There were no .plist files associated with Open Office, and I am running the latest version, I deleted the one I had and downloaded the latest version from their official site. Perhps I'll give NeoOffice a try. Is it stable? I read in their website that if you need something really stable you should stick to microsoft office...?!
Thanks for the help! I am new to mac, and this forum is pretty cool. Lots if useful tips.