Thank you for the suggestions. I tried as suggested: In Windows 7:
o Close LibreOffice (not just the current document).
o If it is running, close the Quickstarter. To do this, find its icon
in the System Tray (bottom right of the display screen), right-click
it, and select Exit or Quit or whatever.
Musical Neptunian wrote
> ...
> So I opened up Libreoffice writer in Safe Mode. Then I dragged my docx
> file
> into it. Then it opens in Libreoffice and allows me to change textboxes. I
> am not sure though if this is a good outcome. Because the format is
> slightly different; the page reads strai