I had some further look into this and the problem seems to be inherited from Debian, the libreoffice versions in unstable and experimental both show the same behaviour as the Ubuntu version. I forwarded the bug to the Debian bugtracker: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi- bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=670350
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #670350 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=670350 ** Also affects: libreoffice (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=670350 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/986205 Title: libreoffice-writer needs libreoffice-base for form controls To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-libreoffice/+bug/986205/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs