Problem installing LibreOffice; please help!

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Published on 2011-01-13T16:28:13Z Indexed on 2011/01/13 16:59 UTC
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I followed the instructions for installing LibreOffice found here, which are basically the same instructions found all over askubuntu and the web in general.

I followed the instructions (including removing OO first) for gnome; all that is in my Applications menu now is LibreOffice (OO used to have OpenOffice Spreadsheet, OpenOffice Presentation, etc.) When I open LibreOffice, I get the splash screen/menu, but all of the choices for creating new docs are greyed out.

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It also will not open any office/type files (no errors; they just don't open.) The terminal commands indicated that installation was successful, but obviously something is missing. I'm guessing I can just reinstall OO from the software center, but I'd really like to give LibreOffice a try, given the lack of ongoing development on OO. Can anyone help me out?

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