Releases/6.2.8/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 6.2.7 (rc1):


 * 1)  CRASH on FILEOPEN .odp presentation. "Bad allocation" -> Crash. 100% reproducible. [Michael Weghorn]
 * 2)  SUM function does not take into account precision as shown for ranges with numbers only (comment #7). [Eike Rathke]
 * 3)  SVG Insert: Styles defined globally (with *) aren't handle correctly [Xisco Fauli]
 * 4)  FILEOPEN An empty line is too tall in the attached DOCX [Justin Luth]
 * 5)  Report Builder Character Settings dialog Highlighting tab page doesn't set background [Tamás Zolnai]
 * 6)  FILESAVE DOCX The combo box ActiveX control is lost in LibreOffice Writer [Tamás Zolnai]
 * 7)  Automatic update of external links in shared spreadsheet is disabled even though file is in trusted location and setting for opening is "Always" (see comment 13) [Eike Rathke]
 * 8)  libpixman-1.so.0 not found when LO is built with internal cairo [Michael Stahl]
 * 9)  HELP button in Format Cells no longer opens help on Format Cells (it opens top of Help) [Caolán McNamara]
 * 10)  "Help" button in "AutoCorrect" dialog doesn't open relevant help entry [Caolán McNamara]
 * 11)  UI 5.x Curved connectors path messed up when passed to 6.x [Michael Weghorn]
 * 12)  FILEOPEN: Multiple external link chain with several calc documents doesn't work properly any more [Eike Rathke]
 * 13)  PPTX: FILESAVE: Transparency is lost after RT [Tamás Zolnai]
 * 14)  Editing a particular math formula using underbrace / overbrace destroys the UI under GTK3 [Caolán McNamara]
 * 15)  Layout loop in a specific document keeps adding pages indefinitely [Patrick Jaap]
 * 16)  FILEOPEN DOCX Different enter size, without character, makes the table row size greater than in Word [Justin Luth]
 * 17)  After deleting some text the LibreOffice Writer crash [Michael Stahl]
 * 18)  CRASH: Inserting textbox in a particular document [Caolán McNamara]

Translations
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