Hmm. This makes me feel sheepish. I rebooted and now I can't get OOo to crash again (using the same file) as before. I'll attach the strace anyway in case it's of any use.
** Attachment added: "Strace of document that is supposed to crash OOo." http://librarian.launchpad.net/5075651/strace-ooo-writer.log -- Open Office.org crashes when selecting a jpg image https://launchpad.net/bugs/71311 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs