diff --git a/sdext/source/minimizer/impoptimizer.cxx b/sdext/source/minimizer/impoptimizer.cxx
index c3ad75e68f8f..d3cf48a8a458 100644
--- a/sdext/source/minimizer/impoptimizer.cxx
+++ b/sdext/source/minimizer/impoptimizer.cxx
@@ -668,8 +668,7 @@ void ImpOptimizer::Optimize( const Sequence< PropertyValue >& rArguments )
         Reference< XFrame > xFrame( xSelf.is() ? xSelf : mxInformationDialog );
         if ( xFrame.is() )
         {
-            const OUString sSlot( "slot:27115"  );
-            DispatchURL( mxContext, sSlot, xFrame );
+            DispatchURL( mxContext, "slot:27115", xFrame );
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/sdext/source/minimizer/optimizerdialog.cxx b/sdext/source/minimizer/optimizerdialog.cxx
index 407bf3939299..536b70974b71 100644
--- a/sdext/source/minimizer/optimizerdialog.cxx
+++ b/sdext/source/minimizer/optimizerdialog.cxx
@@ -120,9 +120,7 @@ void OptimizerDialog::InitRoadmap()
         InsertRoadmapItem( 3, getString( STR_OLE_OBJECTS ), ITEM_ID_OLE_OPTIMIZATION );
         InsertRoadmapItem( 4, getString( STR_SUMMARY ), ITEM_ID_SUMMARY );
 
-        OUString const sURL("private:graphicrepository/" BMP_PRESENTATION_MINIMIZER);
-
-        xPropertySet->setPropertyValue( "ImageURL", Any( sURL ) );
+        xPropertySet->setPropertyValue( "ImageURL", Any( OUString("private:graphicrepository/" BMP_PRESENTATION_MINIMIZER) ) );
         xPropertySet->setPropertyValue( "Activated", Any( true ) );
         xPropertySet->setPropertyValue( "Complete", Any( true ) );
         xPropertySet->setPropertyValue( "CurrentItemID", Any( sal_Int16(ITEM_ID_INTRODUCTION) ) );
diff --git a/sdext/source/minimizer/optimizerdialogcontrols.cxx b/sdext/source/minimizer/optimizerdialogcontrols.cxx
index 75dff5fb6e02..5c6ad0dd4cb4 100644
--- a/sdext/source/minimizer/optimizerdialogcontrols.cxx
+++ b/sdext/source/minimizer/optimizerdialogcontrols.cxx
@@ -557,9 +557,8 @@ void OptimizerDialog::InitPage3()
         Reference< XShapes > xShapes( xDrawPages->getByIndex( i ), UNO_QUERY_THROW );
         for ( sal_Int32 j = 0; j < xShapes->getCount(); j++ )
         {
-            const OUString sOLE2Shape( "com.sun.star.drawing.OLE2Shape"  );
             Reference< XShape > xShape( xShapes->getByIndex( j ), UNO_QUERY_THROW );
-            if ( xShape->getShapeType() == sOLE2Shape )
+            if ( xShape->getShapeType() == "com.sun.star.drawing.OLE2Shape" )
                 nOLECount++;
         }
     }
@@ -678,8 +677,7 @@ void OptimizerDialog::UpdateControlStatesPage4()
             {
                 Reference< XPropertySet > xPropSet( rxPage, UNO_QUERY_THROW );
                 bool bVisible = true;
-                const OUString sVisible( "Visible"  );
-                if ( xPropSet->getPropertyValue( sVisible ) >>= bVisible )
+                if ( xPropSet->getPropertyValue( "Visible" ) >>= bVisible )
                 {
                     if (!bVisible )
                         nDeletedSlides++;
@@ -696,8 +694,7 @@ void OptimizerDialog::UpdateControlStatesPage4()
                 Reference< XPropertySet > xPropSet( xDrawPage, UNO_QUERY_THROW );
 
                 bool bVisible = true;
-                const OUString sVisible( "Visible"  );
-                if ( xPropSet->getPropertyValue( sVisible ) >>= bVisible )
+                if ( xPropSet->getPropertyValue( "Visible" ) >>= bVisible )
                 {
                     if (!bVisible )
                         nDeletedSlides++;
@@ -763,9 +760,8 @@ void OptimizerDialog::UpdateControlStatesPage4()
             Reference< XShapes > xShapes( xDrawPages->getByIndex( i ), UNO_QUERY_THROW );
             for ( sal_Int32 j = 0; j < xShapes->getCount(); j++ )
             {
-                const OUString sOLE2Shape( "com.sun.star.drawing.OLE2Shape"  );
                 Reference< XShape > xShape( xShapes->getByIndex( j ), UNO_QUERY_THROW );
-                if ( xShape->getShapeType() == sOLE2Shape )
+                if ( xShape->getShapeType() == "com.sun.star.drawing.OLE2Shape" )
                     nOLEReplacements++;
             }
         }
diff --git a/sdext/source/minimizer/unodialog.cxx b/sdext/source/minimizer/unodialog.cxx
index 0fdd26aa4854..a635d102e3b9 100644
--- a/sdext/source/minimizer/unodialog.cxx
+++ b/sdext/source/minimizer/unodialog.cxx
@@ -296,15 +296,13 @@ Any UnoDialog::getControlProperty( const OUString& rControlName, const OUString&
 
 void UnoDialog::enableControl( const OUString& rControlName )
 {
-    const OUString sEnabled( "Enabled" );
-    setControlProperty( rControlName, sEnabled, Any( true ) );
+    setControlProperty( rControlName, "Enabled", Any( true ) );
 }
 
 
 void UnoDialog::disableControl( const OUString& rControlName )
 {
-    const OUString sEnabled( "Enabled" );
-    setControlProperty( rControlName, sEnabled, Any( false ) );
+    setControlProperty( rControlName, "Enabled", Any( false ) );
 }
 
 
diff --git a/sdext/source/pdfimport/odf/odfemitter.cxx b/sdext/source/pdfimport/odf/odfemitter.cxx
index 817b9ca933a6..af5476de9d92 100644
--- a/sdext/source/pdfimport/odf/odfemitter.cxx
+++ b/sdext/source/pdfimport/odf/odfemitter.cxx
@@ -58,8 +58,7 @@ OdfEmitter::OdfEmitter( const uno::Reference<io::XOutputStream>& xOutput ) :
     OSL_PRECOND(m_xOutput.is(), "OdfEmitter(): invalid output stream");
     m_aLineFeed[0] = '\n';
 
-    OUString aElement = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>";
-    write(aElement);
+    write("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>");
 }
 
 void OdfEmitter::beginTag( const char* pTag, const PropertyMap& rProperties )
diff --git a/sdext/source/presenter/PresenterTheme.cxx b/sdext/source/presenter/PresenterTheme.cxx
index 896498ec184c..be91008280cc 100644
--- a/sdext/source/presenter/PresenterTheme.cxx
+++ b/sdext/source/presenter/PresenterTheme.cxx
@@ -964,11 +964,10 @@ void ViewStyleContainer::ProcessViewStyle(
         }
     }
 
-    const OUString sPathToFont; // empty string
     Reference<container::XHierarchicalNameAccess> xFontNode (
         PresenterConfigurationAccess::GetProperty(rxProperties, "Font"), UNO_QUERY);
     PresenterTheme::SharedFontDescriptor pFont (
-        ReadContext::ReadFont(xFontNode, sPathToFont, PresenterTheme::SharedFontDescriptor()));
+        ReadContext::ReadFont(xFontNode, "", PresenterTheme::SharedFontDescriptor()));
     if (pFont)
         pStyle->mpFont = pFont;