Releases/24.2.1/RC1

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    Installation

    Windows

    • LibreOffice 24.2 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 24.2.0 RC3:

    1. cool#7769 reduce unnecessary invalidations on calc save [Caolán McNamara]
    2. cool#8023 editeng: support HTML paste [Miklos Vajna]
    3. tdf#43848 selecting whole table with merged cells at certain position not possible with draging the mouse [Oliver Specht]
    4. tdf#105844 FILESAVE: Very slow saving with password compared to 5.2.5 [Michael Stahl]
    5. tdf#106733 Implement ODF attribute fo:hyphenate to exclude a portion of text from hyphenation [László Németh]
    6. tdf#123968 Input Field (Functions): direct editing is still used, not pop-up dialog [Michael Stahl]
    7. tdf#132810 Gallery: Crash swlo!SwFEShell::SelectObj+0x46a when inserting a new shape with cursor still in textbox SwFrame::AppendDrawObj(SwAnchoredObject &) [Matt K]
    8. tdf#134401 FILESAVE PPTX: vertical alignment inverted (bottom<->top) when saving textbox with link [Attila Szűcs]
    9. tdf#135083 Bullet goes missing on special paste RTF [Mike Kaganski]
    10. tdf#139631 Inconsistent removal of preceding space when cutting word with track changes on (comment 7) [Michael Stahl]
    11. tdf#139915 FILEOPEN DOCX Two text boxes on two pages open on a single page [Justin Luth]
    12. tdf#140330 Conditional formatting breaks after redoing cell deletion [Mike Kaganski]
    13. tdf#140912 FILEOPEN PPTX: extra image and text label "insert image" appears (even in presentation mode) [Mike Kaganski]
    14. tdf#142806 Freeze/hang/crash when exporting to PDF with style inspector panel active [Michael Stahl]
    15. tdf#146487 FILEOPEN PPTX: empty chart title shows as text "chart title" in Impress (while not in 365) [Samuel Mehrbrodt]
    16. tdf#147291 macOS: Digital Signatures > Start Certificate Manager (OpenPGP) results in error instead of opening GPG Keychain [Patrick Luby]
    17. tdf#151352 CRASH: closing form while the tip of the day dialog is displayed [Caolán McNamara]
    18. tdf#153909 2007 DOCX: Rectangle in header has unwanted offset (same MSO-LO if resaved in MSO) [Justin Luth]
    19. tdf#154587 FILEOPEN Calc doesn't open XLSX archive [Mike Kaganski]
    20. tdf#154703 [META] Export DOCX flies with framePr instead of DrawingDML [Justin Luth]
    21. tdf#156156 Add Help button to sidebar [Christian Lohmaier, Stéphane Guillou]
    22. tdf#156352 macOS: Save as > Encrypt with GPG key results in hang / crash [Caolán McNamara]
    23. tdf#156443 Windows: alt+numpad doesn't work for Unicode decimal codes, like in WordPad/Word [Mike Kaganski]
    24. tdf#156718 FILEOPEN PPTX: alternating colored lines in table / style don't render properly [Tibor Nagy]
    25. tdf#156830 FILEOPEN PPTX: background image shifts down in presentation mode [Sarper Akdemir]
    26. tdf#157042 [Linux only] Calc crashes when closed in rtl::str::release<_rtl_uString>(_rtl_uString*) (steps in comment 27) [Xisco Fauli]
    27. tdf#158101 Disabled popup menu items are visible with non-gtk backend [Jim Raykowski]
    28. tdf#158112 Sidebar pane shortcuts conflict with Alt+NumPad input (comment 5, comment 9) [Mike Kaganski]
    29. tdf#158139 Writer, Word Completion does not function [Mike Kaganski]
    30. tdf#158277 Opening the Quick Find bar after selecting a word when track changes is active includes deleted text [Michael Stahl]
    31. tdf#158279 TOC links lost when converting .doc to HTML (steps in comment 5) [Noel Grandin]
    32. tdf#158314 Autofilter dropdown list always shows "Empty" and "Error" enties as active [Kevin Suo]
    33. tdf#158326 FILTER autofilter seems to convert ß in ss and ignores value [Andreas Heinisch]
    34. tdf#158409 FILEOPEN: RTF field results do not respect current character properties [Vasily Melenchuk]
    35. tdf#158440 Filter for background should take colors in empty cells [Henry Castro]
    36. tdf#158445 SVG file not imported correctly [Xisco Fauli]
    37. tdf#158586 FILEOPEN RTF: missing page break [Michael Stahl]
    38. tdf#158652 List of comments in Navigator does not update automatically [Oliver Specht]
    39. tdf#158695 --convert-to bogusly needs libcui (--disable-gui build) [Noel Grandin]
    40. tdf#158740 Crash at undo after pasting table in footnote [Patrick Luby]
    41. tdf#158783 editing alphabetical index crashes Writer [Michael Stahl]
    42. tdf#158814 FILEOPEN DOCX RTF Empty header with formatted paragraph and shape appears [Miklos Vajna]
    43. tdf#158924 Switching three slides when double clicking on the navigation button [Vladislav Tarakanov]
    44. tdf#158950 Paste as Rich Text Format loses character color and paragraph alignment from styles [Noel Grandin]
    45. tdf#158976 The "SF_Array.Shuffle" function does not place the end of the array at the end of the array [Jean-Pierre Ledure]
    46. tdf#159015 HANG: scrolling after opening file [Michael Stahl]
    47. tdf#159017 FILEOPEN: Tables displayed on the wrong place [Miklos Vajna]
    48. tdf#159049 Line break is missing in RTF in clipboard when copying text from shape [Regina Henschel]
    49. tdf#159079 With NumLock off in Numpad, then with Alt pressed the Num Pad arrow keys should not operate [Mike Kaganski]
    50. tdf#159101 Cross-reference to referenced text causing a space at the beginning of a line [Matthew Kogan]
    51. tdf#159102 automatic hyphenation results bad smart justify [László Németh]
    52. tdf#159107 Removing row in footnote's floating table removes whole table (track changes on but not visible) [Miklos Vajna]
    53. tdf#159128 UI Open Security options and warning dialog from infobar [Balazs Varga]
    54. tdf#159131 Calc v7.5 is laggy when moving a line (row) [Noel Grandin]
    55. tdf#159147 CRASH: Editing hyperlink while navigator is open [Jim Raykowski]
    56. tdf#159157 FILEOPEN DOCX: image offset in opposite direction of TEXT_LINE what vertical offset specifies [Justin Luth]
    57. tdf#159164 Spellchecking - South African English [Marco A.G.Pinto]
    58. tdf#159171 Calc: crash after Edit->Select->Select Unprotected Cells upon a second time [Matt K]
    59. tdf#159219 PPT: image placeholder with custom prompt imports as text box with a background icon [Mike Kaganski]
    60. tdf#159247 [CRASH] Dialog editor crashes when inserting control with default options [Rafael Lima]
    61. tdf#159254 Paper tray settings ignored in rtf and docx import [Oliver Specht]
    62. tdf#159259 DOCX: a floating content control imports as a separate paragraph [Mike Kaganski]
    63. tdf#159288 Assertion on insert trend line [Julien Nabet]
    64. tdf#159307 "Cannot find a Certificate Manager" shows up even though a certificate manager IS installed. [Stephan Bergmann, Patrick Luby]
    65. tdf#159328 Page number field shows up like plain text (no grayish background) [Heiko Tietze]
    66. tdf#159329 Arrows in AutoFilter are black over dark background [Rafael Lima]
    67. tdf#159333 kf5: Commands triggered via keyboard shortcut are executed twice when accessibility is active [Michael Weghorn]
    68. tdf#159336 PDF export: multiline text is exported as one line [Xisco Fauli]
    69. tdf#159350 Hiding Options dialog tabpages stopped working [Noel Grandin]
    70. tdf#159368 Can't open BASIC editor from Start Center; next action crashes LO (gtk3) [Caolán McNamara]
    71. tdf#159381 TimeStamp(RFC3161) create problem by asn1 format error. [Noel Grandin]
    72. tdf#159382 DOCX import: Large space between footnote number and following text, when paragraph has hanging indent [Mike Kaganski]
    73. tdf#159384 A11y sidebar: simulated numbering warning in TOC if header numbering has dot [Balazs Varga]
    74. tdf#159412 Passing Integer-sized Long argument via script.invoke as 0 [Mike Kaganski]
    75. tdf#159452 Ticked checkbox in document not shown in exported PDF [Miklos Vajna]
    76. tdf#159458 When library is renamed using Basic Macro Organizer, path to library is not updated in dialog.xlc and script.xlc [Mike Kaganski]
    77. tdf#159461 Dialog "XML Filter Settings" is broken [Noel Grandin]
    78. tdf#159474 A specific broken document can't be opened in RepairPackage mode [Mike Kaganski]
    79. tdf#159478 FILEOPEN: RTF Checkbox Field in symbol encoding not imported [Oliver Specht]
    80. tdf#159483 Calc HTML import: support data-sheets attributes [Miklos Vajna]
    81. tdf#159496 An invalid ODF with an OLE fails to open, when asked to repair package interactively [Mike Kaganski]
    82. tdf#159507 Calc editeng HTML paste: fragments are not supported [Miklos Vajna]
    83. tdf#159560 Paragraph break should not change to random symbol [Oliver Specht]
    84. tdf#159566 SVG import: mis-positioned text for specific file [Xisco Fauli]
    85. tdf#159568 URL in help not found [Gabor Kelemen]
    86. tdf#159572 Insert special character dialog should regard font of recent characters on single click [Oliver Specht]
    87. tdf#159581 FILEOPEN XLSX 24.2: optimal row height from previous sheet may be applied to all future sheets [Justin Luth]
    88. tdf#159594 SVG: some elements are not visible [Xisco Fauli]
    89. tdf#159595 Data validation without error check allows to enter data other than defined [Julien Nabet]
    90. tdf#159601 SVG: Nothing is displayed on the document [Xisco Fauli]
    91. tdf#159637 Crash in PlaceEditDialog::SelectType(bool) [Xisco Fauli]
    92. tdf#159641 TreeView does not repaint correctly while scrolling with PgUp in kf5/gen [Noel Grandin]

    Translations

    This build contains these translation updates: [1] [2]. See credits for each language.