Hi :) Crashes often seem to be due to a wrong version of java but i can't imagine java being called for that sort of thing. Mac users especially should make sure they have the ultra-latest version. It is possible for most people to get the pre-release version of java 1.7u4 but i think it's tricky for Mac users. Pre-release means less malware but not necessarily completely malware free in java these days.
1. Java is a bit of a nightmare and best avoided if possible and it mostly is avoidable in LO. Tools - Options - Java and then uncheck the box to make sure LO doesn't use java. If it does need it for soemthing you are doing (perhaps an Extension/Add-on or maybe a wizard or Base might need it) then it generally just grumbles and lets you install or re-tick the box in order to carry on. I don't think people have lost any data but it might be best to back-up files (perhaps just do a quick copy of the file) until you feel comfortable. 2. Could you rename your UserProfile to see if that stops the problem from happening? Renaming the UserProfile removes any Extensions/Add-ons that might be lingering from previous installs or picked-up from a version of OpenOffice.org or maybe one of the other forks such as IBM's Lotus Symphony, that may have been on your machine at some point in the past. It also sets all the settings "back to factory defaults" (which may be different from the settings just after a fresh install). This is the fastest and easiest "quick fix" for most problems. 3. Please let us know which verion of LibreOffice and which platform (ie just Windows or not is usually enough but if you can be a bit more specific that helps). Click on the Help menu in LO and choose "About" to find the version of LO if you don't already know. 4. Install the official TDF version of LibreOffice directly from the official LibreOffice website http://www.libreoffice.org/download/ preferaby use the sentence at the top ("Change sytem, version or language) to get the more stable 3.4.6 and then come back to the 3.5.3 if you can first at least get the more stable version working. The 3.5.3 has tons of extra features but does sometimes run into problems. 5. Reporting possible bugs to forums and mailing lists is a good idea just to check if it really is a bug or "just something a bit wonky" but fixable. However you might want to file a proper bug-report in which case these 2 links both get the same end-result https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/bug/ http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport But these are really for the "upstream" version directly from the official LibreOffice website and you might want to post against a specific version of Gnu&Linux, such as Ubuntu's bug-tracker system in Launchpad https://bugs.launchpad.net/ Regards from Tom :) --- On Thu, 3/5/12, Dan Lewis <elderdanle...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Dan Lewis <elderdanle...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Inserting comment causes Impress to close without warning To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Thursday, 3 May, 2012, 13:00 On Thu, 2012-05-03 at 04:20 -0700, chimak111 wrote: > LibreOffice 3.5.2.2 Build ID: 350m1(Build: 202) on Ubuntu 12.04. As soon as > one clicks Insert, Comment, Impress closes without any visible error. > Instead of using the mouse, even the keyboard combination of control+Alt+C > is enough to cause the problem. > Reported here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=11899154&postcount=261 > and some subsequent posts > > -- > View this message in context: > http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Inserting-comment-causes-Impress-to-close-without-warning-tp3958875.html > Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > I read what you linked. Computers are complex things: a combination of hardwares and software. Even LO is not to be excluded in this. There are a variety of builds for 32 bit and 64 bit. Then the differences for a variety of OS's. All of these are available at the LO website. Then there are the repositories for each of the OS's. Yes, there are plenty of places for bugs to appear. In the past, some people relying on their OS's repository for their OOo and reporting problems that others could not verify using the version coming from the OOo website. At least some of them solved their problem by replacing OOo using the OOo website version. So, this is a possibility in your case as well. (The LO website version might work better on your computer.) Or, 12.04 might not be quite ready for prime time. (Recently I upgraded a MacBook from Ubuntu 11.10 to 12.04. Now when I log out of a standard user to one with administrative privileges, I get a continuing stream of error messages involving settings. Perhaps this might be caused by not doing a clean install. It seems that we all have our problems.) --Dan -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted