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Installation
General for this RC: release configuration
- the Linux and Mac packages can be installed in parallel to LibreOffice 4.4, but not run simultaneously - documents will be opened in the version you've started first.
- LibreOffice for Mac OS X needs to be run at least once before installing a LanguagePack tdf#89657
- the Windows package will update a previously installed version of LibreOffice
Windows
- LibreOffice 5.0 will be made available as 64bit version in addition to the 32bit version. Installing the 64bit version requires Windows Vista or newer, the 32bit Version runs on Windows XP or newer.
- Trying to scan with the 64bit version on Windows causes a crash tdf#92478. Please use your system's scanning tool as a workaround.
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.
List of fixed bugs
Bugs fixed compared to 5.0.3 final (RC1):
- tdf#72205 LibreOffice Database - LONGVARCHAR anomaly when trying to dismiss a window without first saving [Lionel Elie Mamane]
- tdf#93044 Calc crashes after print preview (PRINTING) [Michael Meeks]
- tdf#93318 Calc sheet navigation buttons on extreme left of Tab bar [Tomaž Vajngerl]
- tdf#93613 References to external files with macros in formulas won't update properly [Eike Rathke]
- tdf#94384 Icons appearing with black backgrounds when "use OpenGL for Rendering" is enabled [Tomaž Vajngerl]
- tdf#94495 Crash when navigating to styles and formatting sidebar tab after properties fill type selector has focus [Michael Meeks]
- tdf#94514 Using cell names in functions doesn't work if name begins with 3 letters and an underscore [Eike Rathke]
- tdf#94709 Base Crashes when deleting a table in Relationship [Michael Meeks]
- tdf#94804 Cross references break on reload. [Oliver Specht]
- tdf#94848 Crash after changing paragraph style using mouse click (on tab Font) [Dennis Francis]
- tdf#94924 OpenCL: strange behavior in formulas computing [Tor Lillqvist]
- tdf#95226 IFERROR not working correctly under array-evaluation [Eike Rathke]
Thanks to all who took part in handling the issues
Thanks to all who took part in handling the issues involved for the 5.0.1 release: QA-team, bugreporters, developers. Not covered in this stats of course are the many community members in other areas like l10n/translation and marketing, user support that also deserve a big thank you.
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