Releases/6.2.0/Beta1

General for this Beta: parallel installation

 * This Beta release will install in parallel to your existing LibreOffice installation.

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, the full list of reported bugs is here.

Collaborators
The full list of people who have collaborated in this release is here.

Bugs fixed compared to 6.2.0 Alpha1

 * 1)  DOCX import: fix loss of free-form text in date control [Miklos Vajna]
 * 2)  declare/init nContextIdx only when NDEBUG is undefined [Dennis Francis]
 * 3)  silence Wrapper object use after free [Caolán McNamara]
 * 4)  unchecked return value [Caolán McNamara]
 * 5)  unchecked return value from library [Caolán McNamara]
 * 6)  COPY_PASTE_ERROR [Julien Nabet]
 * 7)  uninitialized pointer field [Caolán McNamara]
 * 8)  help coverity out wrt Wrapper object use after free [Caolán McNamara]
 * 9)  uninitialized pointer read [Caolán McNamara]
 * 10)  unchecked return value [Caolán McNamara]
 * 11)  silence Out-of-bounds access [Caolán McNamara]
 * 12)  use std::atomic instead of volatile [Stephan Bergmann]
 * 13)  silence Copy-paste error [Caolán McNamara]
 * 14)  bad performance of java based subsequenttests [Jens Carl]
 * 15)  File Corruption - Issue with outerShdw [Stephan Bergmann]
 * 16)  ODFF: Make LARGE and SMALL return an array if the second parameter is an array. [Takeshi Abe]
 * 17)  W32/.NET2003: m236 build fails in canvas [Noel Grandin]
 * 18)  OpenOffice Improvement program [Stephan Bergmann]
 * 19)  [sidebar]Line panel-line color on sidebar will not be blank when select many different color line. [Mike Kaganski]
 * 20)  fix xmlSecSize size mismatch [Mike Kaganski]
 * 21)  fix xmlSecSize size mismatch [Mike Kaganski]
 * 22)  better infinite loop fix [Caolán McNamara]
 * 23)  integer-overflow [Caolán McNamara]
 * 24)  direct-leak [Caolán McNamara]
 * 25)  pass param len around [Caolán McNamara]
 * 26)  null-deref [Caolán McNamara]
 * 27)  integer-overflow [Caolán McNamara]
 * 28)  Libreoffice Calc crashing with certain ods spreadsheet files [Luboš Luňák]
 * 29)  try inputted password as both user and owner password [Caolán McNamara]
 * 30)  UI - Can't drag-n-drop to reorder custom animation list [Brian Fraser]
 * 31)  VIEWING: Underlining / Overlining in running Slide Show black despite colored [Mark Hung]
 * 32)  find-replace->$1, not pattern [Stephan Bergmann]
 * 33)  copy/paste code detector / fixing [tagezi]
 * 34)  find / fix all German spellings in internal APIs [Johnny_M]
 * 35)  accelerating compile times by removing unnecessary header #include [Gabor Kelemen]
 * 36)  improve UNO API error reporting [Izabela Bakollari]
 * 37)  VIEWING: CJK Emphasis marks not showing in slideshow [Mark Hung]
 * 38)  Functionality request: option for removing BOM from beginning of saved text files [Martin van Zijl]
 * 39)  move java based api tests to c++ [Rahul Gurung, Jens Carl]
 * 40)  Remove uno calls from xlsx import [Eike Rathke]
 * 41)  the Navigator gets the focus when starting a new document while the Navigator is open [Jim Raykowski]
 * 42)  Calc single cell filling (Ctrl+D) does not change data at input line [Zdeněk Crhonek]
 * 43)  EMF+ List of EMF import bugs with examples [Bartosz Kosiorek]
 * 44)  OFFSET function in array context compatibility with Excel [Eike Rathke]
 * 45)  EDITING: Undo broken when pasting text that has been copied from the input line [Zdeněk Crhonek]
 * 46)  SLIDESHOW wave underlining doesn't work in presentation mode [Mark Hung]
 * 47)  Java path root '/' appears on wrong end in RTL languages [Andras Timar]
 * 48)  UI: In "1 columns selected" the singular should be used [Caolán McNamara]
 * 49)  Adapt uses of css::uno::Sequence to use initializer_list ctor [Izabela Bakollari]
 * 50)  shape.String gives an exception in TableShape with PyUno [Stephan Bergmann]
 * 51)  UI isn't properly refreshed when inserting formula [Jan-Marek Glogowski]
 * 52)  Make unittests more pythonic [Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty]
 * 53)  FIND & REPLACE: Add 'Find Previous' button [Stephan Bergmann]
 * 54)  Send as microsoft Word e-mail under file menu sends as .doc instead of now prevalent .docx [Samuel Mehrbrodt]
 * 55)  [DE] BlockList.xml in acor_de-DE.dat has obsolete entries [Andras Timar]
 * 56)  Squiggly accents render incorrectly in presentation mode [Mark Hung]
 * 57)  date 01.01.0001 - 03.01.0001 not saved [Stephan Bergmann]
 * 58)  LibreLogo: "magic wand" icon inserts incollect '\n' characters instead of paragraph breaks [László Németh]
 * 59)  Dropdown lists for Margins and Spacing in the Page section of Sidebar need to be separate for proper translation [Caolán McNamara]
 * 60)  Color palette cannot be chosen in various places [Jim Raykowski]
 * 61)  EMF+ images from OOXML document are not rendered correctly LibreOffice [Bartosz Kosiorek]
 * 62)  Error when saving a polygon with points converted to curve [László Németh]
 * 63)  EDITING Insert > Date | Time inserts some content into protected cells [Xisco Fauli]
 * 64)  FILEOPEN: XLSX - Chart sheet tab color not imported [Markus Mohrhard]
 * 65)  [FILESAVE DOCX] Border Line Style property of the data series not preserved when saved as DOCX [Adam Kovacs]
 * 66)  [FILEOPEN DOCX] Chart data series with custom fill are displayed incorrectly in DOCX files created with MS Word 2013 [Balazs Varga]
 * 67)  Form option buttons not reachable with tab key [Justin Luth]
 * 68)  Show currently selected color name in color button tooltip [Jim Raykowski]
 * 69)  FILESAVE: DOCX: new line added every roundtrip [Justin Luth]
 * 70)  LO exits abruptly when logging off in Windows while LO is running [Mike Kaganski]
 * 71)  Crashed in Calc Macro (Basic) [Stephan Bergmann]
 * 72)  Icons needed for Mail Merge Toolbar [Rizal Muttaqin]
 * 73)  Set a maximum width for the Calc Sort dialog [Roman Kuznetsov]
 * 74)  Improve search in customization dialog [Muhammet Kara]
 * 75)  Sidebar: Wrap spacing presets arent based on measurement unit setting [Caolán McNamara]
 * 76)  Wrong position and size of the characters in EMF/EMF+ dual mode [Bartosz Kosiorek]
 * 77)  Wrong label on sidebar slide pane after switching to handout view [Mark Dobo]
 * 78)  Implement REGEX.* function(s) [Eike Rathke, Zdeněk Crhonek]
 * 79)  FILEOPEN DOCX Custom size and position of the chart wall is not interpreted in DOCX files created with Word 2013 [Jozsef Szakacs]
 * 80)  Image Anchor Icon corrupted on HiDPI Displays [Regina Henschel]
 * 81)  EMF+ rendering problems [Bartosz Kosiorek]
 * 82)  (ODT --> DOCX) Non-breaking spaces vanish while in centered paragraphs [Mike Kaganski]
 * 83)  FILEOPEN: DOCX: Image in table is misplaced [Patrick Jaap]
 * 84)  FILEOPEN: Paragraph borders are non-continuous on paragraphs with paragraph spacing [Armin Le Grand]
 * 85)  EDITING: Unable to paste URL when editing a cell [Paul Trojahn]
 * 86)  Sidebar: Incorrect handling of Enter, Del, Ins, PgUp, PgDn, End, and Backspace key presses [Jim Raykowski]
 * 87)  Align right/center with trailing spaces aren't treated the same in PPT(X) as in DOC(X) [Tamás Zolnai]
 * 88)  Find & Replace diacritic-sensitive searches are always linked to the CTL language setting and search replace fails when no CTL default is checked active [Stephan Bergmann]
 * 89)  Unable to access the sidebar tab bar using keyboard for decks containing one panel when sidebar is undocked [Jim Raykowski]
 * 90)  Please provide Autofit option also for regular text boxes [Maxim Monastirsky]
 * 91)  FILEOPEN: DOCX: Text does not wrap around floating table in footer (disable conversion of tables in footers to floating) [Mike Kaganski]
 * 92)  FILESAVE: DOCX: file cannot be opened in MSO / numbering lost in LO [Miklos Vajna]
 * 93)  Contrast and size of Impress grid affects visibility and usefulness [Muhammet Kara]
 * 94)  add labels Minimum and Maximum for drop-down lists in dialogue Conditional Formatting [Roman Kuznetsov]
 * 95)  Add time limits for spell checking and spelling suggestions [Stephan Bergmann]
 * 96)  FILEOPEN DOCX Document with Form Controls always opens in design mode [Justin Luth]
 * 97)  FILESAVE PDF The Option Button Form Control lost the “Group Name” setting [Justin Luth]
 * 98)  [LOCALHELP] Write help page for FormatNumber VBA function [Olivier Hallot]
 * 99)  Signature Line: Use custom image for signature [Samuel Mehrbrodt]
 * 100)  Process Soffice.bin does not stop at x64 Windows shutdown/logoff when Quickstarter is used from LO 6.0 [Mike Kaganski]
 * 101)  Certificate issuer displayed wrongly (for X.509 certs) [Samuel Mehrbrodt]
 * 102)  Signed signature lines can be signed again [Samuel Mehrbrodt]
 * 103)  [NEWHELP] ReportBuilder: F1 key goes to off-line html help page about control properties, rather then Report Builder help page. [Olivier Hallot]
 * 104)  Table paste from specific .ods to Writer adds two empty rows above so table looks emtpy [Vasily Melenchuk]
 * 105)  Broken tab key navigation in Properties and Navigator decks [Jim Raykowski]
 * 106)  FILEOPEN ODT: Table background doesn't fill the entire table [Caolán McNamara]
 * 107)  Icons are corrupted on Windows when scaling UI 150% and higher, with some OpenGL dependency [Jan-Marek Glogowski]
 * 108)  calc: conditional formatting formula refers wrong cell [Vasily Melenchuk]
 * 109)  [CMIS] Windows share has inappropriate server URL suggestion [Xisco Fauli]
 * 110)  UI: Interactive gradient tool is broken [Michael Stahl]
 * 111)  Help for OpenType features support is missing [Olivier Hallot]
 * 112)  Menubar: combine mirror and rotate [andreas kainz]
 * 113)  Browser-based help search feature does not honor the "module" drop-down (local offline) [Ilmari Lauhakangas]
 * 114)  Draw Contextmenu in Writer, Calc, Draw and Impress [andreas kainz]
 * 115)  Media Contextmenu in Writer, Calc, Draw and Impress [andreas kainz]
 * 116)  Assertion failed when double-clicking in a table in the attached ODT [Julien Nabet]
 * 117)  Contextmenu Copy, Cut, Paste [andreas kainz]
 * 118)  Text DrawText Contextmenu in Writer, Calc, Draw and Impress [andreas kainz]
 * 119)  Firebird: Migration: "value exceeds range for a valid time" [Terrence Enger]
 * 120)  Sidebar: Focus lost using Sidebar Settings menu to switch decks [Jim Raykowski]
 * 121)  Sidebar: keyboard navigation does not skip over hidden tabs [Jim Raykowski]
 * 122)  Crash if I click on Fontwork Shape: Arch Left, Arch Right (Pour or Curve). [Michael Meeks]
 * 123)  Links to external HTML files updated wrong [Eike Rathke]
 * 124)  contextmenu Chart: row and colm header [andreas kainz]
 * 125)  Contextmenu Chart: pagebreak [andreas kainz]
 * 126)  kde5: Impress presentation doesn't properly use dual-monitor [Katarina Behrens]
 * 127)  Calc: Not Suitable Group and Ungroup Icon Representation [Rizal Muttaqin]
 * 128)  Image caption, inconsistency: caption for images is now "figure" and no longer "illustration" [Nickson]
 * 129)  FileSaveDialog: Superfluously two extensions under Windows shown (e.g. (.odt) (*.odt) [Ilhan Yesil]
 * 130)  Table Contextmenu in Writer, Calc, Draw and Impress [andreas kainz]
 * 131)  When printing to PDF, existing file with different file name in the target folder gets overwritten (GTK3-only) [Caolán McNamara]
 * 132)  kde5: Java extension "WollMux" not working properly [Katarina Behrens]
 * 133)  UI FILEOPEN Slide toolbars not visible when opening a slideshow saved in slide sorter view [Jan-Marek Glogowski]
 * 134)  in menu: FILE / NEW / *Master Document* could be separated somehow [heiko tietze]
 * 135)  Missing arrow from Gallery [andreas kainz]
 * 136)  No document recovery dialog after a crash [Noel Grandin]
 * 137)  Crash in: SfxItemSet::GetItemState [Bjoern Michaelsen]
 * 138)  Cannot create/edit base report (crashes) [Julien Nabet]
 * 139)  REPORTBUILDER: Unable to add fields to report using the ADD FIELDS dialog [Julien Nabet]
 * 140)  FILEOPEN XLSX: Text Orientation and alignment in cells [Markus Mohrhard]
 * 141)  Text appears as white on first launch (hard to see) [heiko tietze]
 * 142)  Calc - the Borders icon and Border tools (lines) are no longer black [Rizal Muttaqin]
 * 143)  In Writer document when a text is highlighted and right click+Character is selected the resulting window is too wide and cannot be resized [Caolán McNamara]
 * 144)  Help: XML Source page lacks information that this is an experimental feature [Ilmari Lauhakangas]
 * 145)  CLI: cannot use a path with trailing backslash on Windows [Mike Kaganski]
 * 146)  No page color after selecting and applying one - MacOS [Armin Le Grand]
 * 147)  Create new icons for minimize row / minimize column [Rizal Muttaqin]
 * 148)  Draw/Impress: Styles duplicated when copying slides [Michael Stahl]
 * 149)  Inserting of Page Breaks is Possible if Spreadsheet is in Read-only Mode [Xisco Fauli]
 * 150)  LibreLogo: handle complex expressions [László Németh]
 * 151)  LibreLogo: format program lines as paragraphs by magic wand to fix 2-page editing environment with page breaking before the program, and fix debug functionality "jump to the bad line" [László Németh]
 * 152)  Date, Time and Formulas Can be Inserted in Read-only Spreadsheets [Xisco Fauli]
 * 153)  kde5: Keyboard shortcuts not shown in menu [Katarina Behrens]
 * 154)  kde5: Active toolbar not preselected in "View" -> "User Interface" [Katarina Behrens]
 * 155)  kde5: Impress presentation mode crashes in single-monitor setup [Katarina Behrens]
 * 156)  kde5: "Find & Replace" not correctly shown in menu [Michael Weghorn]
 * 157)  SIDEBAR: Proposal for panel tab navigation behavior change [Jim Raykowski]
 * 158)  Persona categories are not actual categories [Muhammet Kara]
 * 159)  Exporting as epub inserts line that fails most content submission checks [Miklos Vajna]
 * 160)  Can't use password when (un)restricting DOC(X) forms [Justin Luth]
 * 161)  Re-pagination starts for every save (making saving quite slow) [Miklos Vajna]
 * 162)  percent linespacing <100% bug with fonts with big descent [AlicVB]
 * 163)  Focus to document on Escape key press at certain locations in Sidebar [Jim Raykowski]
 * 164)  Draw/Impress: Table commands are context-based only, not in main menu [Justin Luth]
 * 165)  ERRORE FILESAVE COLORE CELLE FORMATO ODS CONDIVISO [heiko tietze]
 * 166)  Pie chart saved as DOC doesn't preview in MSO [Noel Grandin]
 * 167)  LibO crashes each time I try to add an object (button, check box, etc.) in a Dialog form [Armin Le Grand]
 * 168)  Freezes when I open a ODT document [Mike Kaganski]
 * 169)  FILESAVE Roundtripped XLSM opens with recovery in Excel [Eike Rathke]
 * 170)  Firebird Migration of Existing Database Error on Importing Table Name with space (multiword handling) [Tamas Bunth]
 * 171)  Bugs found by PVS-Studio static analyzer [Stephan Bergmann, Xisco Fauli, Mike Kaganski]
 * 172)  Firebird Form-Based Filter search with checkbox values of "1" or "0" fails. [Lionel Elie Mamane]
 * 173)  crash in report editing: insert page number in footer while header is active [Armin Le Grand, Julien Nabet]
 * 174)  Crash cuilo!makeAutoCorrEdit when open character dialog with large amount of text selected [Caolán McNamara]
 * 175)  Memory usage on file open 4 times higher compared to LibO6.1 (70 vs 280) [Miklos Vajna]
 * 176)  Firefox themes: Show the name of the Firefox Theme as tooltip in the 'Select Firefox Theme' dialog [Muhammet Kara]
 * 177)  Firefox themes: Show an image of the own theme [Muhammet Kara]
 * 178)  gtk 3.24/Wayland: Toolbar popups not working when a tooltip is visible [Maxim Monastirsky]
 * 179)  core/dbaccess/source/ui/browser/sbagrid.cxx:1265: possible typo in if expression ? [Julien Nabet]
 * 180)  KDE5: Dialogs get blank when they are resized [Aleksei Nikiforov]
 * 181)  Crash when dragging column from datasource to spreadsheet [Julien Nabet]
 * 182)  KDE5: Numpad Enter key doesn't work [Aleksei Nikiforov]
 * 183)  CRASH: LibreOffice can be closed while Slide Design is open [Caolán McNamara]
 * 184)  CRASH while selecting a drawing line [Noel Grandin]
 * 185)  LO Writer: Error saving the document: Write error The file could not be written [Julien Nabet]
 * 186)  kde5: Impress crashes when exiting presentation mode [Katarina Behrens]
 * 187)  Crash on Crl+Shift+F10 in F5 floating Navigator page number field [Jan-Marek Glogowski]
 * 188)  CRASH opening Form-Based Filters [Noel Grandin]
 * 189)  Tabbed: Missing some of Data tab icons [Rizal Muttaqin]
 * 190)  Contextual Toolbar Sync Frame Drawing Object Properties [andreas kainz]
 * 191)  Move "Paste Special" functions at the main menu Edit -> into a submenu [andreas kainz]
 * 192)  Crash selecting a bullets or number item with double click [Caolán McNamara]
 * 193)  Notebookbar show menubar when close open file [Samuel Mehrbrodt]
 * 194)  Toggling undocked Navigator from page number field causes toggle off and and then back on [Jim Raykowski]
 * 195)  SUBTOTAL function, doesn't work inside SUMPRODUCT while it works inside an SUM array [Eike Rathke]
 * 196)  Option to use Header/Footer not working correctly [heiko tietze]
 * 197)  Arrow keys don't work in color picker if palette dropdown list is displayed [Maxim Monastirsky]
 * 198)  Change the AutoFormat Table Style button in Calc for several icon sets [Rizal Muttaqin]
 * 199)  Assertion failure when switching slide layouts with text entered [Noel Grandin]
 * 200)  crash when launching ./instdir/program/soffice --writer with GTK3 vlcplugin, no crash from startcenter [Jan-Marek Glogowski]
 * 201)  Cannot set zoom >= 1000% in "Zoom & View Layout" dialog (gen and gtk2) [Caolán McNamara]
 * 202)  Insert OLE Object from file causes crash, if Experimental features are enabled [Michael Stahl]
 * 203)  Crash after Ctrl+Tab to traverse points of object [Noel Grandin]
 * 204)  External tool with dialog for updating input fields opens together with the internal one [Ilhan Yesil]
 * 205)  UI: Remove "Edit Style..." command in Character text context menu [andreas kainz]
 * 206)  UI: Remove "..." (ellipses) in sub-menu items of the text context menu or make it a real command [Maxim Monastirsky]
 * 207)  FreetypeFontInstance use-after-free during CppunitTest_sw_dialogs_test [Jan-Marek Glogowski]
 * 208)  Table doesn't show up after undo (only after save & reload) [Michael Stahl]
 * 209)  "Presenter Console shortcuts" link is dead in online help [Olivier Hallot]
 * 210)  EDITOR UI Hatch background color not read back from editor [Tamás Zolnai]
 * 211)  Documentation for REGEX function [Olivier Hallot]
 * 212)  UI: Incorrect behaviour in Date and Time dialog [Caolán McNamara]
 * 213)  Arrow width is abnormally taken into account [Mike Kaganski]
 * 214)  Compiler plugins won't build with Ubuntu 18.04 [Stephan Bergmann]
 * 215)  Several http links on UI that might be replaced with https [Sophia Schröder]
 * 216)  LibreOffice sends "your system has crashed" message if "Close Application" event is defined [Mike Kaganski]
 * 217)  Arrows are missing after opening a file with arrows [Mike Kaganski]
 * 218)  Double Spaces in some sentences [Sophia Schröder]
 * 219)  FILEOPEN: Crash opening a certain file (gtk/gtk3) [Noel Grandin]
 * 220)  InputBox/MsgBox: title/text is truncated [Caolán McNamara]
 * 221)  Add Accept All Changes and Reject All Changes to Track Changes toolbar [Rizal Muttaqin]
 * 222)  forms controls are created with "input required" set to yes by default [Lionel Elie Mamane]
 * 223)  CRASH in SdrPage::GetPageNum [Xisco Fauli]
 * 224)  Cannot copy from Writer to the Text Box in Draw [Caolán McNamara]
 * 225)  Date forms are not showing dat [Miklos Vajna]
 * 226)  chart: multiline chart title in presentation not supported [Vasily Melenchuk]
 * 227)  EDITOR UI Pattern background color not read back from editor [Jim Raykowski]
 * 228)  Format tab on Find & Replace dialog doesn't feet to the screen [Caolán McNamara]
 * 229)  Black box blinking inside the scrollbar of the special character dialog (gtk/gen) [Caolán McNamara]
 * 230)  UI: Page border line size is set to 5 pt by default (would expect 0,05 pt) (gen/gtk) [Caolán McNamara]
 * 231)  Crash clicking on 'row' of a chart (with missing chart bars) [Caolán McNamara]
 * 232)  A legacy rectangle misses bottom right handle in "Edit point" mode [Regina Henschel]
 * 233)  FILESAVE: Using "Excel A1" formula syntax in LibO Calc options results in charts losing their link to source data if the worksheet is saved in .xlsx format [Eike Rathke]
 * 234)  Calc crashes when hide multiple sheets [Noel Grandin]
 * 235)  GTK3: features dialog is not resized automatically to show all elements [Caolán McNamara]
 * 236)  Legacy arc and sector misses bottom and bottom-right handle in 'Edit Point' mode [Regina Henschel]
 * 237)  LibreOffice does not start on wayland without an Xwayland DISPLAY running [Caolán McNamara]
 * 238)  KDE5: Can't save minimized presentation [Michael Weghorn]
 * 239)  Legacy callout has wrong handles in tail, cannot size it [Regina Henschel]
 * 240)  Save on Sharepoint results in always locked file [Mike Kaganski]
 * 241)  Crash, if press F4 for a selected callout [Caolán McNamara]
 * 242)  Hard to localize the title of the Gallery Properties Dialog [Muhammet Kara]
 * 243)  EDITING: Circle is not circular [Regina Henschel]
 * 244)  4-argument form of Mid BASIC function broken in 6.x (worked in 5.x and OO) [Stephan Bergmann]
 * 245)  FileDateTime("\\nonexistent\smb\path") returns bogus result rather than throwing error [Stephan Bergmann, Eike Rathke]
 * 246)  choosing insert trend line causes crash [Caolán McNamara]
 * 247)  Access2Base Counter for OpenRecordset usage is too low [Jean-Pierre Ledure]
 * 248)  CRASH: Opening area dialog ( gtk3 ) [Caolán McNamara]
 * 249)  “Font” page opens instead of “Statistics” page after staying on it and closing it [Caolán McNamara]
 * 250)  Pressing twice on the "Help" button causes LibreOffice application to crash when the focus is on one of the tabs on Properties window [Caolán McNamara]

Translations
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