Mine works as you described above but it fails when you do the following. Please verify this sequence for me to see if we have a bug or something wrong on my system.
1) Start LibreOffice 2) Menu File->New->Templates and Documents 3) My Documents Here I get the following error creating document /home/steve/Documents/Documents instead of /home/steve/Documents Attaching screenshot. ** Attachment added: "Screenshot from 2012-06-01 15:34:50.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1007189/+attachment/3171930/+files/Screenshot%20from%202012-06-01%2015%3A34%3A50.png ** Tags added: apport-collected precise ** Description changed: When clicking on File, New, Templates and Docments generates an error message that says error creating document /home/steve/Documents/Documents instead of /home/steve/Documents - I have deleted the config directory for libreoffice in - /home/.config/libreoffice and rebooted the machine and I still get the - same message. + I have deleted the config directory for libreoffice in /home/.config/libreoffice and rebooted the machine and I still get the same message. + --- + ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 + Architecture: i386 + DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 + EcryptfsInUse: Yes + InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423) + NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx + Package: libreoffice 1:3.5.3-0ubuntu1 + PackageArchitecture: i386 + ProcEnviron: + TERM=xterm + PATH=(custom, no user) + LANG=en_US.UTF-8 + SHELL=/bin/bash + ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.39-generic-pae 3.2.16 + Tags: precise + Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic-pae i686 + UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) + UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1007189 Title: LibreOffice error message creating new document from template Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: When clicking on File, New, Templates and Docments generates an error message that says error creating document /home/steve/Documents/Documents instead of /home/steve/Documents I have deleted the config directory for libreoffice in /home/.config/libreoffice and rebooted the machine and I still get the same message. --- ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423) NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx Package: libreoffice 1:3.5.3-0ubuntu1 PackageArchitecture: i386 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.39-generic-pae 3.2.16 Tags: precise Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic-pae i686 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1007189/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

