THe preferences dialogue appears to open fine at first glance. Upon opening the preferences dialogue, 
Voiceover speaks the words, " options, OpenOffice.org, "user data, OpenOffice.org, empty table". 
However, when attempting to navigate this dialogue with the tab key or by using control-option-left 
arrow or control-option-right arrow, OO will crash. I cannot move around the screen at all. In some 
instances, moving around will result in Voiceover speaking the word busy. It will keep saying this if I try 
to move around, and about ten seconds later, OO will present me with the crash reporter. In some 
instances, the crash is almost instantaneous. Attempting to navigate the preferences dialogue will 
present me with the crash reporter right away. I can find no rhyme or reason for what process will resort 
in a delayed crash vs. an instantaneous one.

I have been opening the preferences dialogue in one of two ways: a. Hitting command-comma. THis 
automatically causes the preferences dialogue to come up in any mac application. b. 1. WHile in OO, I 
press control-option-m. THis brings me to the menubar. 2. I press right-arrow. THis brings me to the 
OpenOffice.org portion of the menubar. 3. I press downarrow three times. THis brings me to the 
preferences option in the OpenOffice.org menu. 4. I press control-option-space to select the 
preferences option.