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Installation
General for this Beta: parallel installation
- This Beta release will install in parallel to your existing LibreOffice installation.
Windows
- LibreOffice 25.8 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, 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 25.8.0 Alpha1:
- cid#1646936 COPY_INSTEAD_OF_MOVE [Caolán McNamara]
- cid#1646938 COPY_INSTEAD_OF_MOVE [Caolán McNamara]
- cid#1647013 uncaught Exception [Caolán McNamara]
- cid#1647992 uninitialized scalar field [Caolán McNamara]
- cid#1647993 using invalid iterator [Caolán McNamara]
- cid#1647994 resource leak [Caolán McNamara]
- cid#1648515 copy-paste error [Julien Nabet]
- cid#1648516 COPY_INSTEAD_OF_MOVE [Caolán McNamara]
- cid#1648517 use of auto that causes a copy [Caolán McNamara]
- cid#1648521 logically dead code [Caolán McNamara]
- cid#1648523 COPY_INSTEAD_OF_MOVE [Caolán McNamara]
- cid#1648524 silence Data race condition [Caolán McNamara]
- cool#9200 form control: checkbox not shown when exporting to PDF/EPUB or printing [Marco Cecchetti]
- cool#11885 lok: sc: translate TabPrefix by user [Jaume Pujantell]
- cool#11942 svx lok: handle Writer idle status when starting the paint view idle [Miklos Vajna]
- ofz#415190397 avoid OOM [Caolán McNamara]
- ofz#417031550 sanitize anchor for InsertEmbed too [Caolán McNamara]
- ofz#417428651 null-dereference WRITE [Caolán McNamara]
- ofz#420267110 sanitize anchor for InsertFlyFrame too [Caolán McNamara]
- ofz#422643807 fix build failure [Caolán McNamara]
- tdf#37153 FILEOPEN FORMATTING Writer Text frame moved position after import of Word .doc [Justin Luth]
- tdf#48140 Remove uno calls from xlsx import [David Hashe]
- tdf#60700 de-cruftify ODF files ... [David Hashe]
- tdf#76029 Impress with 2 display : Slides view doesn't auto-scroll in presenter console with navigation by Next or with arrow key (out of screen if enough slides so non-visible) [Michael Weghorn]
- tdf#88752 DOC DOCX import: text grid is (wrongly?) applied to table thus the page content flow is not the same as in MS Word [Jonathan Clark]
- tdf#97228 Split up include files in include/vcl where possible into separate public and internal parts [Akshay Kumar Dubey]
- tdf#97390 Menu item 'Recent Documents' not available when Query result window is in front [Andreas Heinisch]
- tdf#114441 Convert use of sal_uLong to better integer types [Rafał Dobrakowski]
- tdf#126154 Make space between words configurable to increase readability (minimum, desired and maximum word spacing) [László Németh]
- tdf#128600 LibreOffice for Japanese macOS, cannot use JapanseIME's function which reconversion texts. [Patrick Luby]
- tdf#130857 qt5/qt6: implement theming using native Qt widgets (weld) [Michael Weghorn]
- tdf#132286 Preview image on Page Style dialog shows fill applied incorrectly [Heiko Tietze]
- tdf#137931 Show the UI selection dialog on first start-up [Heiko Tietze]
- tdf#139331 Option to redact/ anonymizing file by replacing images by dummy or make them black (Sanitize media) [Karthik]
- tdf#142011 Connector text disappears when "Adjust to contour" attribute is selected [Gökay Şatır]
- tdf#143148 Use pragma once instead of include guards (Episode 2: Endgame) [Bogdan Buzea, Aleksi Kallio]
- tdf#145160 Writer Impress Draw Calc : the image compression form should select by default the former image format of each image [asif196]
- tdf#146113 Basic's IsNull documentation must mention that it also returns True for object variables that don't refer to an object (not initialized or set to Nothing) - at least in non-VBA mode [Olivier Hallot]
- tdf#146256 Customization for Base "Standard" toolbar is stored in document even if "Base" is selected in scope [Caolán McNamara]
- tdf#146619 Remove unused #includes from C/C++ files [Gabor Kelemen]
- tdf#147021 Use std::size() or std::ssize() instead of SAL_N_ELEMENTS() macro [Simon Chenery, Vlad Ene]
- tdf#147299 For Japanese vertical writing the candidate list rotates (Microsoft IME) [Jonathan Clark]
- tdf#149207 FILESAVE background images change upon save and reload [Tomaž Vajngerl]
- tdf#149420 Add hyphenation zone to layout, UI and ODF export/import [László Németh]
- tdf#150864 Add TEXTBEFORE function to Calc [Olivier Hallot, Xisco Fauli]
- tdf#150865 Add TEXTAFTER function to Calc [Xisco Fauli, Olivier Hallot]
- tdf#150866 Add TEXTSPLIT function to Calc [Olivier Hallot]
- tdf#151336 Wrong cursor placement when moving past LTR to RTL paragraph [Jonathan Clark]
- tdf#152006 The "Apply" button on the "Text Grid" dialog does nothing on second-click [Jonathan Clark]
- tdf#152122 Improve Business Card Help Page (/text/shared/01/01010300.xhp) (bug summary in comment 8) [Olivier Hallot]
- tdf#153294 Use copy_if, find_if or remove_if to simplify loops [Rafał Dobrakowski]
- tdf#154055 "Name and Path of HTML Documents" needs critical review [Olivier Hallot]
- tdf#155158 Cursor disappears when switching from chinese layout (windows 10) [Jonathan Clark]
- tdf#155707 DOCX export/import and basic layout interoperability of w:jc lowKashida/mediumKashida/highKashida (It was: Implement justified/justify low/medium/high paragraph alignments) [László Németh]
- tdf#156055 Edit Index Entry dialog: Ask for Save on "Close". Remove "Apply" button. Add "Reset" button. [Alexandru Babacea]
- tdf#156707 FORMCONTROLS: Textboxes will be created with flat Border - 3D won't be shown after reopening Document [Justin Luth]
- tdf#158237 Use C++20 contains() instead of find() and end() [AlexTMFN]
- tdf#158280 Replace usage of InputDialog with SvxNameDialog [Sebastian Neagu]
- tdf#158803 Fix issues found by pyflakes [Bogdan Buzea]
- tdf#158880 UX: Let users select multiple toolbars at once to view or hide [Heiko Tietze]
- tdf#159444 "View > Field Names" can trigger confusing mode, implement warning [marus087]
- tdf#159774 Broken line connectors [Xisco Fauli]
- tdf#160094 Assertion failure with windowed presenter console in RTL UI [Michael Weghorn]
- tdf#161365 Checkbox state is not saved in xlsx (saved in ods though) [Szymon Kłos]
- tdf#161372 Spreadsheets with comments are unreasonably slow [Noel Grandin]
- tdf#162325 (vertical text) Fill character setting "・" , the last character spacing is not enogh. [Jonathan Clark]
- tdf#162607 [LOCALHELP] Remove/fix duplicate entries in hid2file.js [Olivier Hallot]
- tdf#162983 In VBASupport mode, it's possible to close a SUB as a FUNCTION, or close a FUNCTION as a PROPERTY [Alexandru Diaconu]
- tdf#162986 In VBASupport mode, it's possible to close a PROPERTY SET/LET as SUB or FUNCTION [Razvan Degeratu]
- tdf#163381 XBitmap.getMaskDIB() is inverted [Mike Kaganski]
- tdf#163485 LO should not complain about failing to load javaldx if installed without Java package & Java is missing [Mike Kaganski]
- tdf#163486 Bugs found by PVS-Studio static analyzer [Bogdan Buzea]
- tdf#163614 LOOKUP does only work sporadically when referring to an external file [Eike Rathke, Xisco Fauli]
- tdf#163738 Use insert() to add multiple values in containers instead of a loop [Stefan Dorneanu]
- tdf#163805 Cant color table cells in Impress using fill tool from menubar [Xisco Fauli]
- tdf#163945 Slow UI refresh rate on mac when using Skia/Metal [Patrick Luby]
- tdf#164068 [LOCALHELP] Missing table styles on help page Styles in Writer [Olivier Hallot]
- tdf#164202 Every time I try to delete an object in a gallery folder that I inserted, LibreOffice crashes in vcl/source/bitmap/bitmap.cxx:212 [Oliver Specht]
- tdf#164226 Underscores stripped from bookmark display on right click over page number box [Caolán McNamara]
- tdf#164237 Comments Sidebar: "Options" not visible due to broken ellipsis when vcl:gen [Mohit Marathe]
- tdf#164296 [LOCALHELP] Explain what is compact layout pivot table + toggle buttons [Olivier Hallot]
- tdf#164623 FILEOPEN PPTX: Connector lines completely gone awry [Xisco Fauli]
- tdf#164794 When the option "Current Module Only" is active, it is not shown in Recent Documents submenu when in edit macro mode [Andreas Heinisch]
- tdf#164954 Translate German variable and constant names [Simon Chenery]
- tdf#164970 Options -> Appearance new LibreOffice Themes panel redesign [Heiko Tietze, Sahil Gautam]
- tdf#165094 FILEOPEN RTF Page break in hidden paragraph disappears [Mike Kaganski]
- tdf#165120 [25.8] "\lib\site-packages" folder is missing [Xisco Fauli]
- tdf#165478 Docx: Images moved while viewing in Libre Office [Justin Luth]
- tdf#165604 Hard to see line color in columns section settings [Heiko Tietze]
- tdf#165712 FILEOPEN PPTX: Font size too big in textbox (with shrink text on overflow) [Balazs Varga]
- tdf#165744 Text Import Dialog: remember separator option [Bogdan Visanescu]
- tdf#165838 Impress Remove effect animation button text is not visible [SilverGreen93]
- tdf#165918 Quadratic complexity when loading a document with lots of bookmarks and lots of tables [Mike Kaganski]
- tdf#165984 Add Paragraph/Column/Page and Spread end zone support [László Németh]
- tdf#166104 All apostrophes change to Asian font when there is Asian text in the paragraph [Jonathan Clark]
- tdf#166205 Field not seen on DOCX fileopen [Bayram Çiçek]
- tdf#166208 Upgrading to v.25.2.2+, the previous selection of encoding in text import dialog gets shifted to the previous entry [Mike Kaganski]
- tdf#166229 Bullet style does not change anymore with list indentation level [Miklos Vajna]
- tdf#166233 FILESAVE: Tagged PDF export makes Calc size grow 15-30x [Tibor Nagy]
- tdf#166319 Interdependent change tracking improvements [Miklos Vajna]
- tdf#166321 Find bar: blank square with gen environment [Noel Grandin]
- tdf#166334 Application freezes on Save As (kf6 on X11) [Michael Weghorn]
- tdf#166349 Selecting "Clear List" in the Start Center, pinned thumbnails are not displayed [Andreas Heinisch]
- tdf#166353 Module navigation links point to English pages in some cases (with offline installations en-US might not exist) [Ilmari Lauhakangas]
- tdf#166445 highlight bug [Noel Grandin, Xisco Fauli]
- tdf#166471 Help for Tools > Languages and Locals is not up-to-date [Olivier Hallot]
- tdf#166477 No information about "Context" type of numerals in Help [Laurent Balland]
- tdf#166503 FILEOPEN DOC/X: need to honour "don't use HTML paragraph auto spacing" to always add full top margin at page break [Justin Luth]
- tdf#166510 FILEOPEN DOCX: paragraph before section page break has wrong bottom spacing [Justin Luth]
- tdf#166511 FILESAVE DOCX Word fails to open roundtripped document (issue with non-unique ids) [Aron Budea]
- tdf#166517 Writer table: outside border not visible for very small cell with padding (24.8 regression) [Mohit Marathe]
- tdf#166520 Cells far from [A1] only showing first character while typing into cell [Armin Le Grand (Collabora)]
- tdf#166525 [25.8] Editing a formula, the results are displayed at the same time [Armin Le Grand (Collabora)]
- tdf#166541 Welcome dialog: Next closes immediately (gtk3) [Heiko Tietze]
- tdf#166542 Welcome dialog: Animated image broken on macOS [Rania Amina]
- tdf#166543 The new Welcome screen includes part of View -> User Interface... dialog, but no choice for apply to all or just active module [Heiko Tietze]
- tdf#166544 FILEOPEN DOCX: no top spacing after Field-with-page-break [Justin Luth]
- tdf#166587 FILEOPEN PPTX: Gluepoints of shape UpArrow are missing [Xisco Fauli]
- tdf#166594 First launch welcome dialog: better name for "What's New" tab [Heiko Tietze]
- tdf#166612 To set the listbox Selection property, the ellipsis tool works with inverted Multiselection semantic [Caolán McNamara]
- tdf#166613 To set the listbox Selection property, the ellipsis tool inserts unwanted values [Caolán McNamara]
- tdf#166620 No Gap between note number and endnote text when exporting to DOC/DOCX/RTF [Mike Kaganski]
- tdf#166627 Emdedding fonts ignores fonts in header [Mike Kaganski]
- tdf#166633 The context menu for the text box is incorrect [Balazs Varga]
- tdf#166637 Crash when clicking a dot in the control pane of a built-in dialog [Mike Kaganski]
- tdf#166652 Empty line height does not follow paragraph's proportional line spacing <100% [Mike Kaganski]
- tdf#166660 Text along path [Olivier Hallot]
- tdf#166662 NEW: "Manage Names" window error message [Olivier Hallot]
- tdf#166665 Error in the statistic file provided in the documentation [Julien Nabet, Olivier Hallot]
- tdf#166674 [25.8] When you create or edit a formula, "Name box" will remain switched to "Last Used Functions list" [Rashesh]
- tdf#166680 OpenXml nested runs "<w:r>" within a text box do not get rendered [Miklos Vajna]
- tdf#166684 Loading XLSX file with complex formula and comments slow [Noel Grandin]
- tdf#166689 Add to dictionary - where has it gone since version 7? [Rashesh]
- tdf#166691 New commit causes pages to flicker very quickly, and causes white space in places where it shouldn't be [Mike Kaganski]
- tdf#166712 FILESAVE XLSX Invalid connections.xml saved with empty dbPr and olapPr elements [Aron Budea]
- tdf#166715 Freeze when opening Writer document with large page filling shapes with Skia/Metal and skia/Vulkan GPU rendering [Noel Grandin]
- tdf#166733 Welcome dialog shown on module change [Mike Kaganski, Heiko Tietze]
- tdf#166746 PIP in LibreOffice 2025.8 breaks many things including numpy and Pandas when embedded python is used [Xisco Fauli]
- tdf#166751 "dispatcher.executeDispatch(document, ".uno:InsertSheetFromFile", "", 0, Array())" doesn't stop the macro... [Mike Kaganski]
- tdf#166764 When the option "Current Module Only" is active, no Recent Documents are shown in either Base submenu [Andreas Heinisch]
- tdf#166767 Crash quiting LibreOffice with something on the clipboard (Win) [Xisco Fauli]
- tdf#166773 In tree view, triangles at selected items are invisible on win / gen [Mike Kaganski]
- tdf#166779 Unable to export a Draw / Impress document to SVG from Basic IDE [Mike Kaganski]
- tdf#166781 [BASIC] Redundant End Sub error - code does not compile [Mike Kaganski]
- tdf#166789 SVG Export: text with "fit to size" attribute gets wrong width [Mike Kaganski]
- tdf#166795 Backspace at paragraph start for not counted numbered paragraph doesn't decrease indent [Miklos Vajna]
- tdf#166805 Form controls: Help text will be cut off when "<" appears in text. [Rafael Lima]
- tdf#166811 On Windows, tree view elements with undetermined state ("on demand") have non-native expand icons [Mike Kaganski]
- tdf#166837 Calc crashed after calculating descriptive statistics and then closing [Michael Weghorn]
- tdf#166842 do not use FillColor==COL_TRANSPARENT on OutputDevice if that OutputDevice does not support alpha [Noel Grandin]
- tdf#166850 FILEOPEN: DOCX: StyleRef field broken in German UI [Oliver Specht]
- tdf#166862 Repairing a generated ODT, which is obviously an invalid ZIP package, loses an image in it [Mike Kaganski]
- tdf#166871 Text moves to the next page, keeping large empty spaces, in a document with many small paragraphs in multiple columns, having document statistics [Mike Kaganski]
- tdf#166875 Inspect and sanitize implementations of XEventListener::disposing, to avoid calling the disposing broadcaster's methods [Mike Kaganski]
Translations
This build contains these translation updates: [1]. See credits for each language.