In LibreOffice Writer I used Insert > Object > Formula, and went looking for an integral sign. I found the right group, but the scrolling was extremely slow, so I tried to drag the scrollbar using my laptop touchpad, but I must have missed the scrollbar. The next thing I saw was a blank window where the dialog should be. It can be expanded or compacted vertically, and remains empty. I closed the document I was working in, and didn’t save, hoping the problem would go away, but as I tried to create a formula in another document I had open, I found the same thing happening. I have no clue as to what happened, or how to get back to normal.
Hello,
Step 1: Check whether resetting your user profile will fix the problem
Test user profile causing issue:
- Start LibreOffice
- Start in Safe Mode using
Help -> Restart in Safe Modeand confirm the restart using button:Restart - Archive your profile expanding
Advanced(click on the word Advanced right aboveHelpbutton) and clickArchive User Profilebutton - Click button
Continue in Safe Mode - Test whether your problem is gone
If the problem doesn’t appear in Safe Mode any longer, resetting your user profile most probably will fix your problem permanently. Proceed to …
Step 2: Reset your user profile [perform, if Step 1 shows that the problem is gone]
To reset the user profile perform:
- Start LibreOffice
- Start in Safe Mode using
Help -> Restart in Safe Modeand confirm the restart using button:Restart - Archive your profile expanding
Advanced(click on the word Advanced right aboveHelpbutton) and clickArchive User Profilebutton - Select option
Reset to factory settings - Activate
[x] Reset entire user profile - Click button
Apply Changes and Restart
Hope that helps.
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Thank you Opaque, that did the trick. I would never have guessed it had anything to do with a user profile (or that one such existed).