Releases/7.3.1/RC1

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. 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.

Bugs fixed compared to 7.3.0 RC3

 * 1)  avoid Xlib cairo surfaces for small virtual devices [Luboš Luňák]
 * 2)  valid reclen must be >= 20 [Caolán McNamara]
 * 3)  throw exception on a negative length [Caolán McNamara]
 * 4)  crash in isMoved if re-insert of invalid range failed [Caolán McNamara]
 * 5)  LibreOffice crashes on startup with 'invalid cast' when SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN is set to gtk3 (Plasma Wayland) [Caolán McNamara]
 * 6)  Pasting a HTML table into Libreoffice Calc can jumble the table up. [Eike Rathke]
 * 7)  Calc doesn't merge cells correctly when pasting merged content from HTML [Eike Rathke]
 * 8)  Unicode Index Entries that are not English is ignored. [Andreas Heinisch]
 * 9)  FILESAVE RTF: border-less text frame gets a border line [Regina Henschel]
 * 10)  Concordance file for indexes breaks UTF-8 and turns the characters into ASCII [Andreas Heinisch]
 * 11)  Opening PPTX with images behind masks shows these images incorrectly [Tünde Tóth]
 * 12)  Add 21 and 42 in size list for CJK due to the typographic scale convention [Julien Nabet]
 * 13)  On filtered list an autofill upwards erases data (steps in Comment 3) [Justin Luth]
 * 14)  Custom bullet (-) in presentation not exported into SVG [Miklos Vajna]
 * 15)  UI: Template manager, no highlighting when the focus is inside the template preview window (using keyboard) [Katarina Behrens]
 * 16)  Chart does not update via Menu Tools/Update/Charts [Armin Le Grand (Allotropia)]
 * 17)  Master objects in a LO Draw document export with TIFF but not PNG or GIF when exported with transparency [Armin Le Grand (Allotropia), Xisco Fauli]
 * 18)  SDI file with greek letters does not work [Andreas Heinisch]
 * 19)  Draw/Writer cannot modify the unit of measure through the ruler above the workspace (Chinese UI only) [Caolán McNamara]
 * 20)  Writer: DOCX export from ODT: Header/Footer is missing on second page [Vasily Melenchuk]
 * 21)  EDITING: Firebird: Table editor instead of view editor [Julien Nabet]
 * 22)  FILESAVE: RTF: CJK Character properties are lost after RT [Justin Luth]
 * 23)  FILESAVE PPTX Parent master slide is set instead of child at save [Tibor Nagy]
 * 24)  Firebird/View-editor: Views aren't shown in table directly after creating a view [Julien Nabet]
 * 25)  BASIC: Replace is awfully slow [Mike Kaganski]
 * 26)  The Keep ratio option for the caption frame can't be deactivated [Caolán McNamara]
 * 27)  Can't open help page insert chart on calc [Rafael Lima, Caolán McNamara]
 * 28)  Image toolbar in Calc contains an unnecessary blank area and a corresponding menu option with no text [Jeff Huang]
 * 29)  Regression in 7.0.0 & 7.0.1 - Data Validation Drop-down when using keys "ALT+DOWN Arrow", it doesn't auto highlight the first option (when cell is blank) [Caolán McNamara]
 * 30)  FILEOPEN PDF Differences in imported text [Kevin Suo]
 * 31)  Adding and modifying animations painfully slow [Caolán McNamara]
 * 32)  FILESAVE PPTX Non-filled non-custom shape is saved with extra fill [Tibor Nagy]
 * 33)  Writer hung when inserting image larger than page [Miklos Vajna]
 * 34)  EDITING: Undo deletes everything after Paste Special as RTF [Michael Stahl]
 * 35)  MediaDescriptor: Property "LockExport=True" should disable .uno:SendMail" [Vasily Melenchuk]
 * 36)  MediaDescriptor: Property "LockSave=True" should disable .uno:SaveAll" [Vasily Melenchuk]
 * 37)  Pdf export of pages range adds hyperlinks from previous pages [Miklos Vajna]
 * 38)  FILESAVE: DOCX: Image distorted after RT [Justin Luth]
 * 39)  REPLACE: Wrong replacement in long text [Mike Kaganski]
 * 40)  FILESAVE DOCX Change tracked shape with textbox doubles [Michael Stahl]
 * 41)  DOCX: Images are being duplicated on document reopen [Michael Stahl]
 * 42)  UI. Corner of screen appears white when presenting, using the Lights template (Windows-only) [Luboš Luňák]
 * 43)  Pixel (or pixels) missing in the Calc Formula Bar [Caolán McNamara]
 * 44)  Assigning a missing optional variable to a property does not trigger "argument is not optional" [Andreas Heinisch]
 * 45)  UI: Add animation (+) sign still enabled mode with deselect text frame because of using remove effect (-) [Caolán McNamara]
 * 46)  Find and replace: incorrect replacement after reopening the dialog [Justin Luth]
 * 47)  Vertical axis automatic scaling is wrong for some label column values [Tünde Tóth]
 * 48)  [Feature Request] BaseDocumenter extension in Firebird not working [Andreas Heinisch]
 * 49)  "Use printer metrics for document formatting" not roundtripping through the docx format (causes different kerning between ODT & DOCX of the same file) [Caolán McNamara]
 * 50)  Crash when close Manage changes dialog [Caolán McNamara]
 * 51)  CDbl(" 28 ") errors out [Andreas Heinisch]
 * 52)  Color Palette extensions list is empty [Gabor Kelemen]
 * 53)  Calc using labels shows errors or wrong results [Eike Rathke]
 * 54)  The return value of Basic function is not initialized when called from Calc formula [Andreas Heinisch]
 * 55)  Calc crashes when pasting data into filtered cells (mdds) [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 56)  FILESSAVE DOCX Hatch filling not exported [Tünde Tóth]
 * 57)  Freeze after undoing accepting/rejecting changes [László Németh]
 * 58)  Crash (assert) when opening the paragraph properties from an outline [Caolán McNamara]
 * 59)  Missing/confused constants for MsgBox arg & return value [Julien Nabet]
 * 60)  FILESAVE DOCX: Direct formatting is applied to paragraph thus negative first line indent is lost [Vasily Melenchuk]
 * 61)  Crash with debug build when changing paths in options (kf5) [Michael Weghorn]
 * 62)  FILEEDIT ODT Cut and copy a text in Hide Changes mode makes text appear again [László Németh]
 * 63)  sw track changes: regression: broken moving of table row [László Németh]
 * 64)  FILEEDIT ODT Moving multiple rows inserts also empty rows (not related to change tracking [László Németh]
 * 65)  FILEEDIT ODT Crash: Redo of tracked table row moving [László Németh]
 * 66)  CRASH: Pasting content from edit mode [Caolán McNamara]
 * 67)  Arrowheads in dropdowns shift a little when opened [Caolán McNamara]
 * 68)  CRASH: deleting content [Michael Stahl]
 * 69)  CRASH: Inserting page break or newline [Michael Stahl]
 * 70)  Shapes containing arcs are not printed properly [Caolán McNamara]
 * 71)  The document loses focus after closing the autofilter popup [Caolán McNamara]
 * 72)  hazardous animation objects selected [Caolán McNamara]
 * 73)  Double-clicking an element in Navigator shows it in the middle of the document view instead of at the top [Jim Raykowski]
 * 74)  Export from Calc document with Unicode characters belonging to Unicode category Cn to xlsx produces corrupt file. [Stephan Bergmann]
 * 75)  Chart Design in Colibre does not align with the theme [Rizal Muttaqin]
 * 76)  Calc SUBSTITUTE function slows down disproportionately as text length increases. [Mike Kaganski]
 * 77)  docx import filter, wrong default paragraph style was taken [Justin Luth]
 * 78)  Impossible in 7.4 to export a PNG with a transparent background (no background defaults to white) [Xisco Fauli]
 * 79)  Writer crash after adding rectangle, add link and delete it [Julien Nabet]
 * 80)  FILEEDIT ODT Track changes of multiple table rows copied [László Németh]
 * 81)  FILEEDIT ODT Track changes: accept/reject only first cell of a table selection [László Németh]
 * 82)  copy+Rich Text Formatting RTF paste special turns entire document into hyperlink text [Michael Stahl]
 * 83)  Typo in Calc's print dialog [Caolán McNamara]
 * 84)  LO 7.3 Calc Autofilter Dropdown does not show "Cancel" and "OK" buttons [Caolán McNamara]
 * 85)  CallByName argument names does not match that of VBA [Julien Nabet]
 * 86)  drag & drop table moving doesn't work (regression of tdf#84806) [László Németh]

Translations
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