Since updating to having updated to LibreOffice 3.5:build-403 Build ID: 350m1(Build:403) using yast on opensuse 12.1 the recent document list was missing when opening initially with spreadsheet. having located one of my files an opening it and adding data, once saved the one file appears in the missing documents list when reopened but non of the original files that should be there.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 46074 ***