First of all open OpenOffice and go to Tools > Options. Now click the Memory category located in the left sidebar. Increase the graphics cache to 128MB for the Use for OpenOffice.org, Increase the Memory per object to 24MB, And uncheck Use a Java runtime environment. There is no magic number so you will have to experiment here and keep the setting that suits best. Enjoy! -- Regards, Tha.Suresh Kanchi Linux User Group Rocks !!!! http://kanchilug.wordpress.com My experiences with Linux are here, http://thasulinux.wordpress.com