Do you still have this problem with the new version of OOo in the ppa at https://launchpad.net/~openoffice-pkgs/+archive ?
As far as I can tell this bug is fixed in OpenOffice.org 3.0.1 ** Changed in: openoffice.org (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- openoffice displays Blank Chinese characters in text box with vertical text direction https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/344822 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs