Releases/7.3.0/Beta1

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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 7.3 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 7.3.0 Alpha1

    1. cid#1401328 silence Uncaught exception [Caolán McNamara]
    2. cid#1421164 uncaught exception [Caolán McNamara]
    3. cid#1493241 wrapper object use after free [Caolán McNamara]
    4. cid#1493474 arguments in wrong order [Caolán McNamara]
    5. cid#1493476 logically dead code [Caolán McNamara]
    6. cid#1494386 dereference null return value [Caolán McNamara]
    7. Template:Gcc add a comment referencing [Caolán McNamara]
    8. ofz#40404 try smaller documents to avoid timeouts [Caolán McNamara]
    9. ofz#40575 integer-overflow [Caolán McNamara]
    10. ofz#40593 remove Objects from m_xResizeDrawObjects if deleted during parse [Caolán McNamara]
    11. ofz#40625 avoid Integer-overflow [Caolán McNamara]
    12. ofz#40766 svtools, sw: HTMLParser: really stop inserting control chars [Michael Stahl]
    13. ofz#41081 divide by zero [Caolán McNamara]
    14. ofz#41250 use more SwUnoCursors [Caolán McNamara]
    15. ofz#41274 use FrameDeleteWatch to update if SwFlyFrameFormat is deleted [Caolán McNamara]
    16. ofz#41299 add testcase [Eike Rathke, Caolán McNamara]
    17. ofz#41345 negative-size-param [Caolán McNamara]
    18. rhbz#678440 opening urls fails with error 403 on picky servers [Michael Stahl]
    19. tdf#48622 Line thickness specification - too many choices, nonintuitive [Samuel Mehrbrodt]
    20. tdf#62812 writer_pdf_Export Font GDI handle leaks [Jan-Marek Glogowski]
    21. tdf#70519 The spelling and grammar checker wavy line is too faint, esp. in hi-res screens [Heiko Tietze]
    22. tdf#76836 Wrong display with text format applied to numeric cells [Xisco Fauli]
    23. tdf#78897 DISPLAY: Hashmarks instead of number with * repeat format code if the same number/format was displayed left of it in a wider column [Xisco Fauli]
    24. tdf#81507 FILESAVE: DOCX - w:sdtContent not exported correctly resulting in missing line breaks [Vasily Melenchuk]
    25. tdf#82677 PERF - Lots of PROPFIND requests when using cursor navigation on WebDAV file access [Giuseppe Castagno]
    26. tdf#82744 WebDAV LOCK is released when document is saved [Michael Stahl, Giuseppe Castagno]
    27. tdf#83531 Opening URL fails if it's WebDav and write access is restricted [Giuseppe Castagno]
    28. tdf#84012 FORMATTING: Partially missing text in shrink-to-fit cells [Xisco Fauli]
    29. tdf#84283 PDF: Export to PDF with footnotes in tables crash [Xisco Fauli]
    30. tdf#90700 FILEOPEN: Hang/freeze opening specific .doc with external links [Giuseppe Castagno]
    31. tdf#91060 LO impress crashes when opening pptx with comments [Xisco Fauli]
    32. tdf#91362 wrong defaults for format/orientation in printsettingsdialogs of printerdrivers [Tor Lillqvist]
    33. tdf#93747 Apply style in a selected table cell leaks to another table cell (when selecting "backwards") [Xisco Fauli]
    34. tdf#95217 Persian text not imported with "Link to External Data..." in Calc [Giuseppe Castagno]
    35. tdf#95792 Lock missing when saving a file (save as) on some webdav server [Giuseppe Castagno]
    36. tdf#96410 WEBDAV: old version opened after simultaneous open (read only) [Giuseppe Castagno]
    37. tdf#97046 ensure build system variables start with gb_ unless there are very, very good reasons not to [Sabyasachi Bhoi]
    38. tdf#97667 add xml dump methods for calc pool items [Felipe Lema]
    39. tdf#99499 FILEOPEN: ODS: Calc file with linked images take a long time to load [Giuseppe Castagno]
    40. tdf#101094 Add OPTIONS method to the WebDAV ucp provider [Giuseppe Castagno, Michael Stahl]
    41. tdf#102499 WebDAV ucp provider: Add management of unofficial HTTP response status codes [Michael Stahl, Giuseppe Castagno]
    42. tdf#104418 FILESAVE DOCX: Malformed table with nested sub table when reopened in LO (better in MSO) [Xisco Fauli]
    43. tdf#106955 SharePoint lists fail to open using WebDAV [Mike Kaganski]
    44. tdf#110003 Lower-case ß is capitalized as SS instead of ẞ [Eike Rathke]
    45. tdf#111785 PPTX: Hatch fill background color is not exported to PPTX [Xisco Fauli]
    46. tdf#114309 FILESAVE: RTF: columns/section lost after RT [Xisco Fauli]
    47. tdf#114441 Convert use of sal_uLong to better integer types [Natalia Gavrilova, Henrik Palomäki]
    48. tdf#114613 Repair function does not work after opening PPTX file [Xisco Fauli]
    49. tdf#116640 CRASH/Assertion when undoing columns [Xisco Fauli]
    50. tdf#117895 "Edit document properties before saving" option leaves just-saved document modified; changes are not saved [Caolán McNamara, Xisco Fauli]
    51. tdf#118776 FILEOPEN Text set to no fill in PPTX is black in Impress [Justin Luth]
    52. tdf#119155 Freeze after command format->text->Capitalize Every Word [Xisco Fauli]
    53. tdf#119162 Format > Text > Cycle Case on attached example file hangs Calc reproducibly [Xisco Fauli]
    54. tdf#119206 Freeze if Option “Edit document properties before saving” is Enabled [Caolán McNamara, Xisco Fauli]
    55. tdf#120343 Export to PDF opens PDF before the properties have been edited and the PDF is created [Caolán McNamara]
    56. tdf#121260 FILESAVE: Using "Excel A1" formula syntax in LibO Calc options results in charts losing their link to source data if the worksheet is saved in .xlsx format [Xisco Fauli]
    57. tdf#121546 CRASH undoing table paste [Michael Stahl, Xisco Fauli]
    58. tdf#122788 Find and replace dialog - Replace all doesn't work in specific situation [Xisco Fauli]
    59. tdf#124781 Formatting issue in PPTX exported presentation [Tibor Nagy]
    60. tdf#124904 'Reference' to headings does not have strike-through when modified with 'track changes' shown [László Németh]
    61. tdf#126605 Sidebar: Setting textbox directionality with Hebrew text crashes Impress [Xisco Fauli]
    62. tdf#128914 Drag-copy of formulas referencing labels gives wrong result in rows (copying vertically); works in columns (copying horizontally) [Xisco Fauli, Eike Rathke]
    63. tdf#129183 grouping a shape with an added textbox detaches the textbox from the shape [Attila Bakos (NISZ)]
    64. tdf#129638 Wrong Page Direction in Print UI [Justin Luth]
    65. tdf#130131 There is no Split item in combined shape's context menu in Draw [Justin Luth]
    66. tdf#130895 Insert > Table of Contents and Index > Bibliography Entry > Edit dialog is too tall/high, OK/Cancel button not visible [Heiko Tietze]
    67. tdf#131150 EDITING: Some align options are disabled in textboxes [Justin Luth]
    68. tdf#132470 UI: Tab of visible sheet looks the same as other selected tabs [Justin Luth]
    69. tdf#132499 Remove any remnants from ODBC < 3.0 + add missing functions + remove deprecated functions with ODBC > 3.0 [Julien Nabet]
    70. tdf#132643 [LOCALHELP] Translate section id to English mnemonics [Johnny_M]
    71. tdf#133804 Autofilter is very slow when deselecting one item and click OK if the column headers are not defined [Luboš Luňák]
    72. tdf#133835 Calc autofilter freeze after deselecting an item (in a column containing many unique string values) and pressing OK [Luboš Luňák, Noel Grandin]
    73. tdf#133867 Open file slightly slower & ctrl+a causes CPU to peak (autofilter related?) [Luboš Luňák]
    74. tdf#134294 Chapter numbering not updated when heading added in between (until heading applied again or reload ) [Bjoern Michaelsen]
    75. tdf#135033 Undo/redo not supported for animations [Xisco Fauli, Katarina Behrens]
    76. tdf#135727 [ko] Extend Autocorrect list for Korean language [DaeHyun Sung]
    77. tdf#135906 FILESAVE: DOCX with SmartArt roundtripped in Writer fails to open in Word [Justin Luth]
    78. tdf#136111 Scaling problem on chart driven by a macro. [Andras Timar]
    79. tdf#136472 Same content on left/right pages/ Same content on first page checked on file open DOCX [Justin Luth]
    80. tdf#136551 FILEOPEN DOTX Template rendered with only one element, missing text and shapes [Xisco Fauli]
    81. tdf#136838 AutoFilter Improvement: Use "Not Equal" (i.e., <>) when we selected all but one item [Luboš Luňák]
    82. tdf#136945 Custom Slide Show drag-and-drop not reordering slides as desired [Caolán McNamara]
    83. tdf#137438 LibreOffice Impress doesn't display text when it's text transparency is 100% in MS Office. [Justin Luth]
    84. tdf#137637 Object area for auto-layouts deselected after switching to Animation Sidebar deck [Xisco Fauli]
    85. tdf#137924 [KF5] UI not scaled correctly on HIDPI Wayland/KDE screens [Michael Weghorn]
    86. tdf#138223 FILEOPEN PPTX: text shown black on black (instead of black on white) [Justin Luth]
    87. tdf#138475 Asian and Complex font-size / font weight / font posture in Calc default styles are not the same as Western fonts [Kevin Suo]
    88. tdf#138698 Assertion when switching back to format tab in Field format during Table edition [Caolán McNamara]
    89. tdf#138826 Writer: Comments on text ranges are with offset when in Linux printed in margin [Caolán McNamara]
    90. tdf#139031 Some dropdowns in the PDF export dialog should be aligned better (kf5) [Ilmari Lauhakangas, Michael Weghorn]
    91. tdf#139205 Translated Calc styles lose hirearchical structure [Kevin Suo]
    92. tdf#139336 FILESAVE DOCX No second page after section containing footnote [Attila Szűcs]
    93. tdf#139444 VLOOKUP function very slow on Large Tables in Calc [Luboš Luňák]
    94. tdf#139460 Custom Sort popup in Autofilter popup can't be dismissed by scrolling away (GTK3) [Caolán McNamara]
    95. tdf#139612 Option "Search criteria = and <> must apply to whole cells" doesn't affect to calculation as must. [Xisco Fauli, Luboš Luňák]
    96. tdf#139734 Drop redundant asserts after MacrosTest::loadFromDesktop [Henrik Palomäki]
    97. tdf#139922 Tools > Autocorrect > Apply with "Capitalize first letter in every sentence" [M] does not work on first sentence of a document following an initial empty paragraph [Justin Luth, Xisco Fauli]
    98. tdf#140086 LO will many times the master password for open or save action an a remote server (webdav) [Michael Stahl]
    99. tdf#140111 [LOCALHELP] Update Calc View menu, synch with UI. [Olivier Hallot]
    100. tdf#140250 Effects: Glow Radius and Soft Edge Radius should be independent of one another (rather than linked) [Caolán McNamara]
    101. tdf#140321 Fontwork: Change in surface has no effect [Regina Henschel]
    102. tdf#140395 "Font effects" screenshot has to be updated so that it does not show "blinking" control [Olivier Hallot]
    103. tdf#140781 Add help page for Text (encoded) filter options [Olivier Hallot]
    104. tdf#141474 Documentation specifies incorrect parameter names for Basic functions [Alain Romedenne]
    105. tdf#141709 Opening Chinese PDF files generated by XeLaTeX loses Chinese characters [Michael Warner]
    106. tdf#141869 Rephrase "Insert Reference To" items [Ming Hua]
    107. tdf#141908 CppUnittests: replace usage of sal_Int32 with colors [Rishav Chattopadhya, Henrik Palomäki]
    108. tdf#142033 VIEWING: Embedded newline does not display correctly when set via SetDataArray() [Xisco Fauli, Andreas Heinisch]
    109. tdf#142420 Filter By Color: Hangs after apply a color filter and then deselect the filter [Caolán McNamara]
    110. tdf#142706 Shift+Ctrl+S (Special Characters) not working in Find & Replace in Linux (GTK3) [Caolán McNamara]
    111. tdf#142719 AUTO CORRECT: Undo adds exception of two initial capitals to exception list [Caolán McNamara]
    112. tdf#142781 HTML import: base64 PNG image is stretched on import (height is scaled to 200% and aspect ratio not kept) [Andreas Heinisch]
    113. tdf#142986 In "Data - Statistics - Sampling" options, not possible to use a sampling size greater than 100 [Xisco Fauli, Justin Luth]
    114. tdf#143021 Show font names used first [Regina Henschel]
    115. tdf#143128 Searching for German sharp s / eszett (ß,ẞ) provides wrong results [Eike Rathke, Xisco Fauli]
    116. tdf#143148 Use pragma once instead of include guards (Episode 2: Endgame) [Harjot]
    117. tdf#143254 "Greek Upper Letter" numbering style should be named "Greek Upper Numeral" [Jeff Huang]
    118. tdf#143316 FILESAVE: PPTX: Time field disappears in MSO after RT [Sarper Akdemir, Xisco Fauli]
    119. tdf#143443 Size of a comment box increasing after cut/paste action [Caolán McNamara]
    120. tdf#143462 Basic IDE Dark Mode: Row numbers are black with dark background [Heiko Tietze]
    121. tdf#143511 Writer: Comment oversized and text missing when printed in margin in Linux [Caolán McNamara]
    122. tdf#143548 3 dots missing after Select Macro string and Select Module [Jeff Huang]
    123. tdf#143643 The size of comment box isn't restored at undo (so plenty of space, but showing scrollbar) [Caolán McNamara]
    124. tdf#143837 Skia: Curve rendering broken with fat stroke [Luboš Luňák]
    125. tdf#143846 Create separate help pages for each function in the "Text Functions" page [Rafael Lima]
    126. tdf#143971 LibreOffice 7.2 introduced addition popup for read only file that shouldn't be showing [Matt K]
    127. tdf#143978 Calc: shrink to fit makes font size unnecessary small compared to cell width [Xisco Fauli]
    128. tdf#144036 New icon needed for the UNO Object Inspector [Rizal Muttaqin]
    129. tdf#144214 enabling skia on macOS results in 75% of window painted in red on macOS [Luboš Luňák]
    130. tdf#144247 Row height in Calc was 0,45 cm now it's 0,4516. Set rowheight to 10 it will be 9,9995 cm (since 7.2) [Xisco Fauli, Heiko Tietze]
    131. tdf#144249 Deleting 10.000 rows column in a spreadsheet: 15 sec with 4.1| 10 sec up to 300+ sec with 6.2| 130 sec with 7.3 [Luboš Luňák]
    132. tdf#144668 DOCX Customized numbering format lost on save and re-open [Vasily Melenchuk]
    133. tdf#144686 UI: comment box oversized on file open until click in document (triggering a resize) [Caolán McNamara]
    134. tdf#144695 Oracle Java JDK 17 recognition confusion on macOS [Stephan Bergmann]
    135. tdf#144769 UI Warning about unavailable hyperlink targets needs to UTF-encode the target file name [Gabor Kelemen]
    136. tdf#144793 EDITING: LO Base Absence of scrollbar in the SQL query modification window [Caolán McNamara]
    137. tdf#144914 FILESAVE PPTX Interactions placed on shapes are not exported [Tibor Nagy]
    138. tdf#144918 FILEOPEN PPTX Interaction placed on shape is not imported [Tibor Nagy]
    139. tdf#144961 Font matching issues [Chris Sherlock]
    140. tdf#144989 Exported PDF of master document with hidden sections in chapters loses pagination [Michael Stahl]
    141. tdf#144994 libreoffice crashes with kf5-wayland when LanguageTool extension is in use [Michael Weghorn]
    142. tdf#145079 hyperlink don't work anymore in version Calc 7.2.1.2 (x64) [Tünde Tóth]
    143. tdf#145089 FILEOPEN DOCX Table change tracking insert blank row DOCX export wrong [László Németh]
    144. tdf#145091 FILESAVE DOCX Table change tracking deleted row DOCX export wrong (visible only e.g. in Word or Google Docs) [László Németh]
    145. tdf#145128 Setting the "PerformFileCheckExt" setting via the Windows Registry does not work correctly: Final is not applied [Gabor Kelemen]
    146. tdf#145158 character format dialog doesn't show the current character size any more [Xisco Fauli, Mike Kaganski]
    147. tdf#145205 Errormessage when I try to open a certain database table via LibreOffice 7.2 Database - no mysql connector native driver support for BIT datatype [Julien Nabet]
    148. tdf#145207 One click and three presses of TABs crashes Writer [Jim Raykowski, Xisco Fauli]
    149. tdf#145258 Comments cut-off in writer [Caolán McNamara]
    150. tdf#145311 EDITING Hovering over an empty list item will turn the empty list item into an insertion [László Németh]
    151. tdf#145317 FILESAVE DOC/X: Header/Footer text lost from follow style when first style has titlePage [Justin Luth]
    152. tdf#145323 [BASE] [REPORTBUILDER] [REGRESSION] [7.2.x] Moving a field to a different section corrupts the field [Noel Grandin]
    153. tdf#145326 Break link doesn't work with DDE links [Xisco Fauli, Bjoern Michaelsen]
    154. tdf#145354 Wrong slide to page layout in Print dialog preview [Tor Lillqvist]
    155. tdf#145361 Cannot convert to XHTML document containing list with line break [Noel Grandin, Xisco Fauli]
    156. tdf#145363 KDE Plasma: Enters loop when editing bullet style [Jan-Marek Glogowski, Caolán McNamara]
    157. tdf#145371 Global Array of defined user type : values lost [Andreas Heinisch]
    158. tdf#145377 Crash in: SvxScriptErrorDialog::ShowDialog(SvxScriptErrorDialog *,void *) [Caolán McNamara]
    159. tdf#145386 bogus lang-tag in status bar language selector [Eike Rathke]
    160. tdf#145391 Segfault importing Basic macros [Caolán McNamara]
    161. tdf#145398 Content overview in LO Help is wrong [Rafael Lima]
    162. tdf#145464 Crash when opening Digital signatures dialog from infobar (GTK3) [Caolán McNamara]
    163. tdf#145486 LO crashes with finalized ooSetupLastVersion [homeboy445]
    164. tdf#145496 Text is not wrapping in dialogs [Jan-Marek Glogowski]
    165. tdf#145508 kf5: Assert hit when starting Impress presentation after e4abf879f4a24258bcc560eb58ca78b147768d46 [Jan-Marek Glogowski]
    166. tdf#145511 FILESAVE to PPTX as read-only with additional password protection for editing not working [Tünde Tóth]
    167. tdf#145538 Use range based for loops [Harjot, Henrik Palomäki]
    168. tdf#145539 Convert string literals defined as const char[] in header files to constexpr OUStringLiteral [Jeff Huang]
    169. tdf#145567 Crash when click "File > Open" if previously a Draw document is opened via Writer and closed [Caolán McNamara]
    170. tdf#145582 Query → Edit in SQL-View treats file as changed when no changes have occurred [Caolán McNamara]
    171. tdf#145584 Writer crashes on exporting as PDF with its Range in PDF Options set to 'Selection' [Julien Nabet, Xisco Fauli]
    172. tdf#145610 The numbering of numbered list doesn't show when changing bulleted for numbered list [Vasily Melenchuk]
    173. tdf#145611 CRASH: Inserting page breaks and undoing [Attila Szűcs]
    174. tdf#145617 Documentation for CINT%: inappropriate, incomplete and misleading [Mike Kaganski]
    175. tdf#145621 Crash swlo!IDocumentMarkAccess::IsLegalPaMForCrossRefHeadingBookmark+0x2681 at overwriting certain area [Michael Stahl]
    176. tdf#145640 CALC Update references when sorting on an autofiltered range of cells evaluates incorrectly [Eike Rathke, Xisco Fauli]
    177. tdf#145645 calc: pivot table popdown don't dismiss when menu item selected [Caolán McNamara]
    178. tdf#145655 Add animation button only has the "Add" label [Caolán McNamara]
    179. tdf#145663 Not possible to turn light off in '3D View' dialog of a 3D chart [Caolán McNamara]
    180. tdf#145670 1.15 Line Spacing Icon in Format Menu is Missing [Rizal Muttaqin]
    181. tdf#145672 "Export Preview PDF" Need Icons [Rizal Muttaqin]
    182. tdf#145684 UI: Image deck is below 'effect' and shadow in draw [Heiko Tietze]
    183. tdf#145694 Fontwork doesn't show 'soft edge' and glow effects side panel [Szymon Kłos]
    184. tdf#145711 Error 1324: The Folder Path Contains an Invalid Character (Adobe Japan1/H) [Mike Kaganski]
    185. tdf#145714 in Base, the mediumblob MySQL fields are shown as Text[VARCHAR] - no mysql connector native driver support for MEDIUMBLOB datatype. [Julien Nabet]
    186. tdf#145718 DOCX import: support MoveTo/MoveFrom completely [László Németh]
    187. tdf#145719 ODT import/Changes In Margin mode: recognize text moving [László Németh]
    188. tdf#145721 sign tracked text moving not only with green text color + double strikethrough/underline, but in tooltips and Track Changes dialog box [László Németh]
    189. tdf#145725 Under Option VBAsupport 1 the RGB() wrongly interchanges the values for Red and Blue. [Julien Nabet]
    190. tdf#145731 CRASH: Closing document [Julien Nabet, Xisco Fauli]
    191. tdf#145748 Text boxes have black background with Skia on macOS [Luboš Luňák]
    192. tdf#145769 "File already exists" warning when trying to save new file to WebDAV share [Michael Stahl]
    193. tdf#145786 Crash in: libgobject-2.0.so.0 Gtk-CRITICAL when attempting to change color palette (UI, Sidebar) [Caolán McNamara]
    194. tdf#145801 Different heights of sidebar content panel title elements [Heiko Tietze]
    195. tdf#145804 Wrong numbering style shown for predefined Heading styles [Caolán McNamara]
    196. tdf#145821 Layout divergence between GTK3 and Windows (gen) in Paragraph dialog / Outline & List tab [Heiko Tietze]
    197. tdf#145828 Cell line width applied by uno:SetBorderStyle should be the same as in "Format Cells" menu [Samuel Mehrbrodt]
    198. tdf#145831 Typo in Portable Network Graphics string [Andrea Gelmini]
    199. tdf#145833 Remove ITEMVALMEASURETEXTTYPES part in SdrMeasureTextHPosItem [Julien Nabet]
    200. tdf#145840 UI Secure connection box reset incorrectly when opening&closing Edit Services dialog [Caolán McNamara]
    201. tdf#145842 UI Canceling Delete from WebDAV server makes files disappear from Remote files dialog [Caolán McNamara]
    202. tdf#145852 Printing with printer preselected no longer works (BASIC macro) [Samuel Mehrbrodt]
    203. tdf#145863 Crash when click on autofilter dropdown, cancel and then click on the dropdown again [Caolán McNamara]
    204. tdf#145864 Submenus in Autofilter Dropdown requires double-click to expand, while in previous versions only single-click is needed [Caolán McNamara]
    205. tdf#145874 FILESAVE: PDF: gradient switch colors [Julien Nabet]

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