Releases/4.2.1/RC1

Installation

 * Linux deb and rpm:
 * please, read detailed instructions for different distributions
 * the Linux packages can be installed in parallel to LibreOffice 4.1, 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.
 * LibreOffice windows installers are signed by The Document Foundation.
 * macOS:
 * LibreOffice 4.2.1 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 4.2.0 final (RC4):
 * 1)  RTF import: fix memory leak [Miklos Vajna]
 * 2)  improper use of negative value [Caolán McNamara]
 * 3)  dereference after null check [Caolán McNamara]
 * 4)  coverity gold, Uninitialized m_refCount [Caolán McNamara]
 * 5)  RTF import: fix memory leak [Miklos Vajna]
 * 6)  use internal API to fill dxf styles during xlsx import. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 7)  do not remove too much from the path [David Tardon]
 * 8)  in autodetected a11y HC mode, pull background color from theme [Bjoern Michaelsen]
 * 9)  set the bg color of the editeng from the text shape [Caolán McNamara]
 * 10)  fix crash during xls import [Markus Mohrhard]
 * 11)  create statement before execute/wasNull/getBoolean [Lionel Elie Mamane]
 * 12)  # Determining bMail was accidentally inverted [Stephan Bergmann]
 * 13)  vcl: GTK+ file picker: fix non-grouped filter patterns [Michael Stahl]
 * 14)  don't bother with synonyms for text with mixed script types. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 15)  reset (Multi)Selection on Clear [Lionel Elie Mamane]
 * 16)  don't unduly delay Bridge termination [Stephan Bergmann]
 * 17)  guard against null pointer access on LRU function list, [Eike Rathke]
 * 18)  prefer exact matches before case guess matching [Caolán McNamara]
 * 19)  fix buttons in Custom animation toolbar [Samuel Mehrbrodt]
 * 20)  sw: fix copy/paste of cross references [Michael Stahl]
 * 21)  forgot to 'unlink' setOpenTemplateHdl [Joren De Cuyper]
 * 22)  Set StartCenter's min width to display one column of docs [Zolnai Tamás]
 * 23)  RTF import: fix memory leak [Miklos Vajna]
 * 24)  default(Date|Time) is a UNO struct now [Lionel Elie Mamane]
 * 25)  sw: fix table cell Unprotect [Michael Stahl]
 * 26)  fix for "General input/output error" while opening file [Tushar Bende]
 * 27)  sw: layout should never care about IsFirstShared [Michael Stahl]
 * 28)  avoid putting these cells in formula tree prematurely. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 29)  default(Date|Time) is a UNO struct now [Lionel Elie Mamane]
 * 30)  FixedText (label) is implemented as no value [Lionel Elie Mamane]
 * 31)  put only document (file) name in window title on macOS [Tor Lillqvist]
 * 32)  fix quoted printable encoding bug in internal Python [Andras Timar]
 * 33)  in autodetected a11y HC mode, pull background color from theme [Bjoern Michaelsen]
 * 34)  insert the border rectangle to the bottom of the stack. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 35)  implement KDE4 picker notifications [Jan-Marek Glogowski]
 * 36)  fix for corruption of symbols in docx [Rohit Deshmukh]
 * 37)  startcenter: Show busy mouse pointer when starting apps. [Jan Holesovsky]
 * 38)  startcenter: help button point to local/wiki help, help part [Zolnai Tamás]
 * 39)  correctly calculate the first edit cell row position. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 40)  fix editable combo-boxes behavior under KDE4 [Maxim Monastirsky]
 * 41)  fix crash on abi2010-1.doc example [Caolán McNamara]
 * 42)  generate correct group items for the year group. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 43)  fix for "General input/output error" while opening file [Tushar Bende]
 * 44)  fix deadlocks in librdf_Repository [Michael Stahl]
 * 45)  startcenter: display more userfriendly file urls in tooltips [Zolnai Tamás]
 * 46)  fix editable combo-boxes behavior under KDE4 [Maxim Monastirsky]
 * 47)  change the default color for reference border to non-red. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 48)  why!? [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 49)  sw: GraphicObjects are never swapped out [Michael Stahl]
 * 50)  sd: fix mis-detection of Visio files as PPT [Michael Stahl]
 * 51)  trendline: correct R^2 for forced intercept [Laurent Balland-Poirier]
 * 52)  make the software interpreter selection stick in the UI. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 53)  revert "Disable LTO for now - suspected cause of ." [Michael Stahl]
 * 54)  ensure that we import all tab settings from Excel. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 55)  overhaul cell borders to make them look sane. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 56)  and set a minimum size to start center [Zolnai Tamás]
 * 57)  avoid excessive and unnecessary heap allocation of array objects. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 58)  make some items in the filter dialogs translatable. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 59)  overhaul cell borders to make them look sane. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 60)  backport Message dialog creation from message strings [Caolán McNamara]
 * 61)  CMYK labels are switched [Julien Nabet]
 * 62)  don't forget to receive returned object from for_each. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 63)  broadcast changes during undo and redo after paste. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 64)  don't attempt to copy more than a string has to offer [Maxim Monastirsky, Eike Rathke]
 * 65)  support 8430x11700 jpegs [Caolán McNamara]
 * 66)  wordlist truncated on left [Caolán McNamara]
 * 67)  backport Message dialog creation from message strings [Caolán McNamara]
 * 68)  fix unlocalized redline menu [Andras Timar]
 * 69)  sfx2: fix crash when editing template [Michael Stahl]
 * 70)  firebird XParameters::setString truncate to 65535 characters [Lionel Elie Mamane]
 * 71)  revert "Improve Spreadsheet performance ..." [Eike Rathke]
 * 72)  this search algorithm had another issue. This fixes it. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 73)  vcl: try to fix sizes in ImplBlendToBitmap [Michael Stahl]
 * 74)  Area tab page: prevent default gradient/hatch/bitmap [Michael Stahl]
 * 75)  let's not shift the note twice. Once is enough. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 76)  template manager-store selection before calling dialog [Joren De Cuyper]
 * 77)  the end position is inclusive. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 78)  ensure that all note objects have an sdr object before exporting. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 79)  fix auto correct of initial capitals on start of first para [Michael Stahl]
 * 80)  # Determining bMail was accidentally inverted [Stephan Bergmann]
 * 81)  no need to incremenet nRow here... It's just plain wrong. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 82)  SdrPageView::DrawLayer: hack to avoid spuriously visible images [Michael Stahl]
 * 83)  only adjust tokens for top formula cells of formula group. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 84)  sw: fix Label wizard document creation (2 in 1) [Michael Stahl]
 * 85)  treat empty cells as if they have a value of 0. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 86)  replace '\n' to ' ' in fields (e.g. multiline headings) [Andras Timar]
 * 87)  gbuild: AutoInstall: add support for ComponentCondition [Michael Stahl]
 * 88)  template manager-store selection before calling dialog [Joren De Cuyper]
 * 89)  ensure that we have non-null pointer to ScColumn. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 90)  generate escaped sheet names after the grammer is set. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 91)  avoid excessive building of escaped sheet names. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 92)  don't drag around and use an uninitialized variable. [Michael Meeks]
 * 93)  only pick cell notes for that sheet, and skip the rest. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 94)  don't forget clear the edit engine before re-using it. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 95)  use the shared formula column position Excel tells you... [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 96)  correctly handle note captions life cycles. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 97)  Java on Mac doesn't use javaldx/library path fiddling [Stephan Bergmann]
 * 98)  re-intern shared strings copied between documents [Eike Rathke]
 * 99)  correct export of User Variable Input Fields [Oliver-Rainer Wittmann]
 * 100)  failed to recognized Heading 6-Export to MediaWiki [Julien Nabet]
 * 101)  update mdds to 0.10.2 which fixes one crasher bug. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 102)  [Interoperability] can't open *.xlsx file which is protected via MS 2007 [Markus Mohrhard]
 * 103)  Improve Spreadsheet performance in some area [Eike Rathke]
 * 104)  New InputFields - Reopened file is corrupted if there is text after the InputField [Oliver-Rainer Wittmann]
 * 105)  New InputFields for UserFields don't update automatically [Oliver-Rainer Wittmann]
 * 106)  runner: toolkit.UnoControlContainerModel::com::sun::star::awt::UnoControlContainerModel [Stephan Bergmann]
 * 107)  libreoffice impress imports animated motion paths incorrectly from powerpoint [David Tardon]
 * 108)  calc: Conditional formatting dialog has unreachable controls on lower screen resolution [Caolán McNamara]