Releases/6.2.0/RC1

Windows

 * LibreOffice 6.2 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 6.2.0 Beta1


 * 1)  DOCX import: handle sub/superscript inside group shapes [Miklos Vajna]
 * 2)  silence Dereference null return value [Caolán McNamara]
 * 3)  silence Dereference null return value [Caolán McNamara]
 * 4)  silence Dereference null return value [Caolán McNamara]
 * 5)  silence Dereference null return value [Caolán McNamara]
 * 6)  logically dead code [Caolán McNamara]
 * 7)  EDITING: On computer without JRE, Picture dialog shows: JRE required and freezes after OK [Caolán McNamara]
 * 8)  FILEOPEN: XLSX file appears to be blank [Eike Rathke]
 * 9)  FILEOPEN: shift of cells in a specific xlsx [Eike Rathke]
 * 10)  ODFF: Make LARGE and SMALL return an array if the second parameter is an array. [Takeshi Abe]
 * 11)  Mac: Deadlock while installing extensions [Jan-Marek Glogowski]
 * 12)  Recording changes (Show=off) deleting a char in lines below the firts remove style from the first line [Michael Stahl]
 * 13)  Split svx module [Stephan Bergmann]
 * 14)  update groupedbar_compact writer NB [andreas kainz]
 * 15)  No warning when wrong decimal separators are used, resulting in bad outcome for formulas in tables [Eike Rathke]
 * 16)  Date category axis with missing category values interpreted as zero date [Markus Mohrhard]
 * 17)  accelerating compile times by removing unnecessary header #include [Gabor Kelemen]
 * 18)  computeFunction method error (GeneralFunction.VAR, VARP, STDEV and STDEVP) [Eike Rathke]
 * 19)  Calc - CONDITIONAL FORMATTING: dysfunctional during the cell selection of a condition. [Mike Kaganski]
 * 20)  [UI] [Usability] Add entry "insert comment" in the context menu of text selection in Writer and Impress. [andreas kainz]
 * 21)  Implementation of YEARFRAC function inconsistent with Excel [Winfried Donkers]
 * 22)  EDITING: Analysis of Variance (ANOVA): Total DEVSQ returns Err:508, while direct DEVSQ formula returns correct result [Eike Rathke]
 * 23)  LibreOffice Dictionaries Path Cannot Be Changed [Caolán McNamara]
 * 24)  DIALOG: Improve the 'Insert Bookmark' dialog [Caolán McNamara]
 * 25)  Chart / Unable to save as .odc file [Markus Mohrhard]
 * 26)  FILEOPEN: XLSX - Pattern/hatching fill colors not imported into charts [Balazs Varga]
 * 27)  Report exception when parameter dialog is cancelled [Caolán McNamara]
 * 28)  Inserted Frame loses background color/hatching/bitmap/gradient [Martin van Zijl]
 * 29)  New Document Breeze Icon [andreas kainz]
 * 30)  assertion in SfxItemPool::Remove upon close with borders and changed date format [Xisco Fauli]
 * 31)  SetXORMode - mac requires apparently un-needed parameter ... [Xisco Fauli]
 * 32)  Calc: Disable headers/footers by default [Heiko Tietze]
 * 33)  DATALOSS: Document with chart can be saved as chart, and can't be opened again without manual fix [Markus Mohrhard]
 * 34)  Drag&Drop from Navigator does not work for objects from active document (in Impress) [Caolán McNamara]
 * 35)  MS PowerPoint with Chart shows hidden data labels when opened in Impress [Markus Mohrhard]
 * 36)  A new default set of bundled fonts [Stephan Bergmann]
 * 37)  3D Object displayed as question mark (GTK3) [Caolán McNamara]
 * 38)  FILEOPEN DOCX: Inconsistent pie chart color [Markus Mohrhard]
 * 39)  DOCX import: shape has incorrect position when it's intentionally outside the page rectangle [Miklos Vajna]
 * 40)  Color palette cannot be chosen in various places [Jim Raykowski]
 * 41)  Chart Axis Number Format not display correctly in XLS but ODS is working [Markus Mohrhard]
 * 42)  Any paragraph style applied to a short text in a document with track changes is lost after saving the document [László Németh]
 * 43)  Extended help does not work in GtkToolButton items if the property "action_name" is set [Caolán McNamara]
 * 44)  FILEOPEN: Paragraph alignment inherited from parent style not loaded from doc(x) file [Justin Luth]
 * 45)  FILESAVE DOCX: One column chart is exported instead of two [Markus Mohrhard]
 * 46)  FILEOPEN XLSX: The column descriptions of a column chart disappear [Markus Mohrhard]
 * 47)  LibreOffice crashes due to PPD file using CUPS [Caolán McNamara]
 * 48)  EDITING: Erroneous error message when renaming a sheet to blank [Roman Kuznetsov]
 * 49)  Crash in: SwFEShell::IsGroupSelected [Caolán McNamara]
 * 50)  Icon of updates button on right end of menu bar is not visible [andreas kainz]
 * 51)  TRACK CHANGES: Annoying popup when Show Changes is off in Writer [Michael Stahl, Thorsten Behrens]
 * 52)  Cross-Document reference in array formula using FIND/ISERROR does not work [Eike Rathke]
 * 53)  Implement REGEX.* function(s) [Eike Rathke]
 * 54)  Doubleclicking on an item of an input list in an ott doesn't open the next input list dialog [Caolán McNamara]
 * 55)  Stacked and percent stacked chart legends have reversed order [Balazs Varga]
 * 56)  FILEOPEN: "Text Import" dialog: option to trim whitespace [Caolán McNamara]
 * 57)  FILEOPEN: Chart height is different than before [Markus Mohrhard]
 * 58)  Reference fields: support automatic Hungarian article selection [László Németh]
 * 59)  Failure to launch Libreoffice 6 after installation [Mike Kaganski]
 * 60)  FILESAVE DOCX Change tracking of all deleted empty paragraphs of a multiparagraph deletion are removed on save [László Németh]
 * 61)  Shortcut for recording changes doesn't work [Caolán McNamara]
 * 62)  UI: Window size limited by length of menu bar (gtk3 only?) [Caolán McNamara]
 * 63)  A new page style will have 'header on' without being checked at all [Mike Kaganski]
 * 64)  (Notebookbar) Margins only show in CM [Xisco Fauli]
 * 65)  Nigeria Locale not available [Eike Rathke]
 * 66)  Objects Anchored "To Cell, Resize with Cell", Move and Scale when Cell's Position is Changed [Armin Le Grand]
 * 67)  "Import MathML from Clipboard" is broken [Caolán McNamara]
 * 68)  'Master View' button is displayed after re-displaying the sidebar [Xisco Fauli]
 * 69)  add localized ordinal and cardinal number name and ordinal indicator numbering styles [Stephan Bergmann]
 * 70)  Main window does not repaint during OLE object "Further objects" type selection (Win 7 only) [Jan-Marek Glogowski]
 * 71)  Conditional formatting: selecting a cell range for the condition with the mouse gets you every cell individually, but not the range (see comment 10) [Mike Kaganski]
 * 72)  Increase the length of the Name Box drop down menu [heiko tietze]
 * 73)  Error message when opening a document [Miklos Vajna]
 * 74)  Broken tab key navigation in Properties and Navigator decks [Caolán McNamara, Jim Raykowski]
 * 75)  EDITING DOCX Track changes deletion and addition in paragraphs with tracked paragraph formatting change not displayed instantly [László Németh]
 * 76)  Browser-based help search feature does not honor the "module" drop-down (local offline) [Adolfo Jayme Barrientos, Ilmari Lauhakangas]
 * 77)  When tracking changes, paragraph joining does not update the style of the text after the deleted paragraph break until show changes is toggled (also it doesn't update the style of the deleted paragraphs) [László Németh]
 * 78)  FORMATTING Incorrect number and date format for South Africa (en_ZA) [Eike Rathke]
 * 79)  Contextmenu Chart: pagebreak [andreas kainz]
 * 80)  Add icon Autofilter to Groupedbar in Calc [andreas kainz]
 * 81)  Wrong item Formula in drop-down menu Insert on Groupedbar in Writer [andreas kainz]
 * 82)  FileSaveDialog: Superfluously two extensions under Windows shown (e.g. (.odt) (*.odt) [Mike Kaganski]
 * 83)  EDITING DOCX Changes to numbering paragraphs incorrectly listed in Manage Changes, with reappearing deleted content using Redo [László Németh]
 * 84)  Trying to install. Message states api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll is missing [Mike Kaganski]
 * 85)  Impress/Draw hangs/crashes when exiting while editing formula [Mike Kaganski, Xisco Faulí]
 * 86)  Create new icons for minimize row / minimize column [andreas kainz]
 * 87)  Assertion "SolarMutex not owned!" fails when resizing image [Jan-Marek Glogowski]
 * 88)  Tabs hidden in single line in paragraph property dialog [Caolán McNamara]
 * 89)  Outline/Chapter Numbering Dialog can only accept one level (GTK3) [Caolán McNamara]
 * 90)  kde5: Sporadic crash when right-clicking items in toolbar [Katarina Behrens]
 * 91)  UI: Redesign of Area gradient tab not finished [Caolán McNamara]
 * 92)  sw TextGraphicObject: handle XBitmap for GraphicURL - make it available in Draw and Impress [Miklos Vajna]
 * 93)  DOCX: Wrong position of grouped drawing objects (see comment 7) [Miklos Vajna]
 * 94)  kde5: Copy and paste of Calc cell not working [Katarina Behrens]
 * 95)  FILEOPEN: tracking changes: Paragraph after numbering list is added to the list [László Németh]
 * 96)  Crash applying bold to textbox control [Xisco Fauli]
 * 97)  kde5: Implement drag'n'drop between multiple documents [Katarina Behrens]
 * 98)  KDE5: Text in document disappears if it's drag'n'dropped to the sidebar [Katarina Behrens]
 * 99)  KDE5: Option 'Clear List' for recent documents does not work [Aleksei Nikiforov]
 * 100)  KDE5: Not all icons in the main menu visible [Aleksei Nikiforov]
 * 101)  csv import dialog: Overlapping labeltexts and checkbox [Caolán McNamara]
 * 102)  UI: "New Snap Object" dialog box needs Help/Ok/Cancel button order changed [Xisco Fauli]
 * 103)  Change the AutoFormat Table Style button in Calc for several icon sets [andreas kainz]
 * 104)  Wiki documentation for Webservice functions needs linking to [Olivier Hallot]
 * 105)  Incorrect default button on save confirmation dialog when no vcl plugins (gen) [Caolán McNamara]
 * 106)  UI: Remove "Edit Style..." command in Character text context menu [Xisco Fauli]
 * 107)  Contour editor crashes [Armin Le Grand]
 * 108)  Appearing of GtkSeparator on Notebookbars is different to standard rulers [Caolán McNamara]
 * 109)  Documentation for REGEX function [Eike Rathke]
 * 110)  FILESAVE: Page break is added after removed paragraph [László Németh]
 * 111)  Crash restarting LibreOffice after applying an option (no crash if going via "OK") [Mike Kaganski]
 * 112)  Specials characters in the right and left column aren't properly centred inside the boxes [Caolán McNamara]
 * 113)  KDE5: Impress crashes at starting Slide show (presentation with animation and audio) [Aleksei Nikiforov]
 * 114)  KDE5: Impress crashes after selecting some of Slide Transitions [Aleksei Nikiforov]
 * 115)  SIDEBAR: border cell color isn't shown (white box) [Maxim Monastirsky]
 * 116)  FILEOPEN XLSX Chart legend created with Excel is not wrapped when the document is opened in Calc [Markus Mohrhard]
 * 117)  FILEOPEN XLSX Chart area created with Excel shrinks when the document is opened in Calc [Markus Mohrhard]
 * 118)  [gtk3_kde5] 6.1 stable branch: within Plasma-5 session w/ drkonqi: lo_kde5filepicker crashes every time on close (OK/Cancel regardless) [Michael Weghorn]
 * 119)  Notebookbar F6 + Tab didn't work [Jim Raykowski, andreas kainz]
 * 120)  Calc Styles dialog Background tab page does not show color or bitmap pages using selection buttons [Caolán McNamara]
 * 121)  KDE5: Recent Documents -> Clear list leads to crash [Aleksei Nikiforov]
 * 122)  FILESAVE: linestyle of plot area and chart page of OOXML chart not preserved [Adam Kovacs]
 * 123)  "Expert configuration" not responding to clicks [Caolán McNamara]
 * 124)  Standard (Viewing Mode) toolbar does not have the close icon [Roman Kuznetsov]
 * 125)  UI: "Save As" Changing File Format Type in Windows [Mike Kaganski, Ilhan Yesil]
 * 126)  UI spellchecking: Language list shows installed languages several time [Caolán McNamara]
 * 127)  UI: Impossible to manually change the value of the angle/rotation in the properties dialog of a shape [Caolán McNamara]
 * 128)  Frame title should show SuggestedSaveAsName when not yet saved [Samuel Mehrbrodt]
 * 129)  choosing additional formatting in dialog insert fields cause crash (gen/gtk) [Caolán McNamara]
 * 130)  CRASH deleting a form from form navigator [Noel Grandin]
 * 131)  UI: File Reload dialog size not right (gen/gtk) [Caolán McNamara]
 * 132)  GTK3: Crash displaying menus with new elements [Caolán McNamara]
 * 133)  Replace the "Organize Dialogs" command in the Tools tab in the Tabbed UI by the Organize Macros drop-down command [Rizal Muttaqin, andreas kainz]
 * 134)  CRASH: Print Preview fails if cursor inside Floating frame [Mike Kaganski, Xisco Faulí]
 * 135)  Form Controls present in Tabbed UI, Draw tab appears or focus changes wrongly to Home tab [andreas kainz]
 * 136)  FILESAVE DOCX: don't export empty paragraphs at the place of removed paragraph blocks (change tracking) [László Németh]
 * 137)  prompt for password pops up of protected spreadsheet-datasource, as soon as file with related databasefields is opened [Mike Kaganski]
 * 138)  Crash when closing a document (being the only active) while being prompted for data source password [Caolán McNamara]
 * 139)  pivot table filtering lost after saving to XLSX [Katarina Behrens, Vasily Melenchuk]
 * 140)  Opening Image tab of Bullets and Numbering dialog resets selection [Noel Grandin]
 * 141)  Different angle shown between sidebar & size and position dialog [Sumit Chauhan]
 * 142)  Properties are invisible after pressing the "Reset" button on Properties - Custom Properties [Caolán McNamara]
 * 143)  Pressing on the "Reset" button when the writing focus is on the "Value" input field of a property causes LibreOffice to crash on Properties - Custom Properties [Caolán McNamara]
 * 144)  font list box preview certain malformed TTF fonts crash LO -- when receiving ShouldUseWinMetrics handling [Xisco Fauli]
 * 145)  FILEOPEN: EMF+: Wrong displaying of string, drawed with DrawDriverString record [Bartosz Kosiorek]
 * 146)  FILEOPEN DOCX Line Numbers Restart Each Page created with Word does not restart [Miklos Vajna]
 * 147)  Update Liberation fonts from new source [heiko tietze]
 * 148)  Missing item name :Check for updates: in drop-down list Help on tab File in Tabbed GUI in Draw [andreas kainz]
 * 149)  comments: after editing Position and Size, arrow points to cell A1 [Caolán McNamara]
 * 150)  Gradient shows separator borders in slideshow mode [Xisco Fauli]
 * 151)  GTK3: super slow xor mode used for slideshow gradients [Caolán McNamara]
 * 152)  Menus don't disappear on focus loss [Miklos Vajna]
 * 153)  Emojis cannot be inserted in Sorbian builds [Christian Lohmaier]
 * 154)  CRASH closing LibreOffice with Parameter dialog open [Caolán McNamara]
 * 155)  CRASH closing LibreOffice with confirmation dialog open [Caolán McNamara]
 * 156)  Tabbed: Add 'Show Glue Points Functions" to Home and View tab in Draw [andreas kainz]
 * 157)  Vertical tabs don't scroll when overflowed [Caolán McNamara]
 * 158)  Doesn't active menu item Insert->Headers and Footers in Calc 6.2 [Heiko Tietze]
 * 159)  docx import: no superscripts / subscripts in a textarea [Miklos Vajna]
 * 160)  Crash in: libgobject-2.0.so.0.5600.3 when selecting more on error dialog [Caolán McNamara]
 * 161)  Unsaved changes to document indicator invisible [andreas kainz]
 * 162)  Crash in: FreetypeFont::GetFtFace [Jan-Marek Glogowski]
 * 163)  FILEOPEN PPTX Video file permanently paused during slideshow [Caolán McNamara]
 * 164)  Calc freezes (CPU power 100% and No response) with fcitx and VCL gtk3 [Caolán McNamara]
 * 165)  FILEOPEN XLSX "Maximum number of rows per sheet" on tags ROW without attribute R [Eike Rathke]
 * 166)  gtk3_kde5: Impress presentation minimizer crashes [Michael Weghorn]
 * 167)  Context menu on text in table cells: remove "Edit style" in character sub-menu [Xisco Fauli]
 * 168)  Include "Toggle Numbered List" command in Home tab of Writer Tabbed UI [andreas kainz]
 * 169)  Legend dialog always opens maximized [Caolán McNamara]
 * 170)  Fix Java Jar dependency classpath to pass the ClassPathURLCheck [Jan-Marek Glogowski]
 * 171)  Sidebar: margin is in inches [Xisco Fauli]
 * 172)  Cancelling database wizard at step 'Set up connection to text files' crashes [Caolán McNamara]
 * 173)  GTK3 text does not display in slideshows if hardware acceleration is enabled [Caolán McNamara]
 * 174)  Sildeshow: Video is played 2 times [Caolán McNamara]
 * 175)  The special characters screen is grayish (disappears after scrolling) [Caolán McNamara]
 * 176)  BASIC: inputbox layout modified [Caolán McNamara]
 * 177)  Exporting document to pdf via command line produces wrong table sum [Samuel Mehrbrodt]
 * 178)  kde5: "Edit" -> "Repeat: Input" menu item text in calc incorrectly shown [Michael Weghorn]
 * 179)  Windows: MSI installation fails if WU service is disabled hard way [Mike Kaganski]
 * 180)  Notebookbar is displayed in fullscreen mode [Xisco Fauli]
 * 181)  GTK3: Crash closing LibreOffice in full screen mode with notebookbar enabled [Caolán McNamara]
 * 182)  Crash modifying several options each requiring restart [Mike Kaganski]
 * 183)  CRASH KDE5 backend crashes writer on close with selected text [Katarina Behrens]
 * 184)  kde5: "Fatal Error" when selecting presentation template in Impress and Orca enabled [Katarina Behrens]
 * 185)  ReportBuilder: GTK3: Crash in: Wallpaper::operator= Format -> Page crashes [Caolán McNamara]
 * 186)  FILESAVE XLSX, X axis labels rotation is incorrectly saved [Balazs Varga]
 * 187)  GTK3: Notebookbar not displayed after closing the component from fullscreen [Xisco Fauli]
 * 188)  UI checkbox is not fully displayed in Font features (Format cells dialog) [Caolán McNamara]
 * 189)  UI Preview is truncated in Format cells dialog [Caolán McNamara]
 * 190)  Crash in: libmergedlo.so FORM EDIT using drag drop to move control from one dataform to another causes crash [Noel Grandin]
 * 191)  LibreOffice instlaller msi attempting to install KB2999226 on windows 10 machine. [Mike Kaganski]
 * 192)  clicking on class path make LO crash [Julien Nabet]
 * 193)  CRASH closing LibreOffice while Sort dialog is open [Caolán McNamara]
 * 194)  CRASH closing LibreOffice while XML filter settings dialog is open [Caolán McNamara]
 * 195)  Change Sort Ascending button in Groupedbar Compact in Calc by Sort [andreas kainz]
 * 196)  MAILMERGE: linked sections with hiding conditions get shown unconditionally [Mike Kaganski]
 * 197)  GTK3: UI Preview not displayed in Format cells dialog [Caolán McNamara]
 * 198)  LibreOffice remains open in background if it's closed while XML filter settings dialog is open [Caolán McNamara]

Translations
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