diff --git a/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/usermodel/TestRangeSymbols.java b/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/usermodel/TestRangeSymbols.java
index 449bdffc29..49902b77cd 100644
--- a/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/usermodel/TestRangeSymbols.java
+++ b/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/usermodel/TestRangeSymbols.java
@@ -19,16 +19,18 @@ package org.apache.poi.hwpf.usermodel;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-import junit.framework.TestCase;
-
 import org.apache.poi.hwpf.HWPFDocument;
 import org.apache.poi.hwpf.HWPFTestDataSamples;
+import org.apache.poi.hwpf.model.Ffn;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 /**
  * API for processing of symbols, see Bugzilla 49908
  */
-public final class TestRangeSymbols extends TestCase {
-
+public final class TestRangeSymbols {
+    @Test
     public void test() throws IOException {
         HWPFDocument doc = HWPFTestDataSamples.openSampleFile("Bug49908.doc");
 
@@ -36,13 +38,93 @@ public final class TestRangeSymbols extends TestCase {
 
         assertTrue(range.numCharacterRuns() >= 2);
         CharacterRun chr = range.getCharacterRun(0);
-        assertEquals(false, chr.isSymbol());
+        assertFalse(chr.isSymbol());
 
         chr = range.getCharacterRun(1);
-        assertEquals(true, chr.isSymbol());
+        assertTrue(chr.isSymbol());
         assertEquals("\u0028", chr.text());
-        assertEquals("Wingdings", chr.getSymbolFont().getMainFontName());
+        Ffn symbolFont = chr.getSymbolFont();
+        assertNotNull(symbolFont);
+        assertEquals("Wingdings", symbolFont.getMainFontName());
         assertEquals(0xf028, chr.getSymbolCharacter());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void test61586() throws IOException {
+        HWPFDocument document = HWPFTestDataSamples.openSampleFile("61586.doc");
+        assertEquals("\r" +
+                "\r" +
+                "TEST( \r" +
+                "111 (g.h/mL (AUC) and 15 (g/mL (Cmax).  \r" +
+                "TEST( \r" +
+                "Greek mu(\r" +
+                "(\r\r", document.getText().toString());
+
+        Range range = document.getRange();
+
+        assertEquals(26, range.numCharacterRuns());
+
+        // newline
+        CharacterRun chr = range.getCharacterRun(0);
+        assertFalse(chr.isSymbol());
+        assertEquals("\r", chr.text());
+
+        // "TEST"
+        chr = range.getCharacterRun(2);
+        assertFalse(chr.isSymbol());
+        assertEquals("TEST", chr.text());
+
+        // "registered" symbol
+        chr = range.getCharacterRun(3);
+        assertTrue(chr.isSymbol());
+        assertEquals("\u0028", chr.text());
+        Ffn symbolFont = chr.getSymbolFont();
+        assertNotNull(symbolFont);
+        assertEquals("Symbol", symbolFont.getMainFontName());
+        assertEquals(0xf0e2, chr.getSymbolCharacter());
+        assertEquals("(", chr.text());
+
+        // Greek "mu" symbol
+        chr = range.getCharacterRun(8);
+        assertTrue(chr.isSymbol());
+        assertEquals("\u0028", chr.text());
+        symbolFont = chr.getSymbolFont();
+        assertNotNull(symbolFont);
+        assertEquals("Symbol", symbolFont.getMainFontName());
+        assertEquals(0xf06d, chr.getSymbolCharacter());
+
+        // Greek "mu" symbol
+        chr = range.getCharacterRun(12);
+        assertTrue(chr.isSymbol());
+        assertEquals("\u0028", chr.text());
+        symbolFont = chr.getSymbolFont();
+        assertNotNull(symbolFont);
+        assertEquals("Symbol", symbolFont.getMainFontName());
+        assertEquals(0xf06d, chr.getSymbolCharacter());
+
+        // "registered" symbol
+        chr = range.getCharacterRun(17);
+        assertTrue(chr.isSymbol());
+        assertEquals("\u0028", chr.text());
+        symbolFont = chr.getSymbolFont();
+        assertNotNull(symbolFont);
+        assertEquals("Symbol", symbolFont.getMainFontName());
+        assertEquals(0xf0e2, chr.getSymbolCharacter());
+
+        // Greek "mu" symbol
+        chr = range.getCharacterRun(21);
+        assertTrue(chr.isSymbol());
+        assertEquals("\u0028", chr.text());
+        symbolFont = chr.getSymbolFont();
+        assertNotNull(symbolFont);
+        assertEquals("Symbol", symbolFont.getMainFontName());
+        assertEquals(0xf06d, chr.getSymbolCharacter());
+
+        // normal bracket, not a symbol
+        chr = range.getCharacterRun(23);
+        assertFalse(chr.isSymbol());
+        assertEquals("\u0028", chr.text());
+
+        document.close();
+    }
 }
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