I have been looking for a solution for my issue where I cannot customize Libreoffice Calc's toolbar on one pc but I can on another. I do not know if it is a Libreoffice issue or a Zorin issue. I have looked on various Libreoffice forums but I cannot find a solution. I am hoping someone on the forum can offer suggestions. It is not critical, but more an annoyance.
The issue:
I would like to add "Paste unformatted text" (or any other command) button on the toolbar.
I go through the usual steps: Tools->Customize->Toolbars
Then select the Paste unformatted text and add it to the "Assigned Commands" panel.
Target is Standard, Scope is Libreoffice Calc.
The assigned command for the "Paste unformatted text" is selected or ticked.
For my:
Zorin 17.3 Pro (its own license) on AMD ryzen3 2200g x4, AMD Radeon vega8 graphics, ASRock motherboard
It works as it should and all is good.
For my:
Zorin 17.3 Pro (its own license) on MS Surface Pro3, i5 4300U 1.9GHz x4, Messa Intel HD graphics 4400 HSW GT2
It does not work, nothing takes. Not even deleting a button/command.
For both I have:
Libreoffice version 25.2.2.2 x86_64
Linux 6.8 cpu threads 4
UI render: default VCL: gtk3
Ubuntu package version 4.25.2.2-oubuntu0.22.04.1_lo3
calc: threaded
Zorin is updated to include the latest updates including all apps.
Both PCs are a mirror of the other except for the use of candy icons on the AMD and standard Zorin icons on the Surface Pro. Both have the Windows-like layout.
Just wondering by this have you made a post yourself about the issue? Just wanting to clarify, because I definitely would make a post just in the off chance that someone has run into this before (even though a forum post wasn't created possibly). I know I run into issues all the time and don't really make posts unless it's something earth-shatteringly bad.
That being said, have you tried purging libreoffice from the surface laptop? It could be that something somewhere along the lines has had a hiccup, and a simple purge and reinstall may fix it? That's just my first thing that I would try. I specifically say purge because you'd want to make sure as many files as possible are removed that reference the program, so that you get an actual fresh install when you go to install again.
Thanks for your suggestions. I have not posted about this other than right here.
I am hoping I dont have to uninstall and purge Libreoffice and reinstall. But I may have to resort to that. This one on the Surface Pro was a more recent install of Zorin - in the last month when I bit the bullet and abandoned Win10. So it's cleaner than the one on my AMD PC which I've had for a few years.
Definitely agree how annoying it can be, but sometimes just something happens to a configuration file somewhere and stuff like this can arise. Not saying that's 100% the case here, but it could be. Hopefully someone else can chime in if they've had a similar issue and maybe have a better idea of something to do to hopefully fix it.
I believe I have solved it. Now looking at my issue it seems so trivial to solve but I've never had to do something like this except for a browser where you delete the cache to clear any weird behaviour. Thanks @applecheeks37 for putting that seed of nuking it in my mind
LibreOffice has a user profile where your preferences, dictionary etc are stored in "user":
home/.config/libreoffice/4/user
If you delete the folder "user" or rename it to "user_old" then LibreOffice will recreate it on launch. This refreshes LibreOffice.
Note that the toolbar look might change, at least mine did, including the icons it uses for each command. But I was able to get back the ability to customize my toolbar. If you've done a lot of customization, then there will be some effort to rebuild it to how you want it.
Before discovering this solution, I did try using LibreOffice's toolbar reset button but that really messed up my toolbar. All buttons got compressed into one row. Luckily there was an undo to restore it.
