diff --git a/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/generator/FieldIterator.java b/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/generator/FieldIterator.java
index 80215e6c11..528b7de43a 100644
--- a/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/generator/FieldIterator.java
+++ b/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/generator/FieldIterator.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ package org.apache.poi.generator;
  */
 public class FieldIterator
 {
-    int offset;
+    protected int offset;
 
     public FieldIterator()
     {
diff --git a/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/generator/RecordUtil.java b/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/generator/RecordUtil.java
index 480dda981e..bd84eb3128 100644
--- a/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/generator/RecordUtil.java
+++ b/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/generator/RecordUtil.java
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public class RecordUtil
         return fieldName.toString();
     }
 
-    private static StringBuffer pad(StringBuffer fieldName, int padTo)
+    protected static StringBuffer pad(StringBuffer fieldName, int padTo)
     {
         for (int i = fieldName.length(); i < padTo; i++)
             fieldName.append(' ');