On Feb 11, 10:26 pm, JTF <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have always had luck in fixing Open Office by doing a complete
> removal then a reinstall. It would be nice to know what broke, but it
> is almost a guaranteed fix by uninstall/reinstall.
>
> Make sure you get the application from the repositories so any
> dependencies are taken care of...
>
> SYSTEM>ADMINISTRATION>SYNAPTIC PACKAGE MANAGER
>
> BTW: Uninstall/reinstall fixes itself in Windows as well as Linux.
>
> On Feb 11, 10:07 pm, jack <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I am new to Ubuntu and have just installed 8.10. I have installed the
> > Kubuntu desktop as well.
>
> > When I load Open Office word processing, all the menu items (File,
> > Insert, Edit, Tools etc) are missing as are the contents of the pull
> > down menus.
>
> > This problem also occurs in Kile (a LaTeX editor), K3b, Amarok and
> > Muse where the top menu items are OK but the pull down menus are
> > blank.
>
> > I believe I must be missing a library item somewhere (A piece of Qt
> > perhaps?) but I don't know how to check this. I would hate to
> > reinstall the whole system.
>
> > Another clue? I loaded the Xubuntu desktop and the menus all show up
> > correctly in this mode!
>
> > Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
>
> > Best,
> > Jack
Thanks for the suggestion of re-installing Open Office. I tried this
today but the problem persists. The fact that other packages are
affected suggests the problem is 'higher up' than a single
application. If I don't figure it out in the next few days I guess
I'll have to regenerate the entire Ubuntu.
Jack
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