diff -ur ooo_SRC680_m177_src.orig/vcl/aqua/source/window/salmenu.cxx ooo_SRC680_m177_src/vcl/aqua/source/window/salmenu.cxx
--- ooo_SRC680_m177_src.orig/vcl/aqua/source/window/salmenu.cxx	2006-07-20 21:55:28.000000000 +0200
+++ ooo_SRC680_m177_src/vcl/aqua/source/window/salmenu.cxx	2006-07-21 23:58:26.000000000 +0200
@@ -174,6 +174,11 @@
 
 void AquaSalMenu::CheckItem( unsigned nPos, BOOL bCheck )
 {
+  fprintf(stderr, "PJ: ############### CheckItem (%d, %d) #########\n", nPos, bCheck);
+
+  // FIXME: nPos+1 is not correct, we should find out the MenuItem
+  // with nPos and get its MenuItemIndex instead!
+  CheckMenuItem(this->myMenuRef, nPos+1, bCheck);
 }
 
 void AquaSalMenu::EnableItem( unsigned nPos, BOOL bEnable )
diff -ur ooo_SRC680_m177_src.orig/vcl/workben/svdem.cxx ooo_SRC680_m177_src/vcl/workben/svdem.cxx
--- ooo_SRC680_m177_src.orig/vcl/workben/svdem.cxx	2006-07-20 21:55:29.000000000 +0200
+++ ooo_SRC680_m177_src/vcl/workben/svdem.cxx	2006-07-22 00:03:29.000000000 +0200
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@
   aMainWin.aMenuBar.SetPopupMenu( 2, &aMainWin.aEditMenu );
   PJ_DEBUG("5");
   aMainWin.aFileMenu.InsertItem( 1, XubString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "Open" ) ));
+  aMainWin.aFileMenu.CheckItem( 1, TRUE);
   PJ_DEBUG("6");
   aMainWin.aFileMenu.InsertItem( 2, XubString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "Close" ) ));
   aMainWin.aFileMenu.EnableItem( 2, FALSE);