Releases/4.2.3/RC1

Installation

 * Linux deb and rpm:
 * please, read detailed instructions for different distributions
 * the Linux packages can be installed in parallel to LibreOffice 4.2, but not run simultaneously - documents will be opened in the version you've started first.
 * Windows:
 * If you notice undesirable interactions between LibreOffice and other ODF supporting software, please report this as a bug.
 * LibreOffice Windows installers are signed by The Document Foundation.
 * macOS:
 * LibreOffice 4.2.3 RC1 is available as a 64bit version for macOS 10.8 or later

New Features
An in-progress list of features for this version is 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 debuggin 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 4.2.2 final (RC1):


 * 1)  DOCX import: fix nested tables anchored inside tables [Miklos Vajna]
 * 2)  DOCX import: avoid layout problem with automatic spacing [Miklos Vajna]
 * 3)  DOC import: don't overwrite WW8Num* character styles [Miklos Vajna]
 * 4)  new line is dropped while importing text. [Muthu Subramanian]
 * 5)  remember slides sorter view setting. [Muthu Subramanian]
 * 6)  we only support simple labels in the InternalDataProvider, [Markus Mohrhard]
 * 7)  dereference after null check [Caolán McNamara]
 * 8)  uninitialized scalar field [Caolán McNamara]
 * 9)  DOC import: ignore symbol charset of the symbol font [Miklos Vajna]
 * 10)  ignore large twips values like MSO does [Luboš Luňák]
 * 11)  refresh printer list when print dialog launched [Caolán McNamara]
 * 12)  try hard to paint a frame for menus [Jan-Marek Glogowski]
 * 13)  fix setPropertyValue("Name") of Database fieldmaster [Michael Stahl]
 * 14)  mediawiki formula export + vec use [Julien Nabet]
 * 15)  handle inlined base64 images [Chr. Rossmanith]
 * 16)  nimbus Sans L missing styles [Caolán McNamara]
 * 17)  SOT: Prefer embedding image data to embedding linked image. [Andrzej Hunt]
 * 18)  fix docked panels borders [Ahmad H. Al Harthi]
 * 19)  fix crash when importing unsupported macro content [Markus Mohrhard]
 * 20)  don't crash in mixed reference/no reference cases [Markus Mohrhard]
 * 21)  user's wordbook should be selected by default [Andras Timar]
 * 22)  do not add multiple empty strings to the validation list [Eike Rathke]
 * 23)  use correct command for show grid [Maxim Monastirsky]
 * 24)  rename share/registry/postgresqlsdbc.xcd to postgresql.xcd [Lionel Elie Mamane]
 * 25)  drawingml import: don't set CharEscapementHeight unconditionally [Björgvin Ragnarsson]
 * 26)  compress svg files in ODF [Andras Timar]
 * 27)  invalid Sections getting added to the document after RT [Tushar Bende]
 * 28)  drawingml import: don't set CharEscapementHeight unconditionally [Björgvin Ragnarsson]
 * 29)  HiDPI support for Linux and Windows
 * 30)  make font size drop down of optimal width [Caolán McNamara]
 * 31)  always run timeouts as events [Jan-Marek Glogowski]
 * 32)  make border dialog work again [Zolnai Tamás]
 * 33)  promote labels to headings [Caolán McNamara]
 * 34)  new line is dropped while importing text. [Muthu Subramanian]
 * 35)  fix highlight RTL Problem at the StartCenter window. [Faisal M. Al-Otaibi]
 * 36)  make replace and with fields the same width [Caolán McNamara]
 * 37)  add SVG header when exporting via mtf [Tomaž Vajngerl]
 * 38)  DOCX import: fix nested tables anchored inside tables [Miklos Vajna]
 * 39)  sleep in yield for native file picker [Jan-Marek Glogowski]
 * 40)  fix timing of slide transitions [David Tardon]
 * 41)  delete ranges that are non-empty before pasting from clipboard. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 42)  RTF import: implement RTF_CLPAD* [Miklos Vajna]
 * 43)  correctly inspect formula result value for xlsx export. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 44)  fix reverse base point diagram on RTL UI [Faisal M. Al-Otaibi]
 * 45)  fix deselection problems of template view [Zolnai Tamás]
 * 46)  better loose selection than crashing [Bjoern Michaelsen]
 * 47)  Filter of "nowiki" to be improved - Export to MediaWiki [Julien Nabet]
 * 48)  forward/back buttons too large [Caolán McNamara]
 * 49)  adjust reference update on shift for formula groups. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 50)  use the table boundaries view option to toggle border drawing. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 51)  MSO export: save custom properties with empty value [Tarun Kumar]
 * 52)  let undo document share its string pool with the source doc. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 53)  correctly draw double lines for both Writer and Calc. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 54)  set external reference info to ScCompiler. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 55)  totally fix reference update during range move. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 56)  table names can start the same way and still be different [Bjoern Michaelsen]
 * 57)  fix negative error bar range export, [Markus Mohrhard]
 * 58)  R^2 calculation of trendline similar to LINEST function [Laurent Balland-Poirier]
 * 59)  setProcessServiceFactory must be called before InitVCL [Stephan Bergmann]
 * 60)  handle MalformedUriException [Stephan Bergmann]
 * 61)  SUM should inherit error if one is present in its references. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 62)  correctly count the length of trailing empty range. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 63)  adjust external references here too. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 64)  just set the right grammar and be done with it. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 65)  process pivot tables after named ranges are all set. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 66)  revert "Avoid unwanted number detection when placing page field name." [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 67)  fix OUString conversion [Maxim Monastirsky]
 * 68)  use the table boundaries view option to toggle border drawing. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 69)  Calc takes roughly 4 minutes on a high end CPU to open a particular XLS document [Markus Mohrhard]
 * 70)  Opening the presentation document causes OpenOffice 3.3 on Windows or Solaris to crash [Armin Le Grand]
 * 71)  [SVG] Crash: svg with image element fails to insert as linked graphic in Draw [Stephan Bergmann]
 * 72)  docx files created in Pages 5 are wrongly imported by AOO [Oliver-Rainer Wittmann]
 * 73)  Quattro Pro 6.0 import filter [Markus Mohrhard]
 * 74)  DataPilot: refactor backend data access to use cache table [Markus Mohrhard]
 * 75)  uno controls can't be made 'really' invisible [Markus Mohrhard]
 * 76)  When changing graph range with discontinous ranges, it also resets graph statistics (e.g. mean) [Markus Mohrhard]
 * 77)  update on a Window triggering delete on window [Caolán McNamara]
 * 78)  refresh printer list when print dialog launched [Caolán McNamara]
 * 79)  sw: avoid division-by-0 in Text Grid painting code [Michael Stahl]
 * 80)  writerfilter: salvage a field parameter parsing train wreck [Michael Stahl]
 * 81)  [abrt] libreoffice-core: TemplateLocalView::copyFrom: soffice.bin killed by SIGSEGV [Zolnai Tamás]
 * 82)  (hopefully) fix crash in SvxRuler::MouseMove [Michael Stahl]
 * 83)  invalid Sections getting added to the document after RT [Tushar Bende]
 * 84)  docx does not display properly in LibreOffice 4.2.2.1 rc [Michael Stahl]
 * 85)  DOCX import: header/footer paragraph properties applied to body paragraph [Michael Stahl]