It shouldn't need 777 but probably something at some point in the past got set to the wrong permissions value and now it is showing up as a bug for you. If you don't have anything special set in your configuration deleting the ~/.openoffice.org* directory probably will fix the issue as well.
** Changed in: openoffice.org (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- Cursor keys dont work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/357873 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs