Users can change the user interface in four of the LibreOffice applications – Writer, Calc, Impress, and Draw – with just a few clicks. There are seven of them. The long-standing one is Standard Toolbar, which is the default user interface that these four applications launches with the first time they are opened.

Below are images of Writer in the different user interfaces. There are also instructions that show how to access other user interfaces from each user interface.

The instructions cover versions 7.2 and 6.4. Version 7.2 is the latest version, but Ubuntu and several other Linux distros come preinstalled with version 6.4. This is why the page has instructions for the older version.

Standard toolbar

Version 7.2

1. Click the View menu
2. Click the User Interfaces item. This launches the Select Your Preferred User Interface dialog.

Version 6.4

1. Click the View menu item.
2. Highlight the User interface sub-menu.
3. Click the desired user interface. The user interface will change immediately.

Tabbed

Version 7.2

1. At the top, right of the document window, click the three-bar icon. It is in the same row as the list of tabs.
2. Click the User Interface dialog in the list that appears. This launches the Select Your Preferred User Interface dialog.

Version 6.4

1. At the top, right of the document window, click the three-bar icon. It is in the same row as the list of tabs.
2. Highlight the User Interface sub-menu.
3. Click the desired user interface. The user interface will change immediately.

Single Toolbar

Version 7.2

1. Click the View menu
2. Click the User Interfaces item. This launches the Select Your Preferred User Interface dialog.

Version 6.4

1. Click the View menu item.
2. Highlight the User Interface sub-menu.
3. Click the desired user interface. The user interface will change immediately.

Sidebar

Version 7.2

1. Click the View menu
2. Click the User Interfaces item. This launches the Select Your Preferred User Interface dialog.

Version 6.4

1. Click the View menu item.
2. Highlight the User Interface sub-menu.
3. Click the desired user interface. The user interface will change immediately.

Tabbed Compact

Version 7.2

1. At the top, right of the document window, click the three-bar icon. It is in the same row as the list of tabs.
2. Click the User Interface dialog in the list that appears. This launches the Select Your Preferred User Interface dialog.

Version 6.4

1. At the top, right of the document window, click the three-bar icon. It is in the same row as the list of tabs.
2. Highlight the User Interface sub-menu.
3. Click the desired user interface. The user interface will change immediately.

Groupedbar Compact

Version 7.2

There are two ways of choosing a different user interface.

1. Click the View menu
2. Click the User Interfaces item. This launches the Select Your Preferred User Interface dialog.

1. Click the Menu drop-down that is on the right side of the document window.
2. Highlight the User Interface sub-menu
3. Select one of the user interfaces in the list. There are only five choices in the list.

Version 6.4

1. Click the View menu item.
2. Highlight the User Interface sub-menu.
3. Click the desired user interface. The user interface will change immediately.

1. Click the Menu drop-down that is on the right side of the document window.
2. Highlight the User Interface sub-menu
3. Select one of the user interfaces in the list.

Contextual Single

Version 7.2

1. Click the View menu
2. Click the User Interfaces item. This launches the Select Your Preferred User Interface dialog.

Version 6.4

1. Click the View menu item.
2. Highlight the User Interface sub-menu.
3. Click the desired user interface. The user interface will change immediately.