I can confirm this problem. If the button is in the normal tab, it opens up palette which allows to choose a color. Wenn it is collapsed in the menu, it does not open the palette, but only takes of the background in the line of the cursor.
OpenOffice Version 2.2.0-1ubuntu3
I can confirm this problem. If the button is in the normal tab, it opens up palette which allows to choose a color. Wenn it is collapsed in the menu, it does not open the palette, but only takes of the background in the line of the cursor.
OpenOffice Version 2.2.0-1ubuntu3