Comment 3 for bug 1153350

I also noticed that in the menu icons and check signs (that shows whether an option is on or off) are not visible.

Can you check this and add it to your bug description ?

Workaround : uninstall package libreoffice-gtk. This will remove integration of libreoffice into the global menu.
If this solves also your problem, add Unity in the list of affected projects (button "Also affect project").

They are many other bugs with libreoffice 4 integration into Unity's global menu :
- no HUD (at least in Writer) bug #1045353
- mnemonics do not work (access to menu from keyboard) bug #739184
- broken menus after use or equation editor in Writer bug #1073266