Releases/6.2.5/RC1

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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 6.2.4 (rc2):

    1. rhbz#1712823 libreoffice dies if I try to modify the backgound pattern of some paragraph [Caolán McNamara]
    2. rhbz#1713827 [abrt] libreoffice-core: (anonymous namespace)::signalHandlerFunction(): soffice.bin killed by SIGABRT [Caolán McNamara]
    3. rhbz#1719378 crash in Draw after starting a drag [Caolán McNamara]
    4. tdf#40457 Place captions above tables by default [Caolán McNamara]
    5. tdf#41996 EDITING: Drag and Drop Slides impossible with KDE [Katarina Behrens]
    6. tdf#42873 Videos playback misplaced in Presenter Console display [Mark Hung]
    7. tdf#51023 EDITING: Drag-and-drop slide always moves slide to first position, leading to data corruption and sometimes CRASH [Katarina Behrens]
    8. tdf#54819 EDITING: with "track changes" the paragraph following a deleted paragraph changes its style [László Németh]
    9. tdf#56738 Wrong encoding in comments for file edited by Mac OS MS Word [Julien Nabet]
    10. tdf#80853 Calc freezes while filtering large data [Luboš Luňák]
    11. tdf#92079 Basic Dialog image background not set [Miklos Vajna]
    12. tdf#92577 Rendering artifacts on pressing Page Down multiple times on multi-page document [Miklos Vajna]
    13. tdf#96961 Hide whitespace mode: whitespace is hidden even on the last page [Miklos Vajna]
    14. tdf#100836 [PATCH] Proposed update for "Starting the LibreOffice Software With Parameters" help page [Jan-Marek Glogowski]
    15. tdf#100986 Rotated text does not work with on Windows (old layout: Graphite only, new layout:all fonts) [Miklos Vajna]
    16. tdf#101473 [EDITING] Function wizard crashes LibO when evaluating addin that implement XVolatileResult [Eike Rathke]
    17. tdf#103831 Horizontal text scaling doesn't work correctly when OpenGL is enabled on Windows [Miklos Vajna]
    18. tdf#105998 right/bottom borders of export shape to png (etc) missing [Xisco Fauli]
    19. tdf#107487 Unicode ExtB+ chars do not use fallback font correctly in Writer [Mark Hung]
    20. tdf#108687 Form option buttons not reachable with tab key [Justin Luth]
    21. tdf#111522 SdrUndoMoveObj::Undo() Crash When multi windows [Miklos Vajna]
    22. tdf#113241 Options for Number recognition in Writer tables deserve better default: turned on (only functioning when 'Number Recognition' is on!) [Cor Nouws]
    23. tdf#113541 EDITING - Link to external documents is not created correctly - incorrect URL formation when path contains upper case, spaces and '!', '#' or '$' characters [Eike Rathke]
    24. tdf#113714 Flicker when hovering over main menu with default rendering [Miklos Vajna]
    25. tdf#114209 Problems with rendering vertical text in charts - no anti-aliasing when OpenGL is enabled [Miklos Vajna]
    26. tdf#114596 External forms for a database doesn't save data - closing form with dataloss ( see comment 30 ) [Xisco Fauli]
    27. tdf#115032 AutoCaption preference in options dialog should show Above as default position of table captions [Caolán McNamara]
    28. tdf#117347 All labels disappear in Base Form if a selected field is not within visual display area [Miklos Vajna]
    29. tdf#118150 FILEOPEN XLSX Chart width gets compressed [Tamás Zolnai]
    30. tdf#118719 Whitespace is not Hidden in Cases with Page and Column Breaks [Miklos Vajna]
    31. tdf#119109 Embedded table position off after switching from webview to normal view & back [Michael Stahl]
    32. tdf#119856 kde5: Java extension "WollMux" not working properly [Michael Stahl]
    33. tdf#120338 FILEOPEN DOCX The paragraph formatting changes are not undone / freeze LO [Henry Castro]
    34. tdf#120343 Export to PDF opens PDF before the properties have been edited and the PDF is created [Caolán McNamara]
    35. tdf#120423 LibreOffice Base -> can't insert special character in a form [Caolán McNamara]
    36. tdf#120774 kde5: Rearranging Impress slides via drag'n'drop not always working as expected [Katarina Behrens]
    37. tdf#120836 KDE5: LO Calc slow at 'Select all' [Luboš Luňák]
    38. tdf#121241 MacOS: table borders aren't black but grayish ( zoom level < 150% ) [Xisco Fauli]
    39. tdf#122056 kde5: Impress crashes when at presentation end when Orca is enabled [Katarina Behrens]
    40. tdf#122198 The data source connected by "exchange database" is disconnected after the file is closed. [Szymon Kłos]
    41. tdf#122200 kde5: Crash when navigating tree in accerciser (Accessibility Explorer) [Michael Weghorn]
    42. tdf#122538 EDITING Table - Index Design: Index isn't sortable any more [Julien Nabet]
    43. tdf#122668 LibO 6.2.x KDE5 VCL regression: lines not appearing in presentation [Jan-Marek Glogowski]
    44. tdf#122765 Legend interferes with pie chart after pptx import [Tamás Zolnai]
    45. tdf#122789 Writer html image widths messed up when in percentages when opening file [Miklos Vajna]
    46. tdf#123011 KDE5: on wayland the gnome UI is selected [Michael Weghorn]
    47. tdf#123106 FILESAVE PPTX Shape changes its color back to default [Miklos Vajna]
    48. tdf#123460 EDITING DOCX Paragraph move with track changes leaves empty paragraph [László Németh]
    49. tdf#123549 the "close document" button is missing to return to welcome start window [Michael Weghorn, Jan-Marek Glogowski]
    50. tdf#123654 kde5: Writer crashes when text selected on close (Wayland only) [Michael Weghorn]
    51. tdf#123750 KDE5/ Plasma: LO Filedialog isn't showing removable devices [Michael Weghorn]
    52. tdf#123793 Can't step with keyboard to/between favorite special characters on group button [Jim Raykowski]
    53. tdf#123956 KDE5: a text caret does not move inside a preedit area [Jan-Marek Glogowski]
    54. tdf#123957 KDE5: Selected text in preedit area is not shown [Jan-Marek Glogowski]
    55. tdf#124027 LO Impress: Unnecessary grey rectangle on the screen while demonstration (slide with video) [Mark Hung, Katarina Behrens]
    56. tdf#124279 Function wizard structure tab shows inconsistent intermediate results [Katarina Behrens]
    57. tdf#124315 Old "Enter pastes clipboard" can still be executed after inserting current date or time. [Eike Rathke]
    58. tdf#124398 FILEOPEN DOCX Chart is missing from a document with charts and grouped texboxes [Miklos Vajna]
    59. tdf#124467 cannot disable wrap text [Caolán McNamara]
    60. tdf#124484 Impress crashes on slide show using "All displays" [Katarina Behrens]
    61. tdf#124565 FILESAVE: Pasted row height is reset by after saving and reopen [Vasily Melenchuk]
    62. tdf#124594 FILEOPEN DOCX Additional top and bottom margin on shape breaks layout [Miklos Vajna]
    63. tdf#124694 Video passing slide boundaries causes weird zoom in or shift (gtk2/gtk3) [Caolán McNamara]
    64. tdf#124754 FILEOPEN DOCX Hyperlink in text box does not get blue color [Serge Krot]
    65. tdf#124936 Help->About LibreOffice dialog does not specify whether 32 or 64 bit is installed [Takeshi Abe]
    66. tdf#124937 crash when trying to open a .doc file [Mark Hung]
    67. tdf#125062 Export as PNG with transparency changes shape of objects radically [Xisco Fauli]
    68. tdf#125099 Rounding of durations displayed as wall clock time. [Eike Rathke]
    69. tdf#125104 Changing page numbering to "1st, 2nd, 3rd,..." causes crashes when trying to change Page settings later ( see comment 26 ) [Caolán McNamara]
    70. tdf#125106 Calc Cell Protection - unable to change protection state of a mixed group of cells [Caolán McNamara]
    71. tdf#125109 Calc swaps day and month of edited dates if the format's DMY order does not match the locale's MDY order and date acceptance patterns match both. [Eike Rathke]
    72. tdf#125128 Option's AutoCaption preference should show Above as default position of table captions (again) [Caolán McNamara]
    73. tdf#125199 Format -> Columns dialog doesn't appear in Online [Caolán McNamara]
    74. tdf#125229 CRASH when trying to modify a frame style in a ODT document [Caolán McNamara]
    75. tdf#125241 Loading a large autocorrect replacement table causes freezing in 6.2.x [Caolán McNamara]
    76. tdf#125266 Hang when selecting Read Online Help (GTK2) [Caolán McNamara]
    77. tdf#125267 KDE5: Base 'Database Wizard' open existing database_file fails [Katarina Behrens]
    78. tdf#125271 Inserting this .mp4 file in impress leads to a CRASH [Caolán McNamara]
    79. tdf#125279 Custom properties with "_x005F_" keep growing escapements when roundtripping as OOXML formats [Eike Rathke]
    80. tdf#125281 Fileopen: EMF images in prix-immobilier-friggit.doc shrunk so not correct width [Miklos Vajna]
    81. tdf#125285 NB sd modules wrong usage of ObjectForwardOne, ObjectBackOne [andreas kainz]
    82. tdf#125310 DOCX Change tracking: deleting paragraph end mark inserts a page break [László Németh]
    83. tdf#125324 FILESAVE: DOCX: floating table changes position after RT [Patrick Jaap]
    84. tdf#125346 PPTX export: Shape has wrong fill color comming from theme [Tamás Zolnai]
    85. tdf#125348 autocorrect replacement table default width is increased by long autocorrect entries and you can't resize it [Caolán McNamara]
    86. tdf#125360 PPTX: Shape fill transparency is not exported if the original shape fill is defined with a theme [Tamás Zolnai]
    87. tdf#125371 Calculation in table destroys left alignment [Cor Nouws]
    88. tdf#125381 Index don't appear in management dialog for odb linked to dBase file (in Windows and in Linux with all renderings except gtk3) [Julien Nabet]
    89. tdf#125387 Fit to text checkboxes always disabled (gtk3) [Caolán McNamara]
    90. tdf#125413 Menu is black (gen) [Miklos Vajna]
    91. tdf#125415 Flicker when hovering over submenus with default rendering [Miklos Vajna]
    92. tdf#125447 Tooltip displayed by Redo button changes from 'Redo' to 'Re~do' when the button is sensitive in Draw, Calc and Impress [Caolán McNamara]
    93. tdf#125506 Helplines and snap guides no longer visible on macOS (antialising) [Xisco Fauli]
    94. tdf#125548 When using kde5 vcl, tab first inserts a tab, and then the document loses focus [Jan-Marek Glogowski]
    95. tdf#125550 The color of the menu changes when opening a change tracked DOCX document saved by MS Word (OpenGL) [Miklos Vajna]
    96. tdf#125556 FILEOPEN: URL fragment leaked from one object to another when importing Powerpoint ppt file [Noel Grandin]
    97. tdf#125576 Empty recent characters in special characters dialog for bullet customization. [Tamás Zolnai]
    98. tdf#125578 Safari sandboxing on macOS 10.14 blocks opening help [Christian Lohmaier]
    99. tdf#125591 FILEOPEN: DOC: performance regression opening a file with EMF images [Miklos Vajna]
    100. tdf#125609 radiobutton receives item status changed event after listbox value selection [Justin Luth]
    101. tdf#125624 CRASH working with file with lots of hints [Mike Kaganski]
    102. tdf#125673 KDE5: Calc sheet tab's context menu has unexpected highlighting [Jan-Marek Glogowski]
    103. tdf#125685 crash in layout after paste on particular document [Michael Stahl]
    104. tdf#125692 kde5: Impress crashes when closing after using presentation minimizer [Jan-Marek Glogowski]
    105. tdf#125761 Assert when opening paragraph dialog (gtk3 only) [Caolán McNamara]
    106. tdf#125808 A pivot table cannot be created from a registered data source [Caolán McNamara]
    107. tdf#125821 Crash on insertion of video [Jan-Marek Glogowski]
    108. tdf#125840 Crash when trying to customize Base Data View toolbar [Muhammet Kara]
    109. tdf#125875 UI: in the dlg Insert Hyperlink it is impossible to select the target (Internet/Mail/Document..) by keyboard [Caolán McNamara]
    110. tdf#125878 Dates imported incorrectly from dbf file [Eike Rathke]

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