LibreOffice issues

Using Opensue 11.4 64 KDE

Have been having some problems with Libreoffice Writer crashing every time I try to save a file that contains any kind of multimedia (usually images) so I decided to completely remove the app and any trace of it and start again.

After complete removal I reinstalled from the Opensuse repo 3.3.1

The porblem I have now is that when I start typing in writer absolutely nothing happens. Wait approximately one minute and the text I typed appears.
Try to backspac to delete or type some more and the behaviour persists.

Have I missed installation of some package?

Please let me know what further info is required.
Thanks

hmmmm . . . removed upstream branding and added opensuse branding and so far so good.

Weird. I’ve noticed this lag on new installs, but I usually update right away from the libreoffice community repo and don’t see this anymore. Last time this happened was when I changed from OOo to LO in oS 11.3 64bits.

yeah - I still get the lag but now it is only after just launching the app. Lag is approx ten seconds and does not appear again after initial launch.
I have had this short lag present since installing 64bit opensuse - not sure how relevant that is though.