diff --git a/editeng/source/outliner/outlin2.cxx b/editeng/source/outliner/outlin2.cxx
index a0e384d1388f..18bf47edfe3f 100644
--- a/editeng/source/outliner/outlin2.cxx
+++ b/editeng/source/outliner/outlin2.cxx
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ bool Outliner::IsInUndo() const
     return pEditEngine->IsInUndo();
 }
 
-sal_uInt32 Outliner::GetLineCount( sal_Int32 nParagraph ) const
+sal_Int32 Outliner::GetLineCount( sal_Int32 nParagraph ) const
 {
     return pEditEngine->GetLineCount( nParagraph );
 }
diff --git a/include/editeng/outliner.hxx b/include/editeng/outliner.hxx
index b18690050037..d1d46dc67326 100644
--- a/include/editeng/outliner.hxx
+++ b/include/editeng/outliner.hxx
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ public:
     SAL_DLLPRIVATE const Link<Outliner*,void>& GetEndMovingHdl() const {return aEndMovingHdl;}
     SAL_DLLPRIVATE void            SetEndMovingHdl( const Link<Outliner*,void>& rLink){aEndMovingHdl=rLink;}
 
-    sal_uInt32           GetLineCount( sal_Int32 nParagraph ) const;
+    sal_Int32       GetLineCount( sal_Int32 nParagraph ) const;
     sal_Int32           GetLineLen( sal_Int32 nParagraph, sal_Int32 nLine ) const;
     sal_uInt32           GetLineHeight( sal_Int32 nParagraph, sal_Int32 nLine = 0 );
 
diff --git a/sd/source/ui/view/DocumentRenderer.cxx b/sd/source/ui/view/DocumentRenderer.cxx
index 467c3fba4bc9..9812d963e604 100644
--- a/sd/source/ui/view/DocumentRenderer.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/ui/view/DocumentRenderer.cxx
@@ -921,8 +921,8 @@ namespace {
                     for (sal_Int32 i = 0; i < nParaCount && !bExit; ++i)
                     {
                         sal_Int32 nActualLineLen = 0;
-                        sal_uInt32 nLineCount = pOut->GetLineCount(i);
-                        for (sal_uInt32 j = 0; j < nLineCount; ++j)
+                        sal_Int32 nLineCount = pOut->GetLineCount(i);
+                        for (sal_Int32 j = 0; j < nLineCount; ++j)
                         {
                             nActualLineLen += pOut->GetLineLen(i, j);
                             sal_Int32 nLineHeight = pOut->GetLineHeight(i, j);
diff --git a/svx/source/svdraw/svdview.cxx b/svx/source/svdraw/svdview.cxx
index 33f7fb5913d1..3fac4208e6bc 100644
--- a/svx/source/svdraw/svdview.cxx
+++ b/svx/source/svdraw/svdview.cxx
@@ -1246,7 +1246,7 @@ OUString SdrView::GetStatusText()
         // At the end of a line of any multi-line paragraph, we display the
         // position of the next line of the same paragraph, if there is one.
         sal_uInt16 nParaLine = 0;
-        sal_uInt32 nParaLineCount = mpTextEditOutliner->GetLineCount(aSel.end.nPara);
+        sal_Int32 nParaLineCount = mpTextEditOutliner->GetLineCount(aSel.end.nPara);
         bool bBrk = false;
         while (!bBrk)
         {