Lines on the XWindow Menu items instead of the words "File, Save, Save as...replaced by ________, ________,and _______" HELP

I am linking this question to bug 236256. You should look at the bug to see if the solution for that person solves your issue.

Chuck22,

If bug 236256 does not help you (try that FIRST please), then we can continue our search:

First, let us check Language-Support in your PC;
this can be done on this way:
<Application> button..., <System>...,
<Language Support>...
Look whether your preferred language does not have a MINUS; mark it ON and below choose <Apply>
If it was not complete, then the rest will be installed...
If it was complete already, then nothing will happen...
Now choose <OK>.

Secondly, let us RE-Install OpenOffice.Org; this can be done on this way:
<Application> button..., <System>...,
<Synaptic Manager>...
Click in the right side pane, with all program names, begin typing OpenOffic..
On the packages
   OpenOffice.Org,
   OpenOffice-Writer
   and your-langauge-part of OpenOffice.Org
right-click,
and choose: "Complete Re-Installation"
On top click on "Apply Changes"
OpenOffice.Org will be downloaded again
and new installed.

Few questions for you:

? If you start OpenOffice.Org-CALC, can you see anything there ? Is it a OOO-Writer problem only ?

? If you start MousePad, do you have the same problem ?

? Was the problem from the beginning, or did it appear after a while ?

? Start a new document in OOO-Writer, change the FONT to someting else, but familiar (e.g. Courier-10Pitch), change the size to 11 Pts;
start typing, what happens now ?
? Can you PRINT this what you typed; what comes on the paper ?

On you image, i see that even the menues have little dashes...
perhaps your fontsize in OOO is set to VERY SMALL... Try to look at this place (if you can read it...) in OOO, choose Extra, Options, View;
on the right pane you can set several options for displaying things; look what can be set larger or can be set to system-font.

Hopes with your information we can manage to cope this problem.

Chuck,

i looked around and saw this BUG in OpenOffice.Org on Ubuntu: http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/317129

Keep searching the LaunchPad-website (answers and bugs) to find a solution; i will keep searching too.

But at this moment i do not have a solution for you yet... I am sorry, but as a normal Xubuntu-user i would like to give you more joy on Ubuntu and OpenOffice.Org.

Give it a try to change the system-FONT, and reboot, so that X-windows restarts.

Please check which theme are you using from menu System → Preferences → Appearance [ Theme ] Tab

Then try to install the OpenOffice related style package for example

sudo apt-get install openoffice.org-style-crystal

Below the installable OpenOffice styles:

openoffice.org-style-andromeda - Default symbol style for OpenOffice.org
openoffice.org-style-crystal - Crystal symbol style for OpenOffice.org
openoffice.org-style-default -
openoffice.org-style-hicontrast - Hicontrast symbol style for OpenOffice.org
openoffice.org-style-human - Human symbol style for OpenOffice.org
openoffice.org-style-industrial - Industrial symbol style for OpenOffice.org
openoffice.org-style-tango - Tango symbol style for OpenOffice.org

To install all OpenOffice style:

Open a Terminal from the menu Applications → Accessories → Terminal and type:
(if the system ask you a password give your user password, you will not see nothing when you type it, then press enter)

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install openoffice.org-style-*

Hope this helps