This seems to have fixed the issue! The assisting technologies were enabled (probably by default). When I turned them off, I could instantly use the templates.
Thanks! Will this be fixed in further updates of openoffice or gnome? -- openoffice freezes when I try to install certain extension https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/367004 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