Releases/3.5.5/RC1

Installation

 * General for this release candidate: parallel installation
 * LibreOffice release candidate builds always replace an old LibreOffice installation - unless:
 * With this release candidate, you have to use the 'parallel installation' to install it alongside the stable LibreOffice, and not replace it. Please see here.


 * Linux deb and rpm:
 * please, read detailed instructions for different distributions
 * the Linux packages can be installed in parallel to LibreOffice 3.4, but not run simultaneously - documents will be opened in the version you've  started first.


 * Windows:
 * If you notice undesirable interactions between LibreOffice and OpenOffice.org, please report this as a bug.
 * Starting with 3.5.3, LibreOffice windows installers are signed by The Document Foundation.

Help files

 * The Windows multi-language installer as well as the langpacks do only contain localized UI. By default, LibreOffice uses online help - if you need help files on your disk, please install the helppack for your language. If there is no helppack for your language (because help has not been translated to your language), then you can install and use the English helppack or check the online help in any available language.

Encryption
In LibreOffice 3.5 a different encryption is introduced. LibreOffice 3.4.5 enables you to open those files. See the release notes page.

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 3.5.4

core

 * 1)  column break without columns seems to be a page break [Luboš Luňák]
 * 2)  implement relativeHeight (z-order) in .docx import (part of [Luboš Luňák]
 * 3)  column break without columns seems to be a page break [Luboš Luňák]
 * 4)  .docx wrap values mean different things than in LO, map them [Luboš Luňák]
 * 5)  handle recursive  because of shapes [Luboš Luňák]
 * 6)  fix horizontal rule width in .doc documents [Luboš Luňák]
 * 7)  import vmlshape 'hidden' style attribute and apply to controls [Noel Power]
 * 8)  fix WW8 import of textboxes with thin border/inner margin [Miklos Vajna]
 * 9)  don't rotate calc shapes if twoCellAnchor, partial fix [Noel Power]
 * 10)  better drawing support for borders of different width, [Markus Mohrhard]
 * 11)  and Fix Shortcut names are not localized on Linux [Thomas Arnhold]
 * 12)  toolbarmanager must be aware of changes in SvtMiscOptions [Ivan Timofeev]
 * 13)  fix double hairline border drawing some more: [Michael Stahl]
 * 14)  make recorded border macros run: [Michael Stahl]
 * 15)  hide separators before calculating line breaks [Ivan Timofeev]
 * 16)  remove this, nowadays MenuItemAllowed disables menu entries [Ivan Timofeev]
 * 17)  privatized unique empty string symbol: [Michael Stahl]
 * 18)  WW8: fix double border import: [Michael Stahl]
 * 19)  Fixed shortcommings of FileDialogHelper_Impl::verifyPath [Stephan Bergmann]
 * 20)  let unopkg.exe run with elevated privileges during install [Andras Timar]
 * 21)  RTF_TITLEPG when title page has no header [Miklos Vajna]
 * 22)  import of RTF_LI should reset inherited RTF_FI [Miklos Vajna]
 * 23)  fix crash on RTF export of sub-tables during copy&paste [Miklos Vajna]
 * 24)  similar to type for property UNO_NAME_SAVE_FILTER_DATA is wrong [Noel Power]
 * 25)  ensure that number of tabs is correctly set in ScViewData, [Markus Mohrhard]
 * 26)  ignore corrupted items in Recent Documents [Stephan Bergmann]
 * 27)  tweak condition to prevent guessing only... [Michael Stahl]
 * 28)  fix Styles and Formatting gtk crasher [Bjoern Michaelsen]
 * 29)  fix loading of jpeg files on Mac/PPC [Christian Lohmaier]
 * 30)  adapt to different Windows versions' InternetQueryOption behavior [Stephan Bergmann]
 * 31)  legacy reports: survive absence of Sorting hidden control [Lionel Elie Mamane]
 * 32)  try to set new order only after field columns are available [Lionel Elie Mamane]
 * 33)  use the already retrieved row instead of driver row [Lionel Elie Mamane]
 * 34)  rework handling of 64-bit registry entries [Andras Timar]
 * 35)  legacy reports do not sort by group columns [Lionel Elie Mamane]
 * 36)  fix parsing of path d-attribute [Chr. Rossmanith]
 * 37)  need to refresh row also when not m_bRowCountFinal [Lionel Elie Mamane]
 * 38)  fix double hairline border drawing some more: [Michael Stahl]
 * 39)  uninstall process should remove .pyc files from install directory [Andras Timar]
 * 40)  super slow typing and scrolling in large documents [Caolán McNamara]
 * 41)  fix missing form control, partial fix for [Noel Power]
 * 42)  heuristic pseudo-hack to use hair-lines if width <= 0.5 pixel [Michael Stahl]
 * 43)  update filters for file selector's file type categories [Alberto Ferreira]
 * 44)  ignore corrupted items in Recent Documents [Stephan Bergmann]
 * 45)  speed up RTF import of repeated character/paragraph properties [Miklos Vajna]
 * 46)  do not cut first character of field text [Andras Timar]
 * 47)  character count (with spaces) incorrect with numbering on. [Muhammad Haggag]
 * 48)  put full reference text to selection field [Andras Timar]
 * 49)  band-aid another crash in GraphiteLayout::expandOrCondense: [Michael Stahl]
 * 50)  fix Styles and Formatting gtk crasher [Bjoern Michaelsen]
 * 51)  reading Visio file causes crash [Julien Nabet]
 * 52)  fix excel row height export problems ( I hope ) [Noel Power]
 * 53)  crash when refresh of last already-known row unexpectedly fails [Lionel Elie Mamane]
 * 54)  and Fix Shortcut names are not localized on Linux [Thomas Arnhold]
 * 55)  MSI: UI language selection from command line (e.g. silent install) [Andras Timar]
 * 56)  fix RTF import of automatic character background color [Miklos Vajna]
 * 57)  silence SolarMutex not locked spew [Caolán McNamara]
 * 58)  fix potential further crashes like the one in [Fridrich Štrba]
 * 59)  update of German dictionaries (2012.06.10) [Andras Timar]
 * 60)  legacy reports do not sort by group columns [Lionel Elie Mamane]
 * 61)  revert "Fixed Shapes are at wrong position" [Fridrich Štrba]
 * 62)  revert "calc69: handle all-hidden case in ScDrawUtil::CalcScale" [Eike Rathke]
 * 63)  fix horizontal rule width in .doc documents [Luboš Luňák]
 * 64)  revert "sw34bf03: patch by pmladek: linux/ppc: remove -fsigned-char" [Caolán McNamara, Rene Engelhard]
 * 65)  revert fix for "prepare against really broken CUPS installations..." [Stephan Bergmann]
 * 66)  better import xlsx heights [Noel Power]
 * 67)  better import xlsx heights [Noel Power]
 * 68)  crash with chewing-IM with g3g [Caolán McNamara]
 * , fix smoketest on ppc[64] and s390[x] [Caolán McNamara]
 * 1)  speed up RTF import of repeated character/paragraph properties [Miklos Vajna]
 * , fix smoketest on ppc[64] and s390[x] [Caolán McNamara]