Happens to me too. Is remedied (at least for the moment, it seems) by
$ sudo apt-get remove --purge openoffice-gnome openoffice-gtk openoffice .org-kde and then $ sudo apt-get install openoffice.org-kde (credits to Torben Menke in the duplicate thread) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/484438 Title: Open Office file dialog hangs in Kubuntu -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
