Releases/6.4.5/RC1

Windows

 * LibreOffice 6.4 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 6.4.4 RC2


 * 1)  set A4 in extras/source/shellnew templates [Rene Engelhard]
 * 2)  unchecked nullptr return from SfxViewFrame::Current [Caolán McNamara]
 * 3)  Data Pilot and sheet local defined named range insert menu entry inactive [Julien Nabet]
 * 4)  EDITING: Process hang on find/replace in Basic code involving "\&" [Andreas Heinisch]
 * 5)  FILEOPEN: DOCX - Incorrect space between bullet and first line text due to wrong tab stop at value [Vasily Melenchuk]
 * 6)  FILESAVE: Tab positions not being retained in PPT and being lost in PPTX [Piet van Oostrum, Samuel Mehrbrodt]
 * 7)  FILESAVE: XLSX export breaks or some sheet names (sheet name length >31 characters) [Serge Krot]
 * 8)  Fileopen: Docx custom numbering triangle symbol incorrectly displayed as a dot [Vasily Melenchuk]
 * 9)  Paragraph numbering on one paragraph resets when it shouldn't [Vasily Melenchuk]
 * 10)  Editing: Database password properties in ODB file not re-settable via UI [Julien Nabet]
 * 11)  Base macros cannot be digitally signed [Samuel Mehrbrodt]
 * 12)  MAILMERGE Add conditional to expand / collapse bookmarks [Serge Krot]
 * 13)  Formula editor breaks surrogate pairs [Julien Nabet]
 * 14)  new documents fail ODF validation with Error: unexpected attribute "draw:fill" [Michael Stahl]
 * 15)  FILESAVE: DOC: New rows are displayed on table after RT [Justin Luth]
 * 16)  FILESAVE: Check boxes get lost when saving as .XLSX [Serge Krot]
 * 17)  FILEOPEN: DOCX file numbered list restarted from 1 following section break assumes previous numbered list sequence after 1 [Vasily Melenchuk]
 * 18)  BASIC: Bad select after scrolling in Object Catalog [Caolán McNamara]
 * 19)  FILEOPEN DOCX Numbering format shown as "1.1.1-" even though it should be "1-1-1-" [Vasily Melenchuk]
 * 20)  FILEOPEN: Numbers appear in numbered list MSO created in attached DOC without visible number format [Vasily Melenchuk]
 * 21)  linked subform shows empty when slave field is a function call [Lionel Elie Mamane]
 * 22)  SQL parser doesn't accept identifiers containing newlines [and gives a syntax error when Query Wizard correctly generates a query containing one] [Lionel Elie Mamane]
 * 23)  Small caps captions do not display the Figure/Illustration/etc. category label [Caolán McNamara]
 * 24)  Mailmerge: Background image in printed address labels not visible [Miklos Vajna]
 * 25)  radiobutton receives item status changed event after listbox value selection [Noel Grandin]
 * 26)  The "Default" button for quotes in AutoCorrect options doesn't reset the display of replacement [Caolán McNamara]
 * 27)  Extrusion on/off is faulty in saving for Fontwork favorite 40 [Stephan Bergmann]
 * 28)  Unable to deselect 'Visible' flags in Base query, if field is set for "sorting" [Julien Nabet]
 * 29)  FILEOPEN DOCX Margin setting is not considered if smaller than heading size [Miklos Vajna]
 * 30)  Can't unmerge cells using tabbed user interface [andreas kainz]
 * 31)  EDITING: Undo takes action on another shape [Vasily Melenchuk]
 * 32)  Request to Localize More Formatting Icons into Korean UI [Rizal Muttaqin]
 * 33)  Crash when I press down arrow in edit header dialog using e.g, Japanese keyboard [Caolán McNamara]
 * 34)  [UI] Smart tags wrongly listed in AutoCorrect options dialog [Caolán McNamara]
 * 35)  Cannot sign existing PDF, ' .tmp does not exist' from 6.4 [Miklos Vajna]
 * 36)  Inlined BMP fills do not render [Miklos Vajna]
 * 37)  Autofilter not updated on data change (automatically or manually) [scito]
 * 38)  Draw crashes when trying to add a point in a multiline ( steps in comment 8 ) [Noel Grandin]
 * 39)  UI: Text import dialogue default focus is 'Character set' instead of 'OK' [Caolán McNamara]
 * 40)  Cannot change data point icons in Calc's XY or points and lines chart [Caolán McNamara]
 * 41)  Crash when I type the letter "i" after the letter "f" in a paragraph with style "emphasis" and font "Linux Biolinum G" [Gabor Kelemen]
 * 42)  Function Wizard in Calc allows too many parameters [Eike Rathke]
 * 43)  Crash when doing undoing [Xisco Fauli, Michael Stahl]
 * 44)  Drawing line width changes randomly while changing [Caolán McNamara]
 * 45)  Function Wizard does not enter array formulas with inline arrays correctly [Eike Rathke]
 * 46)  For every repeated paste the page count (incl. content) doubles [Xisco Fauli]
 * 47)  Crash in: swlo.dll ( steps in comment 12) [Michael Stahl]
 * 48)  Scrollers for long menus are not shown / black [Miklos Vajna]
 * 49)  FILEOPEN DOCX Table character direct formatting not applied with another table in footer [László Németh]
 * 50)  No display of labels in pie charts if xlsx created with Excel 2007 (regression in 6.4 vs 6.0 and 5.2) [Tünde Tóth]
 * 51)  Crash in: SwPosition::SwPosition(SwPosition const &) [Michael Stahl]
 * 52)  Custom properties dialog contents don't expand to fill the dialog when resized [andreas kainz]
 * 53)  CAPTION DIALOG: Can't type dot in caption category [STR in comment 2, GTK3 VCL only] [Caolán McNamara]
 * 54)  Crash running mail merge wizard for doc from tdf#119942 [Caolán McNamara]
 * 55)  Assertion if apply Ctrl+Shift+M on group [Julien Nabet]
 * 56)  Restart Numbering in Paragraph with chosen Number impossible (GTK3) [Caolán McNamara]
 * 57)  Colibre: Wrong Icons for Smooth Graphic Filter [Rizal Muttaqin]
 * 58)  Colibre: Missing Localized Icons for Extra Large Size [Rizal Muttaqin]
 * 59)  FILESAVE DOCX Bulleting symbol changes after RT [Vasily Melenchuk]
 * 60)  assigning a custom theme will redraw it only, if it is the first try [Miklos Vajna]
 * 61)  EDITING: Impossible to change an existing Integer primarykey in MySQL/MariaDB to AutoValue in GUI [Julien Nabet]
 * 62)  XLayoutConstrains.calcAdjustedSize doesn't return proper size for multiline checkbox and hyperlink [Michael Weghorn]
 * 63)  Calc: Crash for uninitialized FilterDescriptor in macro [Julien Nabet]
 * 64)  Breeze, Colibre, elementary, Sifr, Sukapura: Wrong folder action icons in open dialog with gen backend [Rizal Muttaqin]
 * 65)  elementary: The gripper icon looks like a “More Options” menu [Rizal Muttaqin]
 * 66)  CRASH: customizing notebookbar (gen) [Caolán McNamara]
 * 67)  Crash in: x11::SelectionManager::handleDragEvent [Caolán McNamara]
 * 68)  Colibre: Inconsistent Icon for Red, Blue and Green [Rizal Muttaqin]
 * 69)  Undo inserting a row above extremely slow [Luboš Luňák]
 * 70)  MAILMERGE progress is not updated during export of many files [Serge Krot]
 * 71)  FILESAVE: Vertical text saves as horizontal to ODT (but OK to DOCX) [Miklos Vajna]
 * 72)  Crash when using undo 3 times in comment reply [Julien Nabet]
 * 73)  Replacing lots of cell styles consumes too much memory/CPU [Caolán McNamara]
 * 74)  Crash attempting to save mail merge to file multiple times in parallel [Michael Weghorn]
 * 75)  FILEOPEN: DOC: Images are not loaded [Miklos Vajna]
 * 76)  FILESAVE XLSX Excel gives invalid content error when opening file with shape [Serge Krot]
 * 77)  FILESAVE: DOCX: fields are not displayed in MSO after RT [Michael Stahl]
 * 78)  LO crashes with SuperNova Magnifier & ScreenReader [Michael Weghorn]

Translations
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