4 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/editeng/source/editeng/editeng.cxx b/editeng/source/editeng/editeng.cxx
index bdb33166d00b..b2f0b6c0b4f1 100644
--- a/editeng/source/editeng/editeng.cxx
+++ b/editeng/source/editeng/editeng.cxx
@@ -1401,7 +1401,7 @@ bool EditEngine::HasText( const SvxSearchItem& rSearchItem )
     return getImpl().HasText(rSearchItem);
 }
 
-ScalingParameters EditEngine::getScalingParameters() const
+const ScalingParameters & EditEngine::getScalingParameters() const
 {
     return getImpl().getScalingParameters();
 }
diff --git a/editeng/source/editeng/impedit.hxx b/editeng/source/editeng/impedit.hxx
index 856a53b792fe..d4b7ce6109af 100644
--- a/editeng/source/editeng/impedit.hxx
+++ b/editeng/source/editeng/impedit.hxx
@@ -1273,7 +1273,7 @@ public:
 
     void setScalingParameters(ScalingParameters const& rScalingParameters);
 
-    ScalingParameters getScalingParameters()
+    const ScalingParameters & getScalingParameters()
     {
         return maScalingParameters;
     }
diff --git a/editeng/source/items/CustomPropertyField.cxx b/editeng/source/items/CustomPropertyField.cxx
index eaad4c4c4db8..463f128ea2f1 100644
--- a/editeng/source/items/CustomPropertyField.cxx
+++ b/editeng/source/items/CustomPropertyField.cxx
@@ -48,21 +48,21 @@ MetaAction* CustomPropertyField::createBeginComment() const
     return new MetaCommentAction("FIELD_SEQ_BEGIN"_ostr);
 }
 
-OUString CustomPropertyField::GetFormatted(uno::Reference<document::XDocumentProperties> const & xDocumentProperties)
+const OUString & CustomPropertyField::GetFormatted(uno::Reference<document::XDocumentProperties> const & xDocumentProperties)
 {
     if (msName.isEmpty())
-        return OUString();
+        return EMPTY_OUSTRING;
     if (!xDocumentProperties.is())
-        return OUString();
+        return EMPTY_OUSTRING;
     uno::Reference<beans::XPropertyContainer> xPropertyContainer = xDocumentProperties->getUserDefinedProperties();
     if (!xPropertyContainer.is())
-        return OUString();
+        return EMPTY_OUSTRING;
     uno::Reference<beans::XPropertySet> xPropertySet(xPropertyContainer, uno::UNO_QUERY);
     if (!xPropertySet.is())
-        return OUString();
+        return EMPTY_OUSTRING;
     uno::Any aAny = xPropertySet->getPropertyValue(msName);
     if (!aAny.has<OUString>())
-        return OUString();
+        return EMPTY_OUSTRING;
     msCurrentPresentation = aAny.get<OUString>();
     return msCurrentPresentation;
 }
diff --git a/editeng/source/outliner/outlin2.cxx b/editeng/source/outliner/outlin2.cxx
index ccd07199a60f..6c9aeda64a4c 100644
--- a/editeng/source/outliner/outlin2.cxx
+++ b/editeng/source/outliner/outlin2.cxx
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ void Outliner::QuickFormatDoc()
     pEditEngine->QuickFormatDoc();
 }
 
-ScalingParameters Outliner::getScalingParameters() const
+const ScalingParameters & Outliner::getScalingParameters() const
 {
     return pEditEngine->getScalingParameters();
 }