I did remove the libreofficewriter.desktop file from /home/myname/.local/share/applications and the problem was solved after starting writer again.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/918185 Title: Precise: No icon for Writer nor LibreOffice Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Precise Pangolin: when using KDE's quick launcher, I can add an icon for Calc or for Impress, but not for Writer or for the office suite in general. Everything happens as if their icons were transparent. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: libreoffice-common 1:3.5.0~beta2-2ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-9.16-genusername 3.2.1 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-9-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Jan 18 14:06:04 2012 InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100427) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=fr_FR PATH=(custom, user) LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 LC_MESSAGES=fr_FR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: libreoffice UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/918185/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp