appmenulibreoffice
I have installed LibreOffice 3.4.1.
On the website it say that it has global menu support. This doesn't work.
I have downloaded a newer version of the package lo-menubar which doesn't work either. I don't know if it is the newest version.
I've tried the LibreOffice v3.4.0 workaround but that also did not work.
Is it possible to get the Application menu working for LibreOffice 3.4?
If you install lo-menubar , then the HUD works with LibreOffice. It's the same mechanism.
It hasn't been used by default because it hasn't been stable enough. But whether or not it will be default by the time 12.04 is released, I don't know.
This is only a workaround - I will not mark it as solved, as I'm hoping for answers on how or at least when this could be fixed.
Workaround: while this will not bring the standard menubar (when global menus are enabled as indicated in the question), it will make Libreoffice usable by providing access to its menus in one of the user interfaces that become available if experimental features are enabled.
Global menus have to be disabled (as panel widget or as window button) in order to access Libreoffice menus of the standard interface.
Enable experimental features under Tools - Options - Advanced.
Then go to View - User interface and select of the UIs from the lower part of the list.
Each of them is different (somewhat similar to the different versions of msoffice), but they all provide access to the menus in various forms. For example, the "Tabbed compact" UI provides menus in tabs and shows a button to the right-upper corner to access among others the different UIs.
Best Answer
The extension mentioned in the other posts only works for x86_64!
So if you have a 32bit Ubuntu, as I do, that won't work for you.
I found a way to make it work, tough. Certainly, it's not the most elegant way, since I have no idea how to create a Libreoffice extension from source.
You can download the modified extension for 32bit here: lo-menubar.oxt Download it, open it, agree in Libreoffice to install it, restart Libreoffice.
I hope I didn't violate any licenses…
If you don't trust me or your just curious what I did, here is what I did:
Download the extension that was mentioned in the other answers: lo-menubar.oxt
Get the 32bit deb from the Ubuntu repositories. Open a terminal and enter:
If you didn't change the directory, a file called *lo-menubar_0.1.0-0ubuntu1_i386.deb* should be in your home folder.
Now open lo-menubar.oxt with the archive manager: Right click on the lo-menubar.oxt, open with archive manager (I hope it's called like that, I am using Ubuntu in German)
Now both files should be open, each in an archive manager window.
In lo-menubar.oxt:
Open the lo-menubar_0.1.0-0ubuntu1_i386.deb with the archive manager: Right click on lo-menubar_0.1.0-0ubuntu1_i386.deb, open with archive manager
Close everything and open the lo-menubar.oxt. Restart Libreoffice.