Releases/4.2.6/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:
 * LibreOffice Windows installers are signed by The Document Foundation.

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 debugging 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 4.2.5 final/RC2:
 * 1)  avoid rendering artefacts in presentation mode. [Matúš Kukan]
 * 2)  don't create data series when the series has no values. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 3)  Cache minimum height for table cells. [Matúš Kukan]
 * 4)  reset charescapement. [Muthu Subramanian]
 * 5)  extend handling of txXfrm [Zolnai Tamás]
 * 6)  DOCX import: handle w:jc=center inside w:textDirection=btLr [Miklos Vajna]
 * 7)  wrong text position in grouped list [Zolnai Tamás]
 * 8)  fix reading of section margins [Luboš Luňák]
 * 9)  handle direct formatting for numbering in .docx [Luboš Luňák]
 * 10)  discard more header/footer stuff when discarding headers/footers [Luboš Luňák]
 * 11)  PPTX import: wrong z-order becuause of wrong import order [Zolnai Tamás]
 * 12)  do not ignore themeOverride for charts in .pptx [Matúš Kukan]
 * 13)  process VBA blobs before formula cells. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 14)  allow to edit spacing to contents even with no borders visible. [Matúš Kukan]
 * 15)  do not hide top of the first row when editing text in table cells. [Matúš Kukan]
 * 16)  VML import: import OLE objects in header with background wrapping [Miklos Vajna]
 * 17)  missing break in switch [Caolán McNamara]
 * 18)  crash converting fontwork to curve [Caolán McNamara]
 * 19)  missing break in switch [Caolán McNamara]
 * 20)  dereference before null check [Caolán McNamara]
 * 21)  untrusted value as argument [Caolán McNamara]
 * 22)  untrusted value as argument [Caolán McNamara]
 * 23)  fix crash loading 3.doc [Caolán McNamara]
 * 24)  mysql-connector doesn't work with remote connections [Noel Grandin]
 * 25)  retain color on scaling of 1 bit depth pngs [Caolán McNamara]
 * 26)  fixed the old vector length [Hideki Ikeda]
 * 27)  avoid rendering artefacts in presentation mode. [Matúš Kukan]
 * 28)  fix mapping for some a11y roles to ATK [Jacobo Aragunde Pérez]
 * 29)  limits need to multiplied by num of decimal places [Caolán McNamara]
 * 30)  send Legacy Report "E-Mail as ..."=>error message [Julien Nabet]
 * 31)  make title of dialog localisable [Joren De Cuyper]
 * 32)  Crash when playing with a Group inside a Group [Julien Nabet]
 * 33)  DOCX import: fix additional empty paragraphs around footnote text [Miklos Vajna]
 * 34)  Alternative dialog Find & Replace for Writer [Julien Nabet]
 * 35)  enable Impress Remote Dialog menu item for all view shells. [Andrzej Hunt]
 * 36)  check for empty string before accessing first element [Markus Mohrhard]
 * 37)  elements Dock window needs scroll bar [Thomas Arnhold]
 * 38)  "print on group change" acted as "print in first group instance" [Lionel Elie Mamane]
 * 39)  "print on group change" defaults to TRUE [Lionel Elie Mamane]
 * 40)  revert "don't blindly force categories when there are" [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 41)  RTF import: don't crash on empty TOC result [Miklos Vajna, Vinaya Mandke]
 * 42)  dependency problem with debian packages for master/dev builds [Christian Lohmaier]
 * 43)  elements dock: Better display of scalable braces [Thomas Arnhold]
 * 44)  webdav: Release WebDAV file lock on document close. [Matúš Kukan]
 * 45)  revert "-Werror=unused-but-set-variable second try" [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 46)  RTF import: ignore page break in tables [Miklos Vajna]
 * 47)  don't crash if clearWarnings throws an SQLException [Lionel Elie Mamane]
 * 48)  substituting XInterface* eq. for object eq. requires queryInterface [Stephan Bergmann]
 * 49)  flat style and 3d style were swapped [Lionel Elie Mamane]
 * 50)  unify the handling of string position arguments [Julien Nabet, Eike Rathke]
 * 51)  reimplement XIRR OpenCL test. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 52)  calc invalid image position on zooming [Damien Chambe]
 * 53)  make pasting a lot of cell notes faster by disabling broadcasting. [Matúš Kukan]
 * 54)  writerfilter RTF import: disappear the rectangle shapes on images [Michael Stahl]
 * 55)  writerfilter: fix image wrap polygon import again [Michael Stahl]
 * 56)  quick fix: do not touch KindMap for alien file types [Andras Timar]
 * 57)  more reliable way to determine label strings. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 58)  mysql-connector doesn't work with remote connections [Noel Grandin]
 * 59)  use classic token rules for user-defined char (%foo) [Caolán McNamara]
 * 60)  fix header wrongly enabled from .doc [Luke Deller]
 * 61)  writerfilter RTF import: read encoded font name [Michael Stahl, Stephan Bergmann]
 * 62)  added SdrEndTextEdit before replacing... [Armin Le Grand]
 * 63)  ensure offset + sizeof(value) is in bounds [Caolán McNamara]
 * 64)  sw: RTF export: don't export multiple \fldrst for one hyperlink [Michael Stahl]
 * 65)  secured usage of LayerTabBar in Draw... [Armin Le Grand]
 * 66)  wrong path to dictionaries [Caolán McNamara]
 * 67)  cannot delete ListBox from inside its own Select handler [Caolán McNamara]
 * 68)  no need to offset column index by category labels. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 69)  use 3D address when the input and output are on different sheets. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 70)  do not replace a General format with a General format [Eike Rathke]
 * 71)  file Properties dialog’s layout is subpar [Caolán McNamara]
 * 72)  add fallback system for autocorrection of French variants [Julien Nabet]
 * 73)  impress hangs on using sidebar new style [Caolán McNamara]
 * 74)  replace the work-around with a different one [Miklos Vajna, Michael Stahl]
 * 75)  document must be set modified when range name is defined, [Markus Mohrhard]
 * 76)  refresh Tables option fails with Firebird [Julien Nabet]
 * 77)  fix for pre-rendered Table Of Contents [Vinaya Mandke]
 * 78)  macOS-crash opening query or table in embedded Firebird ODB [Julien Nabet]
 * 79)  implement getFormOperations for data grid (table view) [Lionel Elie Mamane]
 * 80)  the page view object contact must exist [David Tardon]
 * 81)  propagate ForceArray through jump tokens [Eike Rathke]
 * 82)  propagate error through DoubleArray of matrix [Eike Rathke]
 * 83)  xmloff: ignore excessive fo:clip values [Michael Stahl]
 * 84)  vcl: fix drawing of linear gradients [Michael Stahl]
 * 85)  a11y crash on changing text via spellchecker in impress [Caolán McNamara]
 * 86)  PNG with 1-bit colormap only show black and white [Caolán McNamara]
 * 87)  check input against date acceptance pattern plausibility [Eike Rathke]
 * 88)  sound list box when non-English UI [Julien Nabet]
 * 89)  clash with a global symbol from libreoffice [David Tardon]
 * 90)  widget is not transparent [Caolán McNamara]
 * 91)  avoid FMR by re-fetch pattern after a potential re-calculation. [Michael Meeks]
 * 92)  fixed the old vector length [Hideki Ikeda]
 * 93)  secured usage of LayerTabBar in Draw... [Armin Le Grand]
 * 94)  fix crash loading 3.doc [Caolán McNamara]
 * 95)  widget is not transparent [Caolán McNamara]
 * 96)  added SdrEndTextEdit before replacing... [Armin Le Grand]
 * 97)  check last status of newly created... [Oliver-Rainer Wittmann]
 * 98)  [abrt] libreoffice-core: poll: soffice.bin killed by SIGSEGV [Caolán McNamara]
 * 99)  FlatODF import/export does not work unless libreoffice-xsltfilter is installed [David Tardon]