Wow, that's odd... So what is it about the latest OOo that effects XaraLX? Not a huge surprise as I recall when I was trying to upgrade to the prior to last release of InkScape, a warning came up that ImageMagik would be removed...
So, I imagine the problem with the newer OOo is maybe to do with the graphics areas?

It gets difficult sometimes, when some apps are upgraded by it's devs, and others are not, and they begin to create conflict in the middle like this

BTW, thanks for the heads up Con