ReleaseNotes/24.2
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Writer
- Linkable elements can now be drag-and-dropped from the Navigator onto a text selection to use the selection as the hyperlink text. tdf#156111 (Jim Raykowski)
- In Outline Folding mode, the hidden headings are now greyed out in the Navigator instead of not being visible. tdf#156282 (Jim Raykowski)
- "Legal" ordered list numbering: make a given list level use Arabic numbering for all its number parts. tdf#150408 (Mike Kaganski, Collabora)
- Comments can now use styles, the "Comment" paragraph style being the default one. This makes it easier to modify the formatting of all comments at once, or to visually categorise different types of comments. tdf#103064 (Maxim Monastirsky)
- Improved multi-page floating tables in Writer: overlap control, border and footnotes blog post (Miklos Vajna, Collabora)
Calc
- New search field in the Functions sidebar deck. tdf#122718 (Rafael Lima)
Impress & Draw
- Implemented Small Caps for Impress: details in blog post (Caolán McNamara, Collabora)
Base
Chart
Math
Core / General
- Changes in automatic saving of documents: "Save AutoRecovery information" is turned on by default, as well as "Always create backup copies". Backup copies accumulate in the folder specified by ▸ ▸ ▸ . Both settings can be turned off in ▸ ▸ ▸ ▸ . tdf#152463 (Bogdan Buzea)
- Fixed many AutoRecovery limitations and re-enabled AutoSave UI. Added "Place backup in same folder as document" option. tdf#65509 tdf#68565 tdf#57414 (Mike Kaganski / Justin Luth, Collabora)
- Fixed various Notebookbar paper cuts: lots of menu improvements, better print preview support, proper reset of customized layout, better use of radio buttons, less "jumps" back to Home tab, no longer broken after file reload or print preview or master view. tdf#126006 tdf#125504 tdf#122270 tdf#141136 tdf#148121 (Justin Luth)
LibreOffice Help
Filters
GUI
- The Insert Special Characters dropdown now shows a character description for the selected character (and in tooltip on hovering). tdf#156538 (Jim Raykowski)
Accessibility
- Tree views like the one in the Expert Configuration Dialog (reachable via tdf#99609 (Michael Weghorn, TDF) ▸ ▸ ▸ ▸ ) are now correctly exposed via accessibility APIs, so the table content is announced by screen readers.
- A system setting to reduce/disable animations is now honoured by LibreOffice to disable the "marching ants" animation when copying cells in Calc. (This is new in LibreOffice 24.2 for Windows and Linux; for macOS, this is already included in LibreOffice 7.6.) tdf#155414 (Patrick Luby; Michael Weghorn, TDF)
- Issues in the handling of mouse positions in the Windows-specific accessibility implementation were fixed, so that the NVDA screen reader can announce the text of a Calc cell under the mouse pointer correctly. tdf#156679 (Michael Weghorn, TDF)
- Various popup menus like the border line style control (e.g. used in Writer: tdf#101886 tdf#141101 tdf#156561 (Michael Weghorn, TDF) ▸ ▸ ▸ ▸ ) or the font color chooser (e.g. used in Writer: ▸ ▸ ▸ ) are now correctly announced by the NVDA screen reader on Windows.