Index: tika-parsers/src/test/java/org/apache/tika/parser/microsoft/WordParserTest.java
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--- tika-parsers/src/test/java/org/apache/tika/parser/microsoft/WordParserTest.java	(Revision 1639854)
+++ tika-parsers/src/test/java/org/apache/tika/parser/microsoft/WordParserTest.java	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -397,4 +397,9 @@
         assertContains("<p>1. Organisering av vakten:</p>", xml);
 
     }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testSpecialCharacters() throws Exception {
+	assertContains("Here are a few characters from the Symbol font: ∞ (infinity sign), … (three dots), • (bullet), ≥ (greater than equals), β (beta).", getXML("testWORD_specialcharacters.doc").xml);
+    }
 }