diff --git a/src/main/java/w2phtml/pageSplitters/BasicSplitter.java b/src/main/java/w2phtml/pageSplitters/BasicSplitter.java
index b179a2e..c056a6e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/w2phtml/pageSplitters/BasicSplitter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/w2phtml/pageSplitters/BasicSplitter.java
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public class BasicSplitter {
 		return false;
 	}
 	
-	private static boolean isRootElement(Node node) {
+	protected static boolean isRootElement(Node node) {
 		Node parent = node.getParentNode();
 		if (parent.getNodeName().equals("office:text")) {
 			return true;