Have my .odt file open, which I had created by opening my MS Word + Mathtype file.

I do all my work in MS Word 2000 and Mathtype 6.2 (2007).

I am switching to Open Office only because MS Word files slow down tremendously as the size of my document grows.

 

So, all the math objects I had already created in MS Word and Design Science's Mathtype are already there.

But, I need to create new ones.

 

When I insert a new Formula object, I don't get a drop-down template with formulae. All OO does is insert a blank/empty object inline.

 

The ironic thing is, this is the 7th time I have downloaded, installed, run, given up on, and deleted OO from my harddrive.

I gave up on OO for other reasons. Now, I can't even get as far as those first 6 times.

The first 6 times, a drop-down template (like in Mathtype) DID come up. 

Why is it not doing it for me this 7th time.

 

I am using Windows XP Home Media Edition (from April 2004)