This problem has raised it's head again for me, I'm now seeing it on *two* xubuntu 9.10 installations with different video cards. It's been reported before:- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/490410 Has anyone else here seen this or is it a specific xubuntu 9.10 and Open Office 3.1.1 error? -- Chris Green