Releases/4.2.7/RC1

Installation

 * Linux deb and rpm:
 * please, read detailed instructions for different distributions
 * the Linux packages can be installed in parallel to LibreOffice 4.1, but not run simultaneously - documents will be opened in the version you've started first.
 * Windows:
 * LibreOffice Windows installers are signed by The Document Foundation.

New Features
Features for this version are available here.

Symbol Server for debugging on Windows
Starting with LibreOffice 4.2.0 RC1, debugging symbols (pdb files) for Windows builds will be available from our symbol server at http://dev-downloads.libreoffice.org/symstore/symbols (note: this is not a webbrowsable resource, it is meant to be used by debugging tools like WinDbg. See our documentation on How to get a backtrace with WinDbg for details on how to set it up. And starting with 4.2.0 RC2, the debugging symbols are also source indexed.

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 against 4.2.6 secfix/RC3:


 * 1)  fix editeng text search with expanded fields. [Michael Meeks]
 * 2)  OOXML import: Respect table background properties a bit more [Matúš Kukan]
 * 3)  I can't remove a path in AutoText dialog [Tor Lillqvist]
 * 4)  HTML import: Embed images if source URL is a local file. [Matúš Kukan]
 * 5)  invisible text because of wrong color (white) [Zolnai Tamás]
 * 6)  OOXML import: Import video file too. [Matúš Kukan]
 * 7)  display data description in pivot table. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 8)  do not compress WMF / EMF file incase of OOXML export [Nikhil Walvekar]
 * 9)  avoid opening embedded OLE object as "text" [Tor Lillqvist]
 * 10)  fix the duotone filter to actually produce duotone [Tor Lillqvist]
 * 11)  make changing table text color in impress always work [Matúš Kukan]
 * 12)  fix reading a .doc that has frame anchored to the end of page [Luboš Luňák]
 * 13)  let's not even try to export invalid chart objects. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 14)  if number type is not set, skip numbering [Tomaž Vajngerl]
 * 15)  fix some number format issues, [Matúš Kukan, Tor Lillqvist]
 * 16)  handle corner case in slide sorter correctly. [Jan Holesovsky]
 * 17)  handle 0 font height just like outdev & drawinglayer [Tomaž Vajngerl]
 * 18)  mark axis a percent axis only when all data series are percent. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 19)  make chart objects exempt from automatic unloading. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 20)  reset the default user to the document owner at the end. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 21)  let's not push the available area down when no titles are there. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 22)  OOXML import: Correctly apply table style for lastRow. [Matúš Kukan]
 * 23)  do not set TextAutoGrowHeight for vertical text. [Matúš Kukan]
 * 24)  always use theme color for hyperlinks in Impress [Matúš Kukan]
 * 25)  ODF files not showing up on Windows search [Andras Timar]
 * 26)  revert "handle docx's w:anchor layoutInCell attribute " [Luboš Luňák, Andras Timar]
 * 27)  OOXML import: Improve chart number formats. [Matúš Kukan]
 * 28)  OOXML import: Import border lines using reference too. [Matúš Kukan]
 * 29)  unchecked dynamic_cast [Miklos Vajna]
 * 30)  fix build, Unchecked dynamic_cast [Caolán McNamara]
 * 31)  fix ignoring large twips values like MSO does [Matúš Kukan]
 * 32)  mac Keyboard shortcut Option key ko in Customize dialog [Julien Nabet]
 * 33)  $(workdirurl) was always empty [Stephan Bergmann]
 * 34)  don't loop autosave if userautosave fails [Maxim Monastirsky]
 * 35)  mac Keyboard shortcut Option key ko in Customize dialog [Julien Nabet]
 * 36)  ensure graphics are swapped in on DrawingML::WriteImage [Caolán McNamara]
 * 37)  switch back tab at RefButton closure time [Laurent Balland-Poirier]
 * 38)  absent value cell values are not NaN, set to 0.0 [Eike Rathke]
 * 39)  make Draw use paper size when printing [Eilidh McAdam, Caolán McNamara]
 * 40)  empty/Not empty doesn't work in columns with date format [David Ostrovsky]
 * 41)  do not compress WMF / EMF file incase of OOXML export [Nikhil Walvekar]
 * 42)  sw: fix updating of page styles via SwDocShell::_LoadStyles [Michael Stahl]
 * 43)  preserve number formats when charts are copied. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 44)  don't loop autosave if userautosave fails [Maxim Monastirsky]
 * 45)  preserve number formats when charts are copied. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 46)  don't crash on missing table styles [Caolán McNamara]
 * 47)  win32 fpicker: correctly set the default file name [Aurimas Fišeras]
 * 48)  let's not always set the line style to NONE here. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 49)  sub-grid shouldn't be allowed as 0 [Caolán McNamara]
 * 50)  $(workdirurl) was always empty [Stephan Bergmann]
 * 51)  writerfilter: RTF import: handle \u keyword inside levelnumbers [Michael Stahl]
 * 52)  SVG: Text from SVG no longer displayed in LibreOffice [Joren De Cuyper]
 * 53)  avoid use of invalidated pointers [David Tardon]
 * 54)  LO hangs while saving the document. [Umesh Kadam]
 * 55)  crash in oox::drawingml::LayoutNode::setupShape [Caolán McNamara]
 * 56)  crash in DomainMapper_Impl::CloseFieldCommand [Caolán McNamara]
 * 57)  crash in EnhancedCustomShapeTypeNames::Get [Caolán McNamara]
 * 58)  LO hangs while saving the document. [Umesh Kadam]
 * 59)  check for empty slots' valid NULL pointer, [Eike Rathke]
 * 60)  properly update formulas upon change in db collection. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 61)  initialize with a default chart only from the UI. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 62)  ensure that we notify each listener only once. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 63)  get the parameter order right. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 64)  sort causes crash [Deena Francis]
 * 65)  Delete any control on Dialog editing window crashes LO [Julien Nabet]
 * 66)  disable highlight DOCX import [Zolnai Tamás]
 * 67)  sort causes crash [Deena Francis]
 * 68)  don't crash on compilers that enforce exception specs [Caolán McNamara]
 * 69)  sort causes crash [Deena Francis]
 * 70)  don't write to zero length files [Maxim Monastirsky]
 * 71)  don't parse file name as part of URL [David Tardon]
 * 72)  adjust references during sort. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 73)  when moving to a different sheet, set 3D flag on. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 74)  no fallback for special codes without country [Eike Rathke]
 * 75)  writerfilter: turn the horrible btLr cell text dir hack [Michael Stahl]
 * 76)  display correct label for empty cell. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 77)  skip setting an empty allocation [Caolán McNamara]
 * 78)  fix a crasher during xlsx export with revisions. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 79)  vcl: limit number of CFFs read from font [Michael Stahl, Audrey Tang]
 * 80)  fail nicely if avahi doesn't let libreoffice publish items [Bryan Quigley]
 * 81)  Mediawiki doesn't recognize underlining [Julien Nabet]
 * 82)  use 24-bit color depth, not 256 colors when converting an EPS-file. [Björgvin Ragnarsson]
 * 83)  enhanced handling of multiple ClipRegions... [Armin Le Grand]
 * 84)  split formula groups at sort range boundaries. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 85)  create new styles with an initial name [Caolán McNamara]
 * 86)  sort causes crash [Deena Francis]
 * 87)  don't prefer GDI Metafiles to RTF/HTML -- correctly. [Andrzej Hunt]
 * 88)  revert "Update default alignment ... [Michael Stahl]
 * 89)  fix Outline numbering tab page [Michael Stahl]
 * 90)  don't include working directory in tarballs [Christian Lohmaier]
 * 91)  ODF import: clear all shapes when removing header content [Michael Stahl]
 * 92)  do not reset globals while loading a document [Eike Rathke]
 * 93)  crash on loading ppt [Caolán McNamara]
 * 94)  disambiguate "NOT LIKE 'foo'" [Lionel Elie Mamane]
 * 95)  crash on opening wikipedia ODT Book [Julien Nabet]
 * 96)  added missing media extensions [Daniel Sikeler]
 * 97)  infinite recursion [Caolán McNamara]
 * 98)  NULL pAction [Caolán McNamara]
 * 99)  ensure that the row position is below MAXROW. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 100)  add GetAddressConvention to RefButton [Laurent Balland-Poirier]
 * 101)  be sure to update the sheet index when moving the sort range. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 102)  corrected default style for draw objects... [Armin Le Grand]
 * 103)  revert "Update default alignment ... [Michael Stahl]
 * 104)  infinite recursion [Caolán McNamara]
 * 105)  do apply possible changed ... [Oliver-Rainer Wittmann]
 * 106)  enhanced handling of multiple ClipRegions... [Armin Le Grand]
 * 107)  FileDialogHelper: don't hand out stale preview Graphic [Michael Stahl]
 * 108)  reload font list from shell on change [David Tardon]
 * 109)  [abrt] libreoffice-core: Window::ImplAddDel: soffice.bin killed by SIGSEGV [Caolán McNamara]