Releases/5.4.0/Beta2

General for this Beta: parallel installation

 * This Beta release will install in parallel to your existing LibreOffice installation.

Windows

 * LibreOffice 5.4 will be made available as 64bit version in addition to the 32bit version. Installing the 64bit version requires Windows Vista or newer, the 32bit Version runs on Windows XP or newer
 * Note: LibreOffice 5.4 will be the last codeline to support Windows XP or Vista - later versions will require Windows 7 or newer.
 * Windows builds of Beta2 are codesigned with a new certificate issued by DigiCert

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 5.4.0 Beta1:


 * 1)  sw: Null pointer dereferences [Michael Stahl]
 * 2)  we only set these values, never read them [Caolán McNamara]
 * 3)  sanitize nTyp to legal values [Caolán McNamara]
 * 4)  sw: DeleteAndJoin could delete proposed new redline [Michael Stahl]
 * 5)  check remaining size of dest [Caolán McNamara]
 * 6)  check multiply and shift [Caolán McNamara]
 * 7)  enable Upper Sorbian for languagepack/UI [Christian Lohmaier]
 * 8)  Scrolling is way too fast in writer [Caolán McNamara]
 * 9)  sdext: join TimerScheduler thread before shutdown [Michael Stahl]
 * 10)  Wrong syntax highlighting in BASIC IDE [tagezi]
 * 11)  Remove uno calls from xlsx import [Jochen Nitschke]
 * 12)  Reset Button in Options Dialogues does not Work with all Options [Julien Nabet]
 * 13)  FILEOPEN Cannot select unprotected cells in XSLX sheet with worksheet protection [Justin Luth]
 * 14)  (Sifr-Icon-Theme) [META] Incomplete Sifr icon theme [Cassandra Freund]
 * 15)  FILESAVE: DOCX: Extra Section break gets added after Roudtrip [Miklos Vajna]
 * 16)  Add missing BASIC function and constant documentation [Olivier Hallot]
 * 17)  TOOLBAR: Number Format Decimal and Standard doesnt show toggle correctly [Gulsah Kose]
 * 18)  Text frame and coincident image frame style transparency and color fill corruption in Writer 4.4 [Miklos Vajna]
 * 19)  soffice.bin is not signed by Digital Certificate [Andras Timar]
 * 20)  (Writer-Menus) [META] Reorganization of the menu bar for Writer [Yousuf Philips]
 * 21)  BASIC Editor: Line number display activation does not survive LO restart; line number column opens too narrow [tagezi]
 * 22)  Subtotal function with function indexes 101-111 don't update when rows are hidden (hard recalculation is needed) [Arul Michael]
 * 23)  Light sifr and breeze icon themes for dark OS themes [Cassandra Freund, Yousuf Philips]
 * 24)  CALC: Add new toolbar and toggle icons for Cell Protection [Yousuf Philips]
 * 25)  Pasting text leaves focus somewhere in the middle of the document. [Michael Stahl]
 * 26)  FILESAVE Long data-validity-list when saves as XLSX give error in Excel, due to exceed 255 character limit of [Justin Luth]
 * 27)  Drop Web Wizard [Caolán McNamara]
 * 28)  FILEOPEN DOCX Horizontal lines misplaced [Vasily Melenchuk]
 * 29)  Horrible performance opening ODS file saved from xlsx file (5 - 20 times slower than Excel) [Eike Rathke]
 * 30)  Restore Clear Direct Formatting (an uno:ResetAttributes command) to the context menu [Yousuf Philips]
 * 31)  [LOCALHELP] Review and complete the mail merge help pages [Gabor Kelemen]
 * 32)  step0 for IVS-support on UNX platforms: neutralize VS chars [Jochen Nitschke]
 * 33)  Calc, Function Wizard: wrong description for function T [Jochen Nitschke]
 * 34)  FILESAVE: PPTX: Underline in text is lost after RT [Bartosz Kosiorek]
 * 35)  [ZH-TW] Characters of incorrect fonts shown in online help of "Calc" [Jochen Nitschke]
 * 36)  (DOCX-OPENING) [META] DOCX file opening issues [Mike Kaganski]
 * 37)  FILEOPEN: RTF Spacing Totally Lost on Import [Miklos Vajna]
 * 38)  MailMerge: Writer crashes using wizard 2nd time thru [Maxim Monastirsky]
 * 39)  Highlighting text in textbox is lost when exporting in pdf [Miklos Vajna]
 * 40)  Show InfoBar when document has invalid signature [Katarina Behrens]
 * 41)  Crash when the anchor icon is dropped outside of the document ( steps comment 24 ) [Armin Le Grand]
 * 42)  Crash in: SfxItemPool::Put(SfxPoolItem const &,unsigned short) [Jochen Nitschke]
 * 43)  FILESAVE: DOCX: Extra section created during each save [Miklos Vajna]
 * 44)  Sifr icon for "Cross-reference" needed [Cassandra Freund]
 * 45)  Sifr icon for "Index Entry" needed [Cassandra Freund]
 * 46)  Color set/palette for charts missing since reorganization of color palettes [Yousuf Philips]
 * 47)  Sifr icon for "Table Styles" needed [Cassandra Freund]
 * 48)  FILEOPEN: RTF: centered paragraph attribute in title style is ignored [Miklos Vajna]
 * 49)  Bullet split button drop down presets dont set character style to Bullets [Maxim Monastirsky]
 * 50)  Preview of templates show language specific text [Laurent Balland-Poirier]
 * 51)  LOCALHELP: Index: colors;adding needs update to new color picker [Gabor Kelemen]
 * 52)  Hang If I use "Capitalise Every Word" on a list containing an empty list item. [Julien Nabet]
 * 53)  [LOCALHELP] Review help pages for Templates [Gabor Kelemen]
 * 54)  New Template Manager help content issues [Gabor Kelemen]
 * 55)  Scrolling right in spreadsheet displaces AutoFilter dropdown buttons [TamÃ¡s Zolnai]
 * 56)  Style Presets content panel empty in the Sidebar Design deck [Gabor Kelemen]
 * 57)  Addition of a description field to the Frame, Image and Object dialogs [Gulsah Kose]
 * 58)  Repeated images replace correct ones in exported PDF (with default rendering only) [Marco Cecchetti]
 * 59)  FILESAVE: DOCX - Heading styles exported with two outline level tags [Miklos Vajna]
 * 60)  MAILMERGE: Crash while saving new document [Jan Holesovsky]
 * 61)  Default red font color and yellow highlight color no long in default color palette [Yousuf Philips]
 * 62)  FILEOPEN Crash on PDF import with Bad Allocation for several specific PDF forms [Miklos Vajna]
 * 63)  EDITING: Pattern created with pattern editor isn't applied when pressing apply [Katarina Behrens]
 * 64)  FILESAVE: DOCX - Section content across 3 columns appear in first column [Miklos Vajna]
 * 65)  PIVOT CHARTS: categories display broken when Display options in pivot table Data field dialog aren't default [TomaÅ¾ Vajngerl]
 * 66)  Options/language settings/language/User interface always displays same language [Julien Nabet]
 * 67)  Changing conditional format condition through api crashes LibO [Julien Nabet]
 * 68)  Crash in: SfxItemSet::Get(unsigned short,bool) [CaolÃ¡n McNamara]
 * 69)  CRASH: Libreoffice crashes when editing attributes [CaolÃ¡n McNamara]
 * 70)  'Choose Themes' command no longer works [CaolÃ¡n McNamara]
 * 71)  'Shapes' text is gone from Modify menu [Noel Grandin]
 * 72)  CRASH: Crash after pasting an image into a new document [Miklos Vajna]
 * 73)  Not possible to reset color to Automatic in form control properties dialog [CaolÃ¡n McNamara]
 * 74)  XLSB: sheet protection is reversed [Justin Luth]
 * 75)  Crash with a crafted odp when closing "Insert OLE object" dialog [Takeshi Abe]
 * 76)  Watermark: Document modification flag is set when opening the Insert menu [Szymon KÅ‚os]
 * 77)  5.4.0.0.alpha0+, built after April 24, doesn't start on Windows XP and Vista [Eike Rathke]
 * 78)  Calc crashes when/after running VBA macro [Justin Luth]
 * 79)  Writer's SubtractFlysAnchoredAtFlys compat option results in rendering artifacts [Miklos Vajna]
 * 80)  Can't change Primary Key's name with Firebird Embedded db. [Julien Nabet]
 * 81)  Impress Crashing When Transition Rendering Not Available [CaolÃ¡n McNamara]
 * 82)  FILEOPEN: Table in DOC with merged rows doesn't preserve setting that allows rows to break across pages [Aron Budea]
 * 83)  CRASH: Writer crashes while closing after copy/pasting specific content [Michael Stahl]
 * 84)  Impress is crashing when add interaction to shape [CaolÃ¡n McNamara]
 * 85)  Crash in: mergedlo.dll [CaolÃ¡n McNamara]
 * 86)  CRASH: Writer crashes while closing after copy/pasting specific content (GTK3) [Michael Stahl]
 * 87)  DOCM files can't be opened in Word after a roundtrip in Writer (until renaming) [Miklos Vajna]
 * 88)  export to xlsx shows only 65k rows when imported into SPSS [Eike Rathke]
 * 89)  EDITING: Changing the background color in calc is slower than in previous versions [Jochen Nitschke]
 * 90)  Formatting (Styles) toolbar not persistent [Yousuf Philips]
 * 91)  Crash in: mergedlo.dll [Jochen Nitschke]
 * 92)  DOCX files must use C-fonts on IMPORT by default [Mike Kaganski]