrientation::FRAME ) );
-                xProps->setPropertyValue( OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("VertOrient")),
+                xProps->setPropertyValue( OUString::createFromAscii( "VertOrient" ),
                         Any( VertOrientation::NONE ) );
             }
             catch ( Exception& )
diff --git a/oox/source/vml/vmlshapecontext.cxx b/oox/source/vml/vmlshapecontext.cxx
index 9a20ab40151c..bdca6526ab6a 100644
--- a/oox/source/vml/vmlshapecontext.cxx
+++ b/oox/source/vml/vmlshapecontext.cxx
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ ContextHandlerRef ShapeContext::onCreateContext( sal_Int32 nElement, const Attri
     // Custom shape in Writer with a textbox are transformed into a frame
     if ( nElement == ( NMSP_VML + XML_textbox ) )
         dynamic_cast<SimpleShape&>( mrShape ).setService(
-            OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("com.sun.star.text.TextFrame")) );
+            OUString::createFromAscii( "com.sun.star.text.TextFrame" ) );
 
     // Excel specific shape client data
     if( isRootElement() && (nElement == VMLX_TOKEN( ClientData )) )
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ ContextHandlerRef RectangleShapeContext::onCreateContext( sal_Int32 nElement, co
 {
     if ( nElement == ( NMSP_VML + XML_textbox ) )
         dynamic_cast< SimpleShape &>( mrShape ).setService(
-            OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("com.sun.star.text.TextFrame")) );
+            OUString::createFromAscii( "com.sun.star.text.TextFrame" ) );
 
     // The parent class's context is fine
     return ShapeContext::onCreateContext( nElement, rAttribs );
diff --git a/oox/source/xls/commentsbuffer.cxx b/oox/source/xls/commentsbuffer.cxx
index c49edd034967..159bde83b22c 100644
--- a/oox/source/xls/commentsbuffer.cxx
+++ b/oox/source/xls/commentsbuffer.cxx
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ void Comment::finalizeImport()
             Reference< XShape > xAnnoShape( xAnnoShapeSupp->getAnnotationShape(), UNO_SET_THROW );
             Reference <XText> xText( xAnnoShape, UNO_QUERY_THROW );
             Reference <XTextRange> xTextRange( xText, UNO_QUERY_THROW );
-            xTextRange->setString( OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("")) ); // Clear contents
+            xTextRange->setString( OUString::createFromAscii("") ); // Clear contents
             maModel.mxText->convert( xText, -1 );
 
             // Add shape formatting properties (autoFill, colHidden and rowHidden are dropped)
diff --git a/unoxml/source/dom/cdatasection.cxx b/unoxml/source/dom/cdatasection.cxx
index 1bb7d6d72f19..2f432138c0e0 100644
--- a/unoxml/source/dom/cdatasection.cxx
+++ b/unoxml/source/dom/cdatasection.cxx
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ namespace DOM
 
     OUString SAL_CALL CCDATASection::getNodeName()throw (RuntimeException)
     {
-        return OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("#cdata-section"));
+        return OUString::createFromAscii("#cdata-section");
     }
 
     OUString SAL_CALL CCDATASection::getNodeValue() throw (RuntimeException)
diff --git a/unoxml/source/dom/characterdata.cxx b/unoxml/source/dom/characterdata.cxx
index 060d33d3f546..c5e09540b79c 100644
--- a/unoxml/source/dom/characterdata.cxx
+++ b/unoxml/source/dom/characterdata.cxx
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ namespace DOM
     {
         Reference< XDocumentEvent > docevent(getOwnerDocument(), UNO_QUERY);
         Reference< XMutationEvent > event(docevent->createEvent(
-            OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("DOMCharacterDataModified"))), UNO_QUERY);
+            OUString::createFromAscii("DOMCharacterDataModified")), UNO_QUERY);
         event->initMutationEvent(
-                OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("DOMCharacterDataModified")),
+                OUString::createFromAscii("DOMCharacterDataModified"),
                 sal_True, sal_False, Reference< XNode >(),
                 prevValue, newValue, OUString(), (AttrChangeType)0 );
         dispatchEvent(Reference< XEvent >(event, UNO_QUERY));
diff --git a/unoxml/source/dom/comment.cxx b/unoxml/source/dom/comment.cxx
index d7a8ff605f43..4b7dd5a72154 100644
--- a/unoxml/source/dom/comment.cxx
+++ b/unoxml/source/dom/comment.cxx
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ namespace DOM
 
     OUString SAL_CALL CComment::getNodeName()throw (RuntimeException)
     {
-        return OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("#comment"));
+        return OUString::createFromAscii("#comment");
     }
 
     OUString SAL_CALL CComment::getNodeValue() throw (RuntimeException)
diff --git a/unoxml/source/dom/document.cxx b/unoxml/source/dom/document.cxx
index 60b044c7f43e..30cdbbb34056 100644
--- a/unoxml/source/dom/document.cxx
+++ b/unoxml/source/dom/document.cxx
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ namespace DOM
             {
 
                 if (aNsPrefix.getLength() > 0)
-                    aQName = aNsPrefix + OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM(":")) + aQName;
+                    aQName = aNsPrefix + OUString::createFromAscii(":") + aQName;
                 newElement = createElementNS(aNsUri, aQName);
             }
             else
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ namespace DOM
                     if (aAttrUri.getLength() > 0)
                     {
                         if (aAttrPrefix.getLength() > 0)
-                            aAttrName = aAttrPrefix + OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM(":")) + aAttrName;
+                            aAttrName = aAttrPrefix + OUString::createFromAscii(":") + aAttrName;
                         newElement->setAttributeNS(aAttrUri, aAttrName, curAttr->getValue());
                     }
                     else
@@ -590,8 +590,8 @@ namespace DOM
         {
             Reference< XDocumentEvent > docevent(getOwnerDocument(), UNO_QUERY);
             Reference< XMutationEvent > event(docevent->createEvent(
-                OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("DOMNodeInsertedIntoDocument"))), UNO_QUERY);
-            event->initMutationEvent(OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("DOMNodeInsertedIntoDocument"))
+                OUString::createFromAscii("DOMNodeInsertedIntoDocument")), UNO_QUERY);
+            event->initMutationEvent(OUString::createFromAscii("DOMNodeInsertedIntoDocument")
                 , sal_True, sal_False, Reference< XNode >(),
                 OUString(), OUString(), OUString(), (AttrChangeType)0 );
             dispatchEvent(Reference< XEvent >(event, UNO_QUERY));
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ namespace DOM
     }
     OUString SAL_CALL CDocument::getNodeName()throw (RuntimeException)
     {
-        return OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("#document"));
+        return OUString::createFromAscii("#document");
     }
     OUString SAL_CALL CDocument::getNodeValue() throw (RuntimeException)
     {
diff --git a/unoxml/source/dom/documentbuilder.cxx b/unoxml/source/dom/documentbuilder.cxx
index 1c7f3140a33e..3f6d67d53811 100644
--- a/unoxml/source/dom/documentbuilder.cxx
+++ b/unoxml/source/dom/documentbuilder.cxx
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ namespace DOM
     // default warning handler triggers assertion
     static void warning_func(void * ctx, const char * /*msg*/, ...)
     {
-        OUStringBuffer buf(OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("libxml2 warning\n")));
+        OUStringBuffer buf(OUString::createFromAscii("libxml2 warning\n"));
         buf.append(make_error_message(static_cast< xmlParserCtxtPtr >(ctx)));
         OString msg = OUStringToOString(buf.makeStringAndClear(), RTL_TEXTENCODING_ASCII_US);
         OSL_ENSURE(sal_False, msg.getStr());
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ namespace DOM
     // default error handler triggers assertion
     static void error_func(void * ctx, const char * /*msg*/, ...)
     {
-        OUStringBuffer buf(OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("libxml2 error\n")));
+        OUStringBuffer buf(OUString::createFromAscii("libxml2 error\n"));
         buf.append(make_error_message(static_cast< xmlParserCtxtPtr >(ctx)));
         OString msg = OUStringToOString(buf.makeStringAndClear(), RTL_TEXTENCODING_ASCII_US);
         OSL_ENSURE(sal_False, msg.getStr());
diff --git a/unoxml/source/dom/documentfragment.cxx b/unoxml/source/dom/documentfragment.cxx
index 00c344f77bad..9e93449b001c 100644
--- a/unoxml/source/dom/documentfragment.cxx
+++ b/unoxml/source/dom/documentfragment.cxx
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ namespace DOM
     }
     OUString SAL_CALL CDocumentFragment::getNodeName()throw (RuntimeException)
     {
-        return OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("#document-fragment"));
+        return OUString::createFromAscii("#document-fragment");
     }
     OUString SAL_CALL CDocumentFragment::getNodeValue() throw (RuntimeException)
     {
diff --git a/unoxml/source/dom/element.cxx b/unoxml/source/dom/element.cxx
index 1f86e33c9185..2c4264f07cf3 100644
--- a/unoxml/source/dom/element.cxx
+++ b/unoxml/source/dom/element.cxx
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ namespace DOM
         if (!i_xHandler.is()) throw RuntimeException();
         comphelper::AttributeList *pAttrs =
             new comphelper::AttributeList();
-        OUString type = OUString();
+        OUString type = OUString::createFromAscii("");
         // add namespace definitions to attributes
         for (xmlNsPtr pNs = m_aNodePtr->nsDef; pNs != 0; pNs = pNs->next) {
             const xmlChar *pPrefix = pNs->prefix;
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ namespace DOM
                 strlen(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(pPrefix)),
                 RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8);
             OUString name = (prefix.equalsAscii(""))
-                ? OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("xmlns"))
-                : OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("xmlns:")) + prefix;
+                ? OUString::createFromAscii("xmlns")
+                : OUString::createFromAscii("xmlns:") + prefix;
             const xmlChar *pHref = pNs->href;
             OUString val(reinterpret_cast<const sal_Char*>(pHref),
                 strlen(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(pHref)),
@@ -463,8 +463,8 @@ namespace DOM
             // dispatch DOMAttrModified event
             Reference< XDocumentEvent > docevent(getOwnerDocument(), UNO_QUERY);
             Reference< XMutationEvent > event(docevent->createEvent(
-                OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("DOMAttrModified"))), UNO_QUERY);
-            event->initMutationEvent(OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("DOMAttrModified")),
+                OUString::createFromAscii("DOMAttrModified")), UNO_QUERY);
+            event->initMutationEvent(OUString::createFromAscii("DOMAttrModified"),
                 sal_True, sal_False, Reference< XNode >(aAttr, UNO_QUERY),
                 OUString(), aAttr->getValue(), aAttr->getName(), AttrChangeType_ADDITION);
             dispatchEvent(Reference< XEvent >(event, UNO_QUERY));
@@ -518,8 +518,8 @@ namespace DOM
 
             Reference< XDocumentEvent > docevent(getOwnerDocument(), UNO_QUERY);
             Reference< XMutationEvent > event(docevent->createEvent(
-                OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("DOMAttrModified"))), UNO_QUERY);
-            event->initMutationEvent(OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("DOMAttrModified")),
+                OUString::createFromAscii("DOMAttrModified")), UNO_QUERY);
+            event->initMutationEvent(OUString::createFromAscii("DOMAttrModified"),
                 sal_True, sal_False, Reference< XNode >(getAttributeNode(name), UNO_QUERY),
                 oldValue, value, name, aChangeType);
             dispatchEvent(Reference< XEvent >(event, UNO_QUERY));
@@ -588,8 +588,8 @@ namespace DOM
                 // dispatch DOMAttrModified event
                 Reference< XDocumentEvent > docevent(getOwnerDocument(), UNO_QUERY);
                 Reference< XMutationEvent > event(docevent->createEvent(
-                    OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("DOMAttrModified"))), UNO_QUERY);
-                event->initMutationEvent(OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("DOMAttrModified")), sal_True, sal_False,
+                    OUString::createFromAscii("DOMAttrModified")), UNO_QUERY);
+                event->initMutationEvent(OUString::createFromAscii("DOMAttrModified"), sal_True, sal_False,
                     Reference< XNode >(getAttributeNodeNS(namespaceURI, OUString((char*)xLName, strlen((char*)xLName), RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8)), UNO_QUERY),
                     oldValue, value, qualifiedName, aChangeType);
                 dispatchEvent(Reference< XEvent >(event, UNO_QUERY));
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ namespace DOM
 
     void SAL_CALL CElement::setElementName(const OUString& aName) throw (RuntimeException, DOMException)
     {
-        if (aName.getLength() > 0 && aName.indexOf(OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM(":"))) < 0)
+        if (aName.getLength() > 0 && aName.indexOf(OUString::createFromAscii(":")) < 0)
         {
             OString oName = OUStringToOString(aName, RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8);
             xmlChar *xName = (xmlChar*)oName.getStr();
diff --git a/unoxml/source/dom/elementlist.cxx b/unoxml/source/dom/elementlist.cxx
index 5b0d96758459..15a870aed933 100644
--- a/unoxml/source/dom/elementlist.cxx
+++ b/unoxml/source/dom/elementlist.cxx
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ namespace DOM
             // get the XNode
             Reference< XNode > xNode(CNode::get(static_cast<const CNode*>(pElement)->m_aNodePtr));
             Reference< XEventTarget > xTarget(xNode, UNO_QUERY_THROW);
-            OUString aType(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("DOMSubtreeModified"));
+            OUString aType = OUString::createFromAscii("DOMSubtreeModified");
             sal_Bool capture = sal_False;
             xTarget->addEventListener(aType, Reference< XEventListener >(this), capture);
         } catch (Exception &e){
diff --git a/unoxml/source/dom/node.cxx b/unoxml/source/dom/node.cxx
index 79f42b6fd1f9..1c8cf054a27b 100644
--- a/unoxml/source/dom/node.cxx
+++ b/unoxml/source/dom/node.cxx
@@ -466,8 +466,8 @@ namespace DOM
         {
             Reference< XDocumentEvent > docevent(getOwnerDocument(), UNO_QUERY);
             Reference< XMutationEvent > event(docevent->createEvent(
-                OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("DOMNodeInserted"))), UNO_QUERY);
-            event->initMutationEvent(OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("DOMNodeInserted"))
+                OUString::createFromAscii("DOMNodeInserted")), UNO_QUERY);
+            event->initMutationEvent(OUString::createFromAscii("DOMNodeInserted")
                 , sal_True, sal_False, Reference< XNode >(CNode::get(m_aNodePtr)),
                 OUString(), OUString(), OUString(), (AttrChangeType)0 );
             dispatchEvent(Reference< XEvent >(event, UNO_QUERY));
@@ -861,8 +861,8 @@ namespace DOM
         {
             Reference< XDocumentEvent > docevent(getOwnerDocument(), UNO_QUERY);
             Reference< XMutationEvent > event(docevent->createEvent(
-                OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("DOMNodeRemoved"))), UNO_QUERY);
-            event->initMutationEvent(OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("DOMNodeRemoved")), sal_True,
+                OUString::createFromAscii("DOMNodeRemoved")), UNO_QUERY);
+            event->initMutationEvent(OUString::createFromAscii("DOMNodeRemoved"), sal_True,
                 sal_False, Reference< XNode >(CNode::get(m_aNodePtr)),
                 OUString(), OUString(), OUString(), (AttrChangeType)0 );
             dispatchEvent(Reference< XEvent >(event, UNO_QUERY));
@@ -950,8 +950,8 @@ namespace DOM
         // target is _this_ node
         Reference< XDocumentEvent > docevent(getOwnerDocument(), UNO_QUERY);
         Reference< XMutationEvent > event(docevent->createEvent(
-            OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("DOMSubtreeModified"))), UNO_QUERY);
-        event->initMutationEvent(OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("DOMSubtreeModified")), sal_True,
+            OUString::createFromAscii("DOMSubtreeModified")), UNO_QUERY);
+        event->initMutationEvent(OUString::createFromAscii("DOMSubtreeModified"), sal_True,
             sal_False, Reference< XNode >(),
             OUString(), OUString(), OUString(), (AttrChangeType)0 );
         dispatchEvent(Reference< XEvent >(event, UNO_QUERY));
diff --git a/unoxml/source/dom/saxbuilder.cxx b/unoxml/source/dom/saxbuilder.cxx
index d6d87754eb6a..50b611445d7c 100644
--- a/unoxml/source/dom/saxbuilder.cxx
+++ b/unoxml/source/dom/saxbuilder.cxx
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ namespace DOM
             throw SAXException();
 
         Reference< XDocumentBuilder > aBuilder(m_aServiceManager->createInstance(
-                OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("com.sun.star.xml.dom.DocumentBuilder"))), UNO_QUERY_THROW);
+                OUString::createFromAscii("com.sun.star.xml.dom.DocumentBuilder")), UNO_QUERY_THROW);
         Reference< XDocument > aDocument = aBuilder->newDocument();
         m_aNodeStack.push(Reference< XNode >(aDocument, UNO_QUERY));
         m_aDocument = aDocument;
@@ -210,12 +210,12 @@ namespace DOM
             attr_qname = attribs->getNameByIndex(i);
             attr_value = attribs->getValueByIndex(i);
             // new prefix mapping
-            if (attr_qname.indexOf(OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("xmlns:"))) == 0)
+            if (attr_qname.indexOf(OUString::createFromAscii("xmlns:")) == 0)
             {
                 newprefix = attr_qname.copy(attr_qname.indexOf(':')+1);
                 aNSMap.insert(NSMap::value_type(newprefix, attr_value));
             }
-            else if (attr_qname == OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("xmlns")))
+            else if (attr_qname == OUString::createFromAscii("xmlns"))
             {
                 // new default prefix
                 aNSMap.insert(NSMap::value_type(OUString(), attr_value));
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ namespace DOM
         OUString aRefName;
         OUString aPrefix = aElement->getPrefix();
         if (aPrefix.getLength() > 0)
-            aRefName = aPrefix + OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM(":")) + aElement->getTagName();
+            aRefName = aPrefix + OUString::createFromAscii(":") + aElement->getTagName();
         else
             aRefName = aElement->getTagName();
         if (aRefName != aName) // consistency check
diff --git a/unoxml/source/dom/text.cxx b/unoxml/source/dom/text.cxx
index 520adf3b77e3..a10ba9944702 100644
--- a/unoxml/source/dom/text.cxx
+++ b/unoxml/source/dom/text.cxx
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ namespace DOM
 
     OUString SAL_CALL CText::getNodeName()throw (RuntimeException)
     {
-        return OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("#text"));
+        return OUString::createFromAscii("#text");
     }
 
     void SAL_CALL CText::fastSaxify( Context& io_rContext )
diff --git a/unoxml/source/events/testlistener.cxx b/unoxml/source/events/testlistener.cxx
index ee307fa27220..7c65d4ca606d 100644
--- a/unoxml/source/events/testlistener.cxx
+++ b/unoxml/source/events/testlistener.cxx
@@ -92,21 +92,21 @@ namespace DOM { namespace events
     void SAL_CALL CTestListener::initialize(const Sequence< Any >& args) throw(RuntimeException)
     {
         if (args.getLength() < 3) throw IllegalArgumentException(
-            OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("Wrong number of arguments")), Reference< XInterface >(), 0);
+            OUString::createFromAscii("Wrong number of arguments"), Reference< XInterface >(), 0);
 
         Reference <XEventTarget> aTarget;
         if(! (args[0] >>= aTarget)) throw IllegalArgumentException(
-                OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("Illegal argument 1")), Reference< XInterface >(), 1);
+                OUString::createFromAscii("Illegal argument 1"), Reference< XInterface >(), 1);
 
         OUString aType;
         if (! (args[1] >>= aType))
-            throw IllegalArgumentException(OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("Illegal argument 2")), Reference< XInterface >(), 2);
+            throw IllegalArgumentException(OUString::createFromAscii("Illegal argument 2"), Reference< XInterface >(), 2);
 
         sal_Bool bCapture = sal_False;
         if(! (args[2]  >>=  bCapture)) throw IllegalArgumentException(
-            OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("Illegal argument 3")), Reference< XInterface >(), 3);
+            OUString::createFromAscii("Illegal argument 3"), Reference< XInterface >(), 3);
 
-        if(! (args[3] >>= m_name)) m_name = OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("<unnamed listener>"));
+        if(! (args[3] >>= m_name)) m_name = OUString::createFromAscii("<unnamed listener>");
 
         m_target = aTarget;
         m_type = aType;
diff --git a/unoxml/source/rdf/librdf_repository.cxx b/unoxml/source/rdf/librdf_repository.cxx
index 2519fd29e411..0a3f875e1897 100644
--- a/unoxml/source/rdf/librdf_repository.cxx
+++ b/unoxml/source/rdf/librdf_repository.cxx
@@ -1382,10 +1382,14 @@ void SAL_CALL librdf_Repository::setStatementRDFa(
 throw (uno::RuntimeException, lang::IllegalArgumentException,
     rdf::RepositoryException)
 {
-    static const ::rtl::OUString s_cell(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("com.sun.star.table.Cell"));
-    static const ::rtl::OUString s_cellprops(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("com.sun.star.text.CellProperties")); // for writer
-    static const ::rtl::OUString s_paragraph(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("com.sun.star.text.Paragraph"));
-    static const ::rtl::OUString s_bookmark(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("com.sun.star.text.Bookmark"));
+    static const ::rtl::OUString s_cell(
+        ::rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("com.sun.star.table.Cell"));
+    static const ::rtl::OUString s_cellprops( // for writer
+        ::rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("com.sun.star.text.CellProperties"));
+    static const ::rtl::OUString s_paragraph(
+        ::rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("com.sun.star.text.Paragraph"));
+    static const ::rtl::OUString s_bookmark(
+        ::rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("com.sun.star.text.Bookmark"));
     static const ::rtl::OUString s_meta( ::rtl::OUString::createFromAscii(
         "com.sun.star.text.InContentMetadata"));
 
@@ -1440,7 +1444,7 @@ throw (uno::RuntimeException, lang::IllegalArgumentException,
                 "ensureMetadataReference did not"), *this);
     }
     ::rtl::OUString const sXmlId(mdref.First +
-            ::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("#")) + mdref.Second);
+            ::rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("#") + mdref.Second);
     uno::Reference<rdf::XURI> xXmlId;
     try {
         xXmlId.set( rdf::URI::create(m_xContext,
@@ -1504,7 +1508,7 @@ throw (uno::RuntimeException, lang::IllegalArgumentException,
     try {
         xXmlId.set( rdf::URI::create(m_xContext,
                 ::rtl::OUString::createFromAscii(s_nsOOo)
-                + mdref.First + ::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("#"))
+                + mdref.First + ::rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("#")
                 + mdref.Second),
             uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
     } catch (lang::IllegalArgumentException & iae) {
@@ -1532,7 +1536,7 @@ throw (uno::RuntimeException, lang::IllegalArgumentException,
         return beans::Pair< uno::Sequence<rdf::Statement>, sal_Bool >();
     }
     ::rtl::OUString const sXmlId(mdref.First +
-            ::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("#")) + mdref.Second);
+            ::rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("#") + mdref.Second);
     uno::Reference<rdf::XURI> xXmlId;
     try {
         xXmlId.set( rdf::URI::create(m_xContext,
diff --git a/unoxml/source/xpath/xpathapi.cxx b/unoxml/source/xpath/xpathapi.cxx
index a800cefc5f52..aa83217797d1 100644
--- a/unoxml/source/xpath/xpathapi.cxx
+++ b/unoxml/source/xpath/xpathapi.cxx
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ namespace XPath
             va_end(args);
 
             ::rtl::OUStringBuffer buf(
-                OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("libxml2 error:\n")));
+                OUString::createFromAscii("libxml2 error:\n"));
             buf.appendAscii(str);
             OString msg = OUStringToOString(buf.makeStringAndClear(),
                 RTL_TEXTENCODING_ASCII_US);
@@ -290,11 +290,11 @@ namespace XPath
         {
             (void) userData;
             ::rtl::OUStringBuffer buf(
-                OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("libxml2 error:\n")));
+                OUString::createFromAscii("libxml2 error:\n"));
             if (error) {
                 buf.append(make_error_message(error));
             } else {
-                buf.append(OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("no error argument!")));
+                buf.append(OUString::createFromAscii("no error argument!"));
             }
             OString msg = OUStringToOString(buf.makeStringAndClear(),
                 RTL_TEXTENCODING_ASCII_US);