I think it is specific to using Ion.  Ion forces all windows to
maximize, so you can't see the menu or other windows while one window is
on top.  Basically the underlying problem here is openoffice's use of
windows which somehow manage to evade the windows manager's control and
stay on top even when I try to cycle among windows and send that window
to the bottom.  I don't know the technical details of how this is
accomplished.  Obviously the best fix would be if the window manager
could give me back control and allow me to send all windows to the
bottom even without the cooperation of openoffice.org programmers.

The "splash screen" on openoffice.org startup is a good example of this,
and so is the "file recovery screen".  I just spent about an hour not
being able to use my Ubuntu computer because the openoffice.org "file
recovery screen" couldn't be moved aside or hidden by my window manager.

Anyway, I'm not using Ion now, I've switched to xmonad.

Hope this helps.  I'm not sure I'm giving you enough to go on...

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