Staroffice

Hi, I know I've seen several mails about staroffice, but I wasn't interested at the time. Now, after managed to install SuSE and Staroffice, I have some reflections. The fonts in Staroffice are terrible. The characters are floating in into each other. The pointer is far in the middle of the last word. Anybody experienced this, and perhaps have a solution? And is it a must to registrate the staroffice - I've installed it from the SuSE 8.0 pro CD. Or will it cease to work after some time if I don't registerate it? Thanks in advance, Thomas