Releases/7.0.5/RC1

Windows

 * LibreOffice 7.0 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 7.0.4 RC1


 * 1)  Change Customer Annimation Effects can't work for more options [Jean-Pierre Ledure]
 * 2)  short read [Caolán McNamara]
 * 3)  libreoffice calc bug [Caolán McNamara]
 * 4)  null deref [Caolán McNamara]
 * 5)  [abrt] libreoffice-core: (anonymous namespace)::signalHandlerFunction: soffice.bin killed by SIGABRT [Caolán McNamara]
 * 6)  [abrt] libreoffice-core: (anonymous namespace)::signalHandlerFunction: soffice.bin killed by SIGABRT [Caolán McNamara]
 * 7)  libreoffice: FTBFS in Fedora rawhide [Caolán McNamara]
 * 8)  Form fields 'Image Button' do not work in Forms [Julien Nabet]
 * 9)  Tools / SQL dialog is modal [Caolán McNamara]
 * 10)  extended tips missing for menu items [Caolán McNamara]
 * 11)  conditional style with no conditions is displayed as un-conditional style after reloading document [Justin Luth]
 * 12)  SIDEBAR: Paragraph dialog and SideBar Paragraph Content Panel -- using different source for their Line spacing values [Jim Raykowski]
 * 13)  AutoCorrect: After Removal of Replacement Entry the Replacement Itself is still Performed. [Julien Nabet]
 * 14)  UI: Print Properties Device tab dropdown items not applied or remembered [Caolán McNamara]
 * 15)  Incorrect/defunct database shown when trying to add further fields after mail merge [Justin Luth]
 * 16)  DocX Import - Word merge fields lose "=" character [Justin Luth]
 * 17)  FIREBIRD: Access2Base: Dlookup function generates SQL error [Jean-Pierre Ledure]
 * 18)  UI / german translation: dialogues in english if path has umlauts (accented chars) [Mike Kaganski]
 * 19)  Insert > Cross-reference: All registered databases are opened [Justin Luth]
 * 20)  Copy-paste of line chart to another spreadsheet results in data loss if the data-range of the chart contains cells that have value ERR:502 [Ouyang Leyan]
 * 21)  Accessibility: Writer crashes while browsing the images if Orca is on [Julien Nabet]
 * 22)  EDITOR ODT Writer inserts all data from filtered range [László Németh]
 * 23)  FIREBIRD: Datatype Binary(fix) [CHAR] couldn't be filled with content [Julien Nabet]
 * 24)  PPT: FILESAVE: Crop image is gone after RT [Xisco Fauli]
 * 25)  FILESAVE: DOC: Cropped images are lost after RT [Xisco Fauli]
 * 26)  [FILEOPEN PPTX] list item appear animation [Mark Hung]
 * 27)  UI Print dialog shows incorrect paper size by default [Gabor Kelemen]
 * 28)  Android Viewer: Doesn't display form controls [Armin Le Grand (allotropia)]
 * 29)  Macros Editor IDE: no dialbox tabs in LO 7.0.0.0 [Caolán McNamara]
 * 30)  Go back in presenting mode leads to dropped animation steps [Gülşah Köse]
 * 31)  FILESAVE: DOCX: Footer shrinks after RT [Miklos Vajna]
 * 32)  LO7RC1 - LANGPACK macOS - many versions fail to recognize LibreOffice 7.0 / 7.1 installation as valid on Catalina and Big Sur [Christian Lohmaier, Xisco Fauli]
 * 33)  assertion in SwTextNode::~SwTextNode [Caolán McNamara]
 * 34)  FILESAVE DOCX: Crash after opening and making and edit and save ( steps en comment 18 ) [Michael Stahl]
 * 35)  LO 6.4.6.1 and 7.0.1 fail with error 1045 when accessing MySQL database using native connector [Michael Stahl]
 * 36)  FILEOPEN DOCX Empty headers size is applied instead of page top margin [Miklos Vajna]
 * 37)  No format pre-selected by default in the format column for fields, variables, user fields [Caolán McNamara]
 * 38)  List Box not triggering any event macros [Caolán McNamara]
 * 39)  ListBox in a table control - can't write into the cell without using the mouse [Caolán McNamara]
 * 40)  "Sort" Dialogue Box Too Large for Long Sort Keys [Caolán McNamara]
 * 41)  The left arrow key causes objects to disappear. [Gülşah Köse]
 * 42)  Writer crash with AutoCorrect Apply Styles on typing when pressing Enter [Justin Luth]
 * 43)  Entire Legend corrupted in chart in LibreOffice calc when hiding last data series from legend in "column and line" chart [Tünde Tóth]
 * 44)  FILESAVE Resolved state of a single-point comment isn't saved [Miklos Vajna]
 * 45)  Crash when clicking "Apply to Master" in Slide Master mode on Bullets and Numbering dialog [Gokce Kuler]
 * 46)  calc: ui: display of cells formatted as fraction partly broken [Eike Rathke]
 * 47)  Forms: Combobox or Listbox in a Tablecontrol: Entering by Mouse will destroy Navigation by Key [Caolán McNamara]
 * 48)  GTK3 - Comboboxes and Listboxes are too big for one row in a Tablecontrol [Caolán McNamara]
 * 49)  When there are a lot of pictures, typing the text is very slow (macOS/GTK3/GDI) [Luboš Luňák]
 * 50)  Crash in: swlo.dll [Xisco Fauli]
 * 51)  Edit Print Range: focus set to wrong input box [Caolán McNamara]
 * 52)  Cursor position wrong when using functions in a table (GTK3) [Caolán McNamara]
 * 53)  FILEOPEN EMF: The EMF image is shifted after opening [Bartosz Kosiorek]
 * 54)  Clicking "Page Margins" button sets left and right margins to 0 [Caolán McNamara]
 * 55)  Support for multiple code point emojis is missing [Tor Lillqvist]
 * 56)  PARAGRAPH STYLES: Not editing the style selected from dropdown, editing the one selected in text instead [Caolán McNamara]
 * 57)  Vertical aligned text in nested table is hidden [Miklos Vajna]
 * 58)  Repeated data in Tables of File Conversion Filter Names [Balaharipreetha Muthu]
 * 59)  FORMCONTROLS: Date in formatted fields is set back to number when saving control properties [Caolán McNamara]
 * 60)  Pasting Calc data into Writer table hangs Writer CRASH (steps in comment 4) [László Németh]
 * 61)  Entering text in the data field combo box in Base Control Properties is backwards [Caolán McNamara]
 * 62)  Crash when deleting cell rows (multi_type_vector::position#1707: block position not found!) ( steps in comment 7 ) [Eike Rathke]
 * 63)  Help right-hand pane text doesn't auto flow to make all text visible [Caolán McNamara]
 * 64)  Crash when opening chart properties after creation [Aron Budea]
 * 65)  Line Width and Transparency in sidebar isn't disabled for chart area when line is set to none [Caolán McNamara]
 * 66)  FILEOPEN DOCX Image in table disappears after opening [Miklos Vajna]
 * 67)  Some imported tif images are being truncated and thereby corrupted [Georgy Litvinov]
 * 68)  when managing Named Ranges changes are applied even if you press the "Cancel" button [Julien Nabet]
 * 69)  Base ODBC Name for Database - Enter one character loses focus from name textbox (Win + Linux&gen/kf5 backend) [Caolán McNamara]
 * 70)  UI: The border dots in properties -> table borders arrows have purple background (not skia) [Rizal Muttaqin]
 * 71)  Named range manager always display "Document (Global)" when launching [Julien Nabet]
 * 72)  FILEOPEN DOCX Empty paragraph after two consecutive breaks gets numbering [Justin Luth]
 * 73)  CRASH: Opening animation sidebar pane after inserting a shape [Caolán McNamara]
 * 74)  CRASH: adding a new animation after defining a motion path [Mark Hung]
 * 75)  JPEG looks as a black rectangle in Writer [Caolán McNamara]
 * 76)  Position and size of rotated and cropped image off after DOCX export [Mike Kaganski]
 * 77)  Clicking the position and size box without an object selected disables future selection. [Caolán McNamara]
 * 78)  Database copy over loses database info in version 7.0.3.1 [Caolán McNamara]
 * 79)  Deprecation warnings when building against Python 3.9 [David Ostrovsky]
 * 80)  BASE: Open two same report when press "enter" key on report name [Caolán McNamara]
 * 81)  faulty expressions cells show incorrect value [Eike Rathke]
 * 82)  Incorrect bounds on formula DEC2HEX [Eike Rathke]
 * 83)  Database-wizard: List box for ODBC: No value could be chosen by key with VCL: gtk3 [Caolán McNamara]
 * 84)  UI: Expert Configuration doesn't show Ok/Cancel button [Caolán McNamara]
 * 85)  FORMS: Height of fields couldn't be changed by key directly [Caolán McNamara]
 * 86)  Impress: Shrinking table by dragging bottom border up or top down not working anymore [Gülşah Köse]
 * 87)  GTK3: Sidebar: incorrect extra field in Line Spacing Control [Caolán McNamara]
 * 88)  Writer crash when saving certain documents as .docx or .doc [Caolán McNamara]
 * 89)  EDITING: Drag and drop doesn't work in editview [Caolán McNamara]
 * 90)  PDF/UA export is missing PDF/UA flag [Julien Nabet]
 * 91)  Combobox icon in right click form menu use List Box icon [Rizal Muttaqin, Caolán McNamara]
 * 92)  Calc crashes opening file containing "MATCH" formula referencing not yet allocated column [Michael Weghorn]
 * 93)  CRASH: using CTRL + SHIFT + Up in the slidesorter when no slide is selected [Xisco Fauli]
 * 94)  Drop down text is not full lenght of the column (see comment 4 for a test file) [Caolán McNamara]
 * 95)  Calc crashes when using COUNTIF, SUMIF, etc. on columns "far away" without data [Noel Grandin]
 * 96)  EDITING: can't edit OLE object [Caolán McNamara]
 * 97)  Button with link does not work anymore [Julien Nabet]
 * 98)  Qt's ImCursorRectangle is not correctly take device scale factor into account [Jan-Marek Glogowski]
 * 99)  on typing in URL field cursor returns to the start of the Entry on each keypress [Caolán McNamara]

Translations
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