Open Office - can't enter text into Writer, can't see help

[Matthew Flaschen]

Chris G wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 11:54:46AM -0500, Matthew Flaschen wrote:
>> Chris G wrote:
>>> On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 11:28:04AM -0500, Matthew Flaschen wrote:
>>>> Chris G wrote:
>>>>> I'm trying to enter text into a new document! :-)
>>>> Okay, if I understand where you are, click Text Document (should be
>>>> top), then click Open.  Screenshot at
>>>> http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~mflaschen3/Screenshots/OpenOffice%202.4%20Templates%20and%20Documents.png
>>>>
>>> Ah! There's the problem then, Open is greyed out so I *can't* open a document.
>> Can you send a screenshot?  Are you sure you have selected Text Document
>> on the left?
>>
> See http://www.isbd.net/images/oo2.png

Okay, your install is seriously messed up (but not because you use
KDE...).  To start with, close OOo, then run:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install --reinstall
openoffice.org-writer openoffice.org

Matt Flaschen