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    Windows

    • LibreOffice 6.2 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 6.2.0 Beta1

    1. bnc#792778 DOCX import: handle sub/superscript inside group shapes [Miklos Vajna]
    2. coverity#1441467 silence Dereference null return value [Caolán McNamara]
    3. coverity#1441468 silence Dereference null return value [Caolán McNamara]
    4. coverity#1441469 silence Dereference null return value [Caolán McNamara]
    5. coverity#1441470 silence Dereference null return value [Caolán McNamara]
    6. coverity#1441484 logically dead code [Caolán McNamara]
    7. fdo#57553 EDITING: On computer without JRE, Picture dialog shows: JRE required and freezes after OK [Caolán McNamara]
    8. fdo#65059 FILEOPEN: XLSX file appears to be blank [Eike Rathke]
    9. fdo#76032 FILEOPEN: shift of cells in a specific xlsx [Eike Rathke]
    10. i#32345 ODFF: Make LARGE() and SMALL() return an array if the second parameter is an array. [Takeshi Abe]
    11. i#93512 Mac: Deadlock while installing extensions [Jan-Marek Glogowski]
    12. i#100466 Recording changes (Show=off) deleting a char in lines below the firts remove style from the first line [Michael Stahl]
    13. i#106421 Split svx module [Stephan Bergmann]
    14. tdf#11976 update groupedbar_compact writer NB [andreas kainz]
    15. tdf#42518 No warning when wrong decimal separators are used, resulting in bad outcome for formulas in tables [Eike Rathke]
    16. tdf#42915 Date category axis with missing category values interpreted as zero date [Markus Mohrhard]
    17. tdf#42949 accelerating compile times by removing unnecessary header #include [Gabor Kelemen]
    18. tdf#46119 computeFunction method error (GeneralFunction.VAR, VARP, STDEV and STDEVP) [Eike Rathke]
    19. tdf#58635 Calc - CONDITIONAL FORMATTING: dysfunctional during the cell selection of a condition. [Mike Kaganski]
    20. tdf#61580 [UI] [Usability] Add entry "insert comment" in the context menu of text selection in Writer and Impress. [andreas kainz]
    21. tdf#69569 Implementation of YEARFRAC function inconsistent with Excel [Winfried Donkers]
    22. tdf#80583 EDITING: Analysis of Variance (ANOVA): Total DEVSQ returns Err:508, while direct DEVSQ formula returns correct result [Eike Rathke]
    23. tdf#90333 LibreOffice Dictionaries Path Cannot Be Changed [Caolán McNamara]
    24. tdf#90855 DIALOG: Improve the 'Insert Bookmark' dialog [Caolán McNamara]
    25. tdf#93005 Chart / Unable to save as .odc file [Markus Mohrhard]
    26. tdf#94231 FILEOPEN: XLSX - Pattern/hatching fill colors not imported into charts [Balazs Varga]
    27. tdf#94446 Report exception when parameter dialog is cancelled [Caolán McNamara]
    28. tdf#95003 Inserted Frame loses background color/hatching/bitmap/gradient [Martin van Zijl]
    29. tdf#95073 New Document Breeze Icon [andreas kainz]
    30. tdf#96248 assertion in SfxItemPool::Remove upon close with borders and changed date format [Xisco Fauli]
    31. tdf#96971 SetXORMode - mac requires apparently un-needed parameter ... [Xisco Fauli]
    32. tdf#99296 Calc: Disable headers/footers by default [Heiko Tietze]
    33. tdf#100611 DATALOSS: Document with chart can be saved as chart, and can't be opened again without manual fix [Markus Mohrhard]
    34. tdf#101072 Drag&Drop from Navigator does not work for objects from active document (in Impress) [Caolán McNamara]
    35. tdf#102186 MS PowerPoint with Chart shows hidden data labels when opened in Impress [Markus Mohrhard]
    36. tdf#103080 A new default set of bundled fonts [Stephan Bergmann]
    37. tdf#103884 3D Object displayed as question mark (GTK3) [Caolán McNamara]
    38. tdf#104579 FILEOPEN DOCX: Inconsistent pie chart color [Markus Mohrhard]
    39. tdf#105143 DOCX import: shape has incorrect position when it's intentionally outside the page rectangle [Miklos Vajna]
    40. tdf#105225 Color palette cannot be chosen in various places [Jim Raykowski]
    41. tdf#105236 Chart Axis Number Format not display correctly in XLS but ODS is working [Markus Mohrhard]
    42. tdf#105413 Any paragraph style applied to a short text in a document with track changes is lost after saving the document [László Németh]
    43. tdf#105602 Extended help does not work in GtkToolButton items if the property "action_name" is set [Caolán McNamara]
    44. tdf#106174 FILEOPEN: Paragraph alignment inherited from parent style not loaded from doc(x) file [Justin Luth]
    45. tdf#108022 FILESAVE DOCX: One column chart is exported instead of two [Markus Mohrhard]
    46. tdf#108027 FILEOPEN XLSX: The column descriptions of a column chart disappear [Markus Mohrhard]
    47. tdf#112215 LibreOffice crashes due to PPD file using CUPS [Caolán McNamara]
    48. tdf#112236 EDITING: Erroneous error message when renaming a sheet to blank [Roman Kuznetsov]
    49. tdf#112696 Crash in: SwFEShell::IsGroupSelected() [Caolán McNamara]
    50. tdf#113205 Icon of updates button on right end of menu bar is not visible [andreas kainz]
    51. tdf#113479 TRACK CHANGES: Annoying popup when Show Changes is off in Writer [Michael Stahl, Thorsten Behrens]
    52. tdf#113898 Cross-Document reference in array formula using FIND/ISERROR does not work [Eike Rathke]
    53. tdf#113977 Implement REGEX.* function(s) [Eike Rathke]
    54. tdf#114144 Doubleclicking on an item of an input list in an ott doesn't open the next input list dialog [Caolán McNamara]
    55. tdf#114163 Stacked and percent stacked chart legends have reversed order [Balazs Varga]
    56. tdf#114200 FILEOPEN: "Text Import" dialog: option to trim whitespace [Caolán McNamara]
    57. tdf#114836 FILEOPEN: Chart height is different than before [Markus Mohrhard]
    58. tdf#115319 Reference fields: support automatic Hungarian article selection [László Németh]
    59. tdf#115405 Failure to launch Libreoffice 6 after installation [Mike Kaganski]
    60. tdf#115521 FILESAVE DOCX Change tracking of all deleted empty paragraphs of a multiparagraph deletion are removed on save [László Németh]
    61. tdf#116098 Shortcut for recording changes doesn't work [Caolán McNamara]
    62. tdf#116290 UI: Window size limited by length of menu bar (gtk3 only?) [Caolán McNamara]
    63. tdf#116496 A new page style will have 'header on' without being checked at all [Mike Kaganski]
    64. tdf#116529 (Notebookbar) Margins only show in CM [Xisco Fauli]
    65. tdf#116868 Nigeria Locale not available [Eike Rathke]
    66. tdf#116931 Objects Anchored "To Cell, Resize with Cell", Move and Scale when Cell's Position is Changed [Armin Le Grand]
    67. tdf#117091 "Import MathML from Clipboard" is broken [Caolán McNamara]
    68. tdf#117108 'Master View' button is displayed after re-displaying the sidebar [Xisco Fauli]
    69. tdf#117171 add localized ordinal and cardinal number name and ordinal indicator numbering styles [Stephan Bergmann]
    70. tdf#117295 Main window does not repaint during OLE object "Further objects" type selection (Win 7 only) [Jan-Marek Glogowski]
    71. tdf#117332 Conditional formatting: selecting a cell range for the condition with the mouse gets you every cell individually, but not the range (see comment 10) [Mike Kaganski]
    72. tdf#117425 Increase the length of the Name Box drop down menu [heiko tietze]
    73. tdf#118373 Error message when opening a document [Miklos Vajna]
    74. tdf#118764 Broken tab key navigation in Properties and Navigator decks [Caolán McNamara, Jim Raykowski]
    75. tdf#119019 EDITING DOCX Track changes deletion and addition in paragraphs with tracked paragraph formatting change not displayed instantly [László Németh]
    76. tdf#119415 Browser-based help search feature does not honor the "module" drop-down (local offline) [Adolfo Jayme Barrientos, Ilmari Lauhakangas]
    77. tdf#119571 When tracking changes, paragraph joining does not update the style of the text after the deleted paragraph break until show changes is toggled (also it doesn't update the style of the deleted paragraphs) [László Németh]
    78. tdf#119613 FORMATTING Incorrect number and date format for South Africa (en_ZA) [Eike Rathke]
    79. tdf#119714 Contextmenu Chart: pagebreak [andreas kainz]
    80. tdf#119734 Add icon Autofilter to Groupedbar in Calc [andreas kainz]
    81. tdf#119737 Wrong item Formula in drop-down menu Insert on Groupedbar in Writer [andreas kainz]
    82. tdf#119747 FileSaveDialog: Superfluously two extensions under Windows shown (e.g. (.odt) (*.odt) [Mike Kaganski]
    83. tdf#119824 EDITING DOCX Changes to numbering paragraphs incorrectly listed in Manage Changes, with reappearing deleted content using Redo [László Németh]
    84. tdf#119910 Trying to install. Message states api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll is missing [Mike Kaganski]
    85. tdf#119945 Impress/Draw hangs/crashes when exiting while editing formula [Mike Kaganski, Xisco Faulí]
    86. tdf#120300 Create new icons for minimize row / minimize column [andreas kainz]
    87. tdf#120342 Assertion "SolarMutex not owned!" fails when resizing image [Jan-Marek Glogowski]
    88. tdf#120371 Tabs hidden in single line in paragraph property dialog [Caolán McNamara]
    89. tdf#120426 Outline/Chapter Numbering Dialog can only accept one level (GTK3) [Caolán McNamara]
    90. tdf#120454 kde5: Sporadic crash when right-clicking items in toolbar [Katarina Behrens]
    91. tdf#120481 UI: Redesign of Area gradient tab not finished [Caolán McNamara]
    92. tdf#120527 sw TextGraphicObject: handle XBitmap for GraphicURL - make it available in Draw and Impress [Miklos Vajna]
    93. tdf#120551 DOCX: Wrong position of grouped drawing objects (see comment 7) [Miklos Vajna]
    94. tdf#120625 kde5: Copy and paste of Calc cell not working [Katarina Behrens]
    95. tdf#120711 FILEOPEN: tracking changes: Paragraph after numbering list is added to the list [László Németh]
    96. tdf#120750 Crash applying bold to textbox control [Xisco Fauli]
    97. tdf#120775 kde5: Implement drag'n'drop between multiple documents [Katarina Behrens]
    98. tdf#120781 KDE5: Text in document disappears if it's drag'n'dropped to the sidebar [Katarina Behrens]
    99. tdf#120789 KDE5: Option 'Clear List' for recent documents does not work [Aleksei Nikiforov]
    100. tdf#120814 KDE5: Not all icons in the main menu visible [Aleksei Nikiforov]
    101. tdf#120859 csv import dialog: Overlapping labeltexts and checkbox [Caolán McNamara]
    102. tdf#120879 UI: "New Snap Object" dialog box needs Help/Ok/Cancel button order changed [Xisco Fauli]
    103. tdf#120918 Change the AutoFormat Table Style button in Calc for several icon sets [andreas kainz]
    104. tdf#120927 Wiki documentation for Webservice functions needs linking to [Olivier Hallot]
    105. tdf#120977 Incorrect default button on save confirmation dialog when no vcl plugins (gen) [Caolán McNamara]
    106. tdf#121017 UI: Remove "Edit Style..." command in Character text context menu [Xisco Fauli]
    107. tdf#121022 Contour editor crashes [Armin Le Grand]
    108. tdf#121050 Appearing of GtkSeparator on Notebookbars is different to standard rulers [Caolán McNamara]
    109. tdf#121084 Documentation for REGEX function [Eike Rathke]
    110. tdf#121109 FILESAVE: Page break is added after removed paragraph [László Németh]
    111. tdf#121180 Crash restarting LibreOffice after applying an option (no crash if going via "OK") [Mike Kaganski]
    112. tdf#121232 Specials characters in the right and left column aren't properly centred inside the boxes [Caolán McNamara]
    113. tdf#121247 KDE5: Impress crashes at starting Slide show (presentation with animation and audio) [Aleksei Nikiforov]
    114. tdf#121266 KDE5: Impress crashes after selecting some of Slide Transitions [Aleksei Nikiforov]
    115. tdf#121267 SIDEBAR: border cell color isn't shown (white box) [Maxim Monastirsky]
    116. tdf#121279 FILEOPEN XLSX Chart legend created with Excel is not wrapped when the document is opened in Calc [Markus Mohrhard]
    117. tdf#121282 FILEOPEN XLSX Chart area created with Excel shrinks when the document is opened in Calc [Markus Mohrhard]
    118. tdf#121399 [gtk3_kde5] 6.1 stable branch: within Plasma-5 session w/ drkonqi: lo_kde5filepicker crashes every time on close (OK/Cancel regardless) [Michael Weghorn]
    119. tdf#121401 Notebookbar F6 + Tab didn't work [Jim Raykowski, andreas kainz]
    120. tdf#121409 Calc Styles dialog Background tab page does not show color or bitmap pages using selection buttons [Caolán McNamara]
    121. tdf#121417 KDE5: Recent Documents -> Clear list leads to crash [Aleksei Nikiforov]
    122. tdf#121435 FILESAVE: linestyle of plot area and chart page of OOXML chart not preserved [Adam Kovacs]
    123. tdf#121487 "Expert configuration" not responding to clicks [Caolán McNamara]
    124. tdf#121490 Standard (Viewing Mode) toolbar does not have the close icon [Roman Kuznetsov]
    125. tdf#121497 UI: "Save As" Changing File Format Type in Windows [Mike Kaganski, Ilhan Yesil]
    126. tdf#121520 UI spellchecking: Language list shows installed languages several time [Caolán McNamara]
    127. tdf#121531 UI: Impossible to manually change the value of the angle/rotation in the properties dialog of a shape [Caolán McNamara]
    128. tdf#121537 Frame title should show SuggestedSaveAsName when not yet saved [Samuel Mehrbrodt]
    129. tdf#121538 choosing additional formatting in dialog insert fields cause crash (gen/gtk) [Caolán McNamara]
    130. tdf#121540 CRASH deleting a form from form navigator [Noel Grandin]
    131. tdf#121547 UI: File Reload dialog size not right (gen/gtk) [Caolán McNamara]
    132. tdf#121555 GTK3: Crash displaying menus with new elements [Caolán McNamara]
    133. tdf#121581 Replace the "Organize Dialogs" command in the Tools tab in the Tabbed UI by the Organize Macros drop-down command [Rizal Muttaqin, andreas kainz]
    134. tdf#121591 CRASH: Print Preview fails if cursor inside Floating frame [Mike Kaganski, Xisco Faulí]
    135. tdf#121592 Form Controls present in Tabbed UI, Draw tab appears or focus changes wrongly to Home tab [andreas kainz]
    136. tdf#121597 FILESAVE DOCX: don't export empty paragraphs at the place of removed paragraph blocks (change tracking) [László Németh]
    137. tdf#121606 prompt for password pops up of protected spreadsheet-datasource, as soon as file with related databasefields is opened [Mike Kaganski]
    138. tdf#121607 Crash when closing a document (being the only active) while being prompted for data source password [Caolán McNamara]
    139. tdf#121612 pivot table filtering lost after saving to XLSX [Katarina Behrens, Vasily Melenchuk]
    140. tdf#121620 Opening Image tab of Bullets and Numbering dialog resets selection [Noel Grandin]
    141. tdf#121638 Different angle shown between sidebar & size and position dialog [Sumit Chauhan]
    142. tdf#121641 Properties are invisible after pressing the "Reset" button on Properties - Custom Properties [Caolán McNamara]
    143. tdf#121644 Pressing on the "Reset" button when the writing focus is on the "Value" input field of a property causes LibreOffice to crash on Properties - Custom Properties [Caolán McNamara]
    144. tdf#121647 font list box preview certain malformed TTF fonts crash LO -- when receiving ShouldUseWinMetrics() handling [Xisco Fauli]
    145. tdf#121648 FILEOPEN: EMF+: Wrong displaying of string, drawed with DrawDriverString record [Bartosz Kosiorek]
    146. tdf#121664 FILEOPEN DOCX Line Numbers Restart Each Page created with Word does not restart [Miklos Vajna]
    147. tdf#121676 Update Liberation fonts from new source [heiko tietze]
    148. tdf#121677 Missing item name :Check for updates: in drop-down list Help on tab File in Tabbed GUI in Draw [andreas kainz]
    149. tdf#121695 comments: after editing Position and Size, arrow points to cell A1 [Caolán McNamara]
    150. tdf#121719 Gradient shows separator borders in slideshow mode [Xisco Fauli]
    151. tdf#121721 GTK3: super slow xor mode used for slideshow gradients [Caolán McNamara]
    152. tdf#121723 Menus don't disappear on focus loss [Miklos Vajna]
    153. tdf#121726 Emojis cannot be inserted in Sorbian builds [Christian Lohmaier]
    154. tdf#121743 CRASH closing LibreOffice with Parameter dialog open [Caolán McNamara]
    155. tdf#121746 CRASH closing LibreOffice with confirmation dialog open [Caolán McNamara]
    156. tdf#121747 Tabbed: Add 'Show Glue Points Functions" to Home and View tab in Draw [andreas kainz]
    157. tdf#121752 Vertical tabs don't scroll when overflowed [Caolán McNamara]
    158. tdf#121759 Doesn't active menu item Insert->Headers and Footers in Calc 6.2 [Heiko Tietze]
    159. tdf#121804 docx import: no superscripts / subscripts in a textarea [Miklos Vajna]
    160. tdf#121810 Crash in: libgobject-2.0.so.0.5600.3 when selecting more on error dialog [Caolán McNamara]
    161. tdf#121814 Unsaved changes to document indicator invisible [andreas kainz]
    162. tdf#121815 Crash in: FreetypeFont::GetFtFace [Jan-Marek Glogowski]
    163. tdf#121830 FILEOPEN PPTX Video file permanently paused during slideshow [Caolán McNamara]
    164. tdf#121855 Calc freezes (CPU power 100% and No response) with fcitx and VCL gtk3 [Caolán McNamara]
    165. tdf#121887 FILEOPEN XLSX "Maximum number of rows per sheet" on tags ROW without attribute R [Eike Rathke]
    166. tdf#121892 gtk3_kde5: Impress presentation minimizer crashes [Michael Weghorn]
    167. tdf#121897 Context menu on text in table cells: remove "Edit style" in character sub-menu [Xisco Fauli]
    168. tdf#121898 Include "Toggle Numbered List" command in Home tab of Writer Tabbed UI [andreas kainz]
    169. tdf#121904 Legend dialog always opens maximized [Caolán McNamara]
    170. tdf#121925 Fix Java Jar dependency classpath to pass the ClassPathURLCheck [Jan-Marek Glogowski]
    171. tdf#121926 Sidebar: margin is in inches [Xisco Fauli]
    172. tdf#121935 Cancelling database wizard at step 'Set up connection to text files' crashes [Caolán McNamara]
    173. tdf#121936 GTK3 text does not display in slideshows if hardware acceleration is enabled [Caolán McNamara]
    174. tdf#121942 Sildeshow: Video is played 2 times [Caolán McNamara]
    175. tdf#121946 The special characters screen is grayish (disappears after scrolling) [Caolán McNamara]
    176. tdf#121954 BASIC: inputbox layout modified [Caolán McNamara]
    177. tdf#121962 Exporting document to pdf via command line produces wrong table sum [Samuel Mehrbrodt]
    178. tdf#121974 kde5: "Edit" -> "Repeat: Input" menu item text in calc incorrectly shown [Michael Weghorn]
    179. tdf#121987 Windows: MSI installation fails if WU service is disabled hard way [Mike Kaganski]
    180. tdf#122009 Notebookbar is displayed in fullscreen mode [Xisco Fauli]
    181. tdf#122016 GTK3: Crash closing LibreOffice in full screen mode with notebookbar enabled [Caolán McNamara]
    182. tdf#122038 Crash modifying several options each requiring restart [Mike Kaganski]
    183. tdf#122042 CRASH KDE5 backend crashes writer on close with selected text [Katarina Behrens]
    184. tdf#122055 kde5: "Fatal Error" when selecting presentation template in Impress and Orca enabled [Katarina Behrens]
    185. tdf#122059 ReportBuilder: GTK3: Crash in: Wallpaper::operator= Format -> Page crashes [Caolán McNamara]
    186. tdf#122090 FILESAVE XLSX, X axis labels rotation is incorrectly saved [Balazs Varga]
    187. tdf#122112 GTK3: Notebookbar not displayed after closing the component from fullscreen [Xisco Fauli]
    188. tdf#122119 UI checkbox is not fully displayed in Font features (Format cells dialog) [Caolán McNamara]
    189. tdf#122120 UI Preview is truncated in Format cells dialog [Caolán McNamara]
    190. tdf#122127 Crash in: libmergedlo.so FORM EDIT using drag drop to move control from one dataform to another causes crash [Noel Grandin]
    191. tdf#122134 LibreOffice instlaller msi attempting to install KB2999226 on windows 10 machine. [Mike Kaganski]
    192. tdf#122136 clicking on class path make LO crash [Julien Nabet]
    193. tdf#122152 CRASH closing LibreOffice while Sort dialog is open [Caolán McNamara]
    194. tdf#122153 CRASH closing LibreOffice while XML filter settings dialog is open [Caolán McNamara]
    195. tdf#122154 Change Sort Ascending button in Groupedbar Compact in Calc by Sort [andreas kainz]
    196. tdf#122156 MAILMERGE: linked sections with hiding conditions get shown unconditionally [Mike Kaganski]
    197. tdf#122168 GTK3: UI Preview not displayed in Format cells dialog [Caolán McNamara]
    198. tdf#122171 LibreOffice remains open in background if it's closed while XML filter settings dialog is open [Caolán McNamara]

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