Releases/24.8.1/RC1

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    Installation

    Windows

    • LibreOffice 24.8 will require Windows 7 or newer

    New Features

    An in-progress list of features for this version is available here.

    Reported Bugs

    A list of annoying bugs still contained in this version is available from Bugzilla. On the other hand, the list of annoying bugs fixed in this version is available from Bugzilla. the full list of reported bugs is here.

    Collaborators

    The full list of people who have collaborated in this release is here.

    List of fixed bugs

    Bugs fixed compared to 24.8.0 RC3:

    1. ofz#70966 integer-overflow [Caolán McNamara]
    2. tdf#122718 Sidebar Functions panel misses search like Function Wizard [Eike Rathke]
    3. tdf#123527 Insert / special Character not correctly rebuilding font chart to match selected font and search string [Mike Kaganski]
    4. tdf#130857 Qt5 implement theming using native widgets (weld) [Michael Weghorn]
    5. tdf#132064 "With" statement likely evaluates its argument on each unqualified member access [Mike Kaganski]
    6. tdf#134902 FILEOPEN: DOCX: Watermark-Visibility (VML shape visibility in style) not handled correctly [Oliver Specht]
    7. tdf#140061 Crash swlo!sw::WriterMultiListener::StartListening [Patrick Luby]
    8. tdf#140289 PDF/UA export has no/incorrect tab order [Michael Stahl]
    9. tdf#141398 Single reference search result should be highlighted (see comment 5 item 2) [Caolán McNamara]
    10. tdf#141466 Asian phonetic guide for Japanese does not work properly if I change the default "base text". [Jonathan Clark]
    11. tdf#145847 Unreasonable default relative width 1% in Table Properties in case of point units (steps in comment 10) [Caolán McNamara]
    12. tdf#148367 EDITING MS Access through 64-bit ODBC doesn't work and returns an Invalid Bookmark error [Mike Kaganski]
    13. tdf#150458 Incorrect calculation of the boundaries of the For loop (Option VbaSupport 1) [Mike Kaganski]
    14. tdf#152919 LO Writer: user input fields not updating automatically [Bjoern Michaelsen]
    15. tdf#153343 Forms: Real font size of text in label field is 8pt, although default font size in control properties is different [Michael Weghorn]
    16. tdf#153866 .uno:IndexMarkToIndex not working [Bjoern Michaelsen]
    17. tdf#154612 Function CDate missing in overview "Converting Date Values" [Pierre F]
    18. tdf#154959 Brother QL500 / QL570 / QL700 label printers no longer rotate to landscape (Arch / Manjaro) [Caolán McNamara]
    19. tdf#155636 Forms: Background of form controls isn't shown while creating a form. [Michael Weghorn]
    20. tdf#155637 Forms: Form controls for multi line text aren't shown with background when input data (Linux-KDE). [Michael Weghorn]
    21. tdf#156211 Glitch in the kashida for justified Arabic/Persian text with double quotes [Jonathan Clark]
    22. tdf#156962 UI: multline textfield (Form > Text Box) not refreshing? (kf5/qt5 with Cairo) [Michael Weghorn]
    23. tdf#158504 "Default Page Style" does not appear as an applied style [Bjoern Michaelsen]
    24. tdf#158510 FILEOPEN PPT/PPTX If audio file has absolute path in relationships and is not found, it should be searched from the location where the file is opened [Xisco Fauli]
    25. tdf#159146 Trouble redrawing background for comment column after changing width [Rafael Lima]
    26. tdf#160077 FILEOPEN DOCX: image layoutInCell must vertical offset relative to the cell print area, not the page (comment 5) [Justin Luth]
    27. tdf#160163 Text field should reset placeholder if all content is deleted [Juergen Funk]
    28. tdf#160459 Embedded formula's contents partly hidden by grey frame when in edit mode [Caolán McNamara]
    29. tdf#160509 Modal Window on FILEOPEN for Read-Only (e.g. out of an eMail) SECOND file is hidden behind (Needs Apple Mail!) [Caolán McNamara]
    30. tdf#160786 Wrong alignment indentation in currency formatted cells in Calc [Jonathan Clark]
    31. tdf#160843 Page numbers do not reset [Bjoern Michaelsen]
    32. tdf#161139 FILEOPEN DOCX SaxException when opening specific file [Justin Luth]
    33. tdf#161189 EDITING: Comment (aka "Note") on target cell is not replaced (deleted) when source cell has no comment [Andreas Heinisch]
    34. tdf#161264 FILEOPEN RTF Paragraph with checkbox and mail merge field are not visible [Oliver Specht]
    35. tdf#162065 can't clone "format" of a shape anymore [Oliver Specht]
    36. tdf#162075 size of text box in header [Miklos Vajna]
    37. tdf#162109 Unexpected, wrong hanging punctuation/letter with JustifyLinesWithShrinking [László Németh]
    38. tdf#162121 24.2.5 Writer: long text in alphabetical index entry flows through margin, does not wrap to next line [Michael Stahl]
    39. tdf#162194 Hyphenation shows right position for hyphenation, but executes it at wrong position on canvas in Writer [Jonathan Clark]
    40. tdf#162205 RTL and LTR text rendered at vastly offset baselines in vertical-lr writing mode [Jonathan Clark]
    41. tdf#162211 FILEOPEN DOCX: LayoutInCell still needed for proper round-tripping results [Justin Luth]
    42. tdf#162219 Unable to insert decimal values in Base into a decimal column in SQL Server [Mike Kaganski]
    43. tdf#162278 [25.2] Validation drop-down list appears away from the cell [Caolán McNamara]
    44. tdf#162279 Base Forms: Warning for deleting records will show many useless and irritating informations [Julien Nabet]
    45. tdf#162282 ReqIF export modifies exported embedded EMF images [Mike Kaganski]
    46. tdf#162295 FILEOPEN DOCX: slow handling with many shapes and sections with headers/footers [Miklos Vajna]
    47. tdf#162297 KDE desktop has issue with long extended tips, text line does not fold [Rafael Lima]
    48. tdf#162314 LibreOffice Writer hangs in a document with mixed RTL and LTR text in paragraphs [Jonathan Clark]
    49. tdf#162339 MySQL/MariaDB direct connection: Table with spaces in table name couldn't be deleted by GUI [Julien Nabet]
    50. tdf#162340 Firebird: Content of subform, linked by a decimal value, isn't shown any more [Mike Kaganski]
    51. tdf#162345 Undoing deletion of text in a column results in freeze (Windows-only) [Mike Kaganski]
    52. tdf#162351 Firebird: Changing primary key to autovalue leads to crash of whole LO (KDE only) [Michael Weghorn]
    53. tdf#162358 Font fallback for Fat7a diacritic fails in track changes, succeeds otherwise [Jonathan Clark]
    54. tdf#162370 Saving a particular document with too many styles to DOCX crashes [Mike Kaganski]
    55. tdf#162398 Crash when copy-pasting HTML content from Writer in attached document [Mike Kaganski]
    56. tdf#162426 Assertion is failed saving a specific document to HTML [Mike Kaganski]
    57. tdf#162439 EXACT doesn't work with numbers in array context [Mike Kaganski]
    58. tdf#162466 Pivot table in XLSX is a row larger than in MSO Excel, and covers other cells [Jaume Pujantell]
    59. tdf#162471 Calc comment shows time when added but not on RT [Pranam Lashkari]
    60. tdf#162480 Insert->Text from File crashes Writer for files with text box anchored to table cells other than A1 [Mike Kaganski]
    61. tdf#162528 Converting to PNG will fail if invalid JSON is passed as filter data [Mike Kaganski]
    62. tdf#162555 Crash adding current drawing to the Gallery [Mike Kaganski]

    Translations

    This build contains these translation updates: [1]. See credits for each language.