LibreOffice 5 : 2 x Different Toolbar Icon Sets - Same Config - Ubuntu 16.04 Gnome Flashback

Question

ISSUE

I get 2 different LibreOffice Toolbar Icon Sets on 2 laptops with basically the same Ubuntu 16.04 installation:

UI 1 - Slick & fresh

UI 2 - Chunky & dated

INSTALL

Both laptops installed from scratch:

• Install from Live CD
• Wiped partition tables
• Ubuntu boot only
• Ubuntu 16.04
• Gnome Flashback
• LibreOffice 5

Both built in the last 10 days:

• Same install CD
• Same install process
• Same config process

When I first fired up LibreOffice Calc, I thought that the interface looked a bit "not so great".

After:

• running a sudo apt-get update
• adding a couple of unrelated other packages
• on my next load of calc things looked slicker

I'd love to replicate the slick look on my second machine ... but I am having a WTF moment, searching around in circles, and getting nowhere.

QUESTION

What is causing the difference ?

How do I get the second install looking great ?

Would be most grateful for any advice.

Answer 1

A big thank you to danielnl on #libreoffice for online assistance.

I have posted his helful advice here to close my own question

Here is the (somewhat trivial) solution:

There are user preference choices available for Icon size and style

[ Tools ]
-> [ Options ]
-> [ View ]
-> [ User Interface ]
-> [ Icon size and style ]

-> [ selectionbox#2 ]

• Automatic (Galaxy)

  • shows my reference above to UI 2 - Chunky & dated

• Breeze

  • shows my reference above to UI 1 - Slick & fresh

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Here is a pretty useful help page with screenshots for installing and setting more Icon Sets:

http://www.debugpoint.com/2016/08/quick-tip-change-the-default-libreoffice-look-and-feel/

That gives quite a few options, but I like the slick minimal Breezy.