diff --git a/src/main/java/w2phtml/pageSplitters/BasicSplitter.java b/src/main/java/w2phtml/pageSplitters/BasicSplitter.java
index a2823b4..b179a2e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/w2phtml/pageSplitters/BasicSplitter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/w2phtml/pageSplitters/BasicSplitter.java
@@ -101,6 +101,14 @@ public class BasicSplitter {
 		return false;
 	}
 	
+	private static boolean isRootElement(Node node) {
+		Node parent = node.getParentNode();
+		if (parent.getNodeName().equals("office:text")) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+	
 	protected static void removeSPB(Node node) {
 		if (node.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
 			if (node.getNodeName().equals(TEXT_SOFT_PAGE_BREAK)) {