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[Eric TF Bat <bat@xxxxxxxxx>]

Confirming that the workaround from comment #52 works, making the
Alt+key shortcuts ("mnemonics", if you must abuse the English language)
work happily in Unity in Ubuntu 13.04.

To recap and update slightly, do this:

1. Completely remove LibreOffice: sudo apt-get purge libreoffice*
2. Go to www.libreoffice.org and download the correct .deb.tar.gz for your OS, either 32 or 64 bit.
3. Unzip the file.
4. Change to the DEBS directory in the unzipped archive: cd [name of newly-created directory]/DEBS
5. Install every one of the sebs as superuser: sudo dpkg -i *.deb

To test, at the prompt type libreoffice and press Tab.  As of 10
November 2013, the above process installs a program called
libreoffice4.1, but presumably the name will change with the version.

I can report that:
- unlike the standard LO, this one responds when you press Alt+F, Alt+E and so on;
- it also handles the defined shortcuts as expected, for example Ctrl+D is fill down (which it isn't in OpenOffice, unless you change it - I hated that!);
- unlike standard LO with the libreoffice-gtk package removed, this does allow the window to work properly (eg maximise, minimise, etc) and uses the proper Open dialog box and so on;
- unlike OpenOffice, this doesn't have the irritating display bug where every item you select from a dropdown or type in an edit field remains and the fields get steadily darker as they're used because, apparently, the function to clear the rectangle before updating it is broken -- this may be an NVIDIA issue, but it's irritating nonetheless and I'm glad it's gone.
- the menus aren't integrated with the Macintosh-like top bar of Unity, which I don't care about but YMMV.

Only downside appears to be the icons for the software, which look like
a standard Windows 3.1-era "text file" icon.  Meh, I can live with a
little ugliness.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/739184

Title:
  [Libreoffice] Mnemonics do not work in Unity

Status in LibreOffice Productivity Suite:
  Won't Fix
Status in “indicator-appmenu” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete
Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  When lo-menubar is installed and LibreOffice is open with a document,
  the keyboard shortcuts to access menus like Alt + F for file etc do
  not work. Menu keyboard shortcuts are working for other apps via
  indicator-menu.

  WORKAROUND: Disable the global menu by removing the package
  "libreoffice-gtk".

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