OK, I'll give it a try.
The big question though, how seamless is the integration between Word and Open Office Word?\
Nope, didn't connect it to the microphone port. That's pretty clearly labeled. There are two speaker outputs, I tried both, neither one worked. I didn't bother to get the Dell speakers out of the box to try them, though.
It's not that big of a deal, really, as I don't listen to much music through the computer. The subwoofer did make it nice when playing games, though, especially my flying games.