Openoffice crashes in some format menu options

[Elizabeth M Smith]

I'm running Ubuntu 7.10 in a dual-boot system on a separate harddrive from XP. I installed it from the DVD, and have done the updates from the little orange button.

OpenOffice.org 2.3.0 crashes when I try to use the Format menu options. I've only looked at Format>Paragraph and Format>Character, but it could exist for other menu options as well. I have recreated this bug several times, once on a school report and ten more times trying to figure out what went wrong.

on the "About Openoffice.org" window, the last, technical-looking line reads: openoffice.org-core 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5, if that helps any.

I don't know if this would affect it at all, but I did install Japanese language support, and use the Anthy character input, but it wasn't even turned on when I've done this.

[Koen (koen-beek)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at [WWW] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage . I have classified this bug as a bug in openoffice.org.

[Koen (koen-beek)]

Hi Elizabeth,

  could you specify what version of ubuntu (type uname -a in a terminal) you are using ?

  there is a common bug #131526 that causes crashes when using certain gnome desktop themes with openoffice 2.3.0
  can you confirm that the problem occurs even when you are using the Human desktop theme ? (System->Preferences->Appearance)

  thanks,

      Koen

[Elizabeth M Smith (smoresqueen)]

The version:
Linux ubuntiz 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

Ah--and upon checking, it does not occur when using the Human desktop theme. I had been using Crux, if it's important.

[Koen (koen-beek)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 131526, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.