This appears to be fixed in OpenOffice 2.2 with Feisty and the Dapper backport currently in the works. Marking Fix Committed.
** Changed in: openoffice.org (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Committed -- 'find' wrap-around prompt is invisible in full-screen mode https://launchpad.net/bugs/86641 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs