I confirm the bug with LibreOffice 4.0.1.2 (from ppa:libreoffice) on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise 64 bits.
Steps to reproduce are even more simple than what is described. Steps to reproduce : 1 - open a new writer document 2 - write a bit of text and create a new ligne 3 - go to menu Insert > Objet > Formula 4 - Unselect the formula by two clics elsewhere on the text (no need to edit the formula) 5 - go to menu Insert : all menu lignes (or sub-menus) are grayed out except "Image" (this is normal behaviour if the formula was still selected) How to have the menu again : 1 - save the document 2 - close it 3 - reopen it (! once this did not work, I had to close and reopen the session) How to "solve" the problem : uninstall package libreoffice-gtk (and libreoffice-gnome ?), responsible for integrating libreoffice 4 into the global menu of Unity (libreoffice 4 does use package lo-menubar any more) This bug is related to THE INTEGRATION OF LIBREOFFICE INTO UNITY'S GLOBAL MENU -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1073266 Title: LibreOffice menus misbehave after using the Equation editor To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1073266/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs