Just in case you are using OpenOffice.org (OOo) and are looking for ways to speed it up, here is a tip that makes it open very quickly.
Tools -> Options -> Memory
Under Graphics cache:
Use for OpenOffice.org increase to 64MB “Memory per object” increase to 8MB
then under Java -> Java Options
Unselect Use a Java runtime environment
Close OOo and reopen it. See, how fast she goes now?