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The menus in LibreOffice 4.1 have stopped working properly. They still drop down when I hover over them, yet only a few of the options are available - none of them that I need, such as formatting options.

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  • Can you share a screenshot?
    – Seth
    Jan 31, 2014 at 20:32
  • I'm not smart enough to do that, Seth. PrtSc is the only way I know to capture a screenshot. To show that all the menu options are grayed-out (unavailable), I must hover the cursor over them, but when I hit PrtSc it removes the drop down menus from the screen.
    – user242256
    Jan 31, 2014 at 20:39
  • you can take a screenshot with the program Kazam : it can wait a few seconds then take a screenshot, it's useful for this kind of screenshot, because then you have the time to reclick on the menu. To install it, open a terminal and type sudo apt-get install kazam, or search for Kazam in the Ubuntu Software Center.
    – MrVaykadji
    Jan 31, 2014 at 20:42
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    @user242256 There is a program pre-installed called "Screenshot", try using that with a delay.
    – Seth
    Jan 31, 2014 at 20:57
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    Seth is right. You can enter the command : gnome-screenshot --delay=seconds (replace seconds by a number), I wasn't aware of that !
    – MrVaykadji
    Jan 31, 2014 at 21:01

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1) You can try to reinstall LibreOffice :

sudo apt-get install --reinstall libreoffice

2) You can try to uninstall completely LibreOffice, then reinstall it :

sudo apt-get remove --purge libreoffice*
sudo apt-get install libreoffice

3) You can try to install a newer version of libreoffice :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libreoffice
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  • I tried all three with reboot and the problem remains. I've only had Ubuntu for a few days, and I'm not the most knowledgeable person with computers, so it's possible I've just jacked something up without realizing it.
    – user242256
    Jan 31, 2014 at 20:57
  • Normally (and especially if you have tried all 3 options), these commands would correct all your problems related to LibreOffice. In my opinion, your problem comes from another thing than LibreOffice...
    – MrVaykadji
    Jan 31, 2014 at 20:59
  • That's what I was afraid of.
    – user242256
    Jan 31, 2014 at 21:03

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