Index: tika-parsers/src/main/java/org/apache/tika/parser/microsoft/WordExtractor.java
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--- tika-parsers/src/main/java/org/apache/tika/parser/microsoft/WordExtractor.java	(revision 1164139)
+++ tika-parsers/src/main/java/org/apache/tika/parser/microsoft/WordExtractor.java	(working copy)
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
     private void handleCharacterRun(CharacterRun cr, boolean skipStyling, XHTMLContentHandler xhtml) 
           throws SAXException {
        // Skip trailing newlines
-       if(cr.text().equals("\r"))
+       if(!isRendered(cr) || cr.text().equals("\r"))
           return;
        
        if(!skipStyling) {
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@
 
     private void handlePictureCharacterRun(CharacterRun cr, Picture picture, PicturesSource pictures, XHTMLContentHandler xhtml) 
           throws SAXException, IOException, TikaException {
-       if(picture == null) {
+       if(!isRendered(cr) || picture == null) {
           // Oh dear, we've run out...
           // Probably caused by multiple \u0008 images referencing
           //  the same real image
@@ -471,6 +471,17 @@
     }
     
     /**
+     * Determines if character run should be included in the extraction.
+     * 
+     * @param cr character run.
+     * @return true if character run should be included in extraction.
+     */
+    private boolean isRendered(final CharacterRun cr) {
+ 	   return cr == null || !cr.isMarkedDeleted();
+    }
+    
+    
+    /**
      * Provides access to the pictures both by offset, iteration
      *  over the un-claimed, and peeking forward
      */