diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml
index 91090ca5ae..817bd818b7 100644
--- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
 
 		<!-- Don't forget to update status.xml too! -->
         <release version="3.0.3-beta1" date="2008-04-??">
+           <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">HSLF: Implemented more methods in PPGraphics2D</action>
+           <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">HSLF: Added Freeform shape which can contain both lines and Bezier curves</action>
+           <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">41071 - Improved text extraction in HSLF</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">30311 - Conditional Formatting - improved API, added HSSFSheetConditionalFormatting</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">Update the formula parser code to use a HSSFWorkbook, rather than the low level model.Workbook, to make things cleaner and make supporting XSSF formulas in future much easier</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">Fix the logger used by POIFSFileSystem, so that commons-logging isn't required when not used</action>
diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
index ea31578414..6fb6c35c03 100644
--- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
+++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
 	<!-- Don't forget to update changes.xml too! -->
     <changes>
         <release version="3.0.3-beta1" date="2008-04-??">
+           <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">HSLF: Implemented more methods in PPGraphics2D</action>
+           <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">HSLF: Added Freeform shape which can contain both lines and Bezier curves</action>
+           <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">41071 - Improved text extraction in HSLF</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">30311 - Conditional Formatting - improved API, added HSSFSheetConditionalFormatting</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">Update the formula parser code to use a HSSFWorkbook, rather than the low level model.Workbook, to make things cleaner and make supporting XSSF formulas in future much easier</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">Fix the logger used by POIFSFileSystem, so that commons-logging isn't required when not used</action>
diff --git a/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/data/41071.ppt b/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/data/41071.ppt
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..4a443025e2
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/data/41071.ppt differ
diff --git a/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/usermodel/TestBugs.java b/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/usermodel/TestBugs.java
index 19e7af6417..6947ff9cfd 100644
--- a/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/usermodel/TestBugs.java
+++ b/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/usermodel/TestBugs.java
@@ -360,4 +360,24 @@ public class TestBugs extends TestCase {
 
         assertTrue("No Exceptions while reading file", true);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Bug 41071: Will not extract text from Powerpoint TextBoxes
+     */
+    public void test41071() throws Exception {
+        FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream(new File(cwd, "41071.ppt"));
+        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(is);
+        is.close();
+
+        Slide slide = ppt.getSlides()[0];
+        Shape[] sh = slide.getShapes();
+        assertEquals(1, sh.length);
+        assertTrue(sh[0] instanceof TextShape);
+        TextShape tx = (TextShape)sh[0];
+        assertEquals("Fundera, planera och involvera.", tx.getTextRun().getText());
+
+        TextRun[] run = slide.getTextRuns();
+        assertEquals(1, run.length);
+        assertEquals("Fundera, planera och involvera.", run[0].getText());
+    }
 }