NoOp wrote:
On 07/15/2010 07:51 PM, Barbara Duprey wrote:
[email protected] wrote:
Thursday, July 15th, 2010
Hej Barbara,
Great news!! (see below)
I had uninstalled OOo from my system and decided to use Abiword
instead (I just need the writing part of OOo anyway). Abiword
didn't quite cut it, so today I decided to bite the bullet and
reinstall OOo and live with Ubuntu's hard-to-read color scheme.
Well...
I discovered that I could reinstall just the OOo Writer (which is
all I really need and want anyway) and... THE HARD-TO-READ MENU
COLOR SCHEME IS GONE!!! I now have nice black text on light blue
background menus! YAAAY!!
Please pass this on to the group. Maybe someone there has the same
problem.
Thanks for everything! - and for your taking the time to answer my
questions in detail!
Ted
I'm very glad you are OK now -- ordinarily we don't recommend trying
to get just part of OOo, but maybe you triggered a different path
that way that is not sensitive to whatever Ubuntu has set up. If you
get a good stable e-mail, you might want to consider subscribing to
the "users" list, it will make further questions about OOo much
easier to track. Good luck, and enjoy Writer!
I tested on a test machine w/Ubuntu 10.04 (same as Ted says he has):
1. Uninstalled (purged) all OOo (Ubuntu uses the go-oo/novell versions).
2. Installed OOo (Ubuntu) openoffice.org-writer... note that this also
pulls in and installs:
- openoffice.org-base-core
- openoffice.org-common
- openoffice.org-core
- openoffice.org-emailmerge
- openoffice.org-math
- openoffice.org-style-galaxy
- python-uno
Note that it doesn't require Calc, Base, or Draw to install.
3. I then opened OOo Writer. The default style is Galaxy - which what he
likes, but apparently is not included in the (U)OOo default install. And
yes, the menus are now as he described. However, he won't be able to use
any 'File|Wizards' etc., and his installation will not be considered in
launchpad (bug reporter for Ubuntu) without a standard/full install. I
*highly* recommend that he reinstall via:
$ sudo apt-get install openoffice.org openoffice.org-help-en-us
openoffice.org-gnome
He can install added theme/styles via:
$ sudo apt-get install openoffice.org-style-*
That will of course get him back to the issue of the dark menus if he is
using the default desktop Ambiance theme. He can change that by chaning
the overall desktop theme to something like 'Clearlooks', or customizing
the Ambiance theme. Or of course filing a bug at:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org
and here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/light-themes
Bottom line is that when Ted runs into a problem and asks for help, or
files a bug report on launchpad, nobody will come to his aid as he does
not have a complete/default/standard installation. It's better that he
file a bug, change desktop themes, or both.
Thanks for all the great info, I've forwarded this to him.
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