Comment 20 for bug 151093

And it is very easy to revert packages you just need to do something like the following in a terminal:

Remove the line for the repository of the newer debs from /etc/apt/sources.lists

apt-get update - (this updates the Packages file which contains what packages you can install)
apt-get clean - (this clears out the cache of downloaded packages so it won't try to install the newer debs again)

Then remove the newer debs:

dpkg -l | grep (exact openoffice.org revision number) | cut -f 3 -d " " | xargs dpkg --purge --force-depends

Then install the old debs:

apt-get install openoffice.org

Of course if this is in a business environment then it may not be possible to do this due to company regulations, but it is very simple to update to a newer set of debs and then go back to the old ones in general. Perhaps in the past someone gave you bad advice on how to accomplish the above task.

Chris