Releases/7.1.6/RC1

Windows

 * LibreOffice 7.1 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 7.1.5 RC2
 * 1)  uninitialized scalar field [Caolán McNamara]
 * 2)  logically dead code [Caolán McNamara]
 * 3)  unchecked dynamic_cast [Caolán McNamara]
 * 4)  uninitialized scalar variable [Caolán McNamara]
 * 5)  dereference null return value [Caolán McNamara]
 * 6)  silence Uninitialized scalar field [Caolán McNamara]
 * 7)  unchecked return value from library [Caolán McNamara]
 * 8)  resource leak [Caolán McNamara]
 * 9)  uninitialized scalar field [Caolán McNamara]
 * 10)  resource leak [Caolán McNamara]
 * 11)  divide-by-zero [Caolán McNamara]
 * 12)  Fails to import CSV file created with CsvHelper [Eike Rathke]
 * 13)  Google Drive two-factor authentication (2FA) not working again [Christian Lohmaier]
 * 14)  Remote control of impress; Crash in: sdext::presenter::PresenterSlideShowView::LateInit [Hochwasser]
 * 15)  Show Infobar when hyphenation info is missing for current locale [Eike Rathke]
 * 16)  FILEOPEN PPTX: some rectangular shapes are missing (SmartArt) [Miklos Vajna]
 * 17)  HTML Document: Table borders disappear, because multiple style attributes are written within a single tag [Caolán McNamara]
 * 18)  Object area for auto-layouts deselected after switching to Animation Sidebar deck [Caolán McNamara]
 * 19)  Regression: Selection of elements is very slow [Caolán McNamara]
 * 20)  Sidebar Draw Properties deck -> Page -> Background 'Gradient' control needs additional height, the Insert Image dialog button is being clipped [Caolán McNamara]
 * 21)  FILEOPEN Tracked changes in .doc file footnotes shift to the right [Caolán McNamara]
 * 22)  Linked background image is not read [Miklos Vajna]
 * 23)  Forms: Event "When losing focus" in tablecontrol appears when receiving focus [Caolán McNamara]
 * 24)  FORMCONTROL: Min value, max value and default value dont allow direct input - nearly unusable [Caolán McNamara]
 * 25)  KeyID in language select list [Eike Rathke]
 * 26)  Two buttons in the date form control became untranslatable [Julien Nabet]
 * 27)  Summary: SmartTag XStringKeyMaps not filled in lcl_FillRecognizerData [Julien Nabet]
 * 28)  The return value of Basic function is not initialized when called by the invoke method [Andreas Heinisch]
 * 29)  EDITING Validation circles move left/up on deleting a column/row [Regina Henschel]
 * 30)  Unable to uncheck Protect in master document Edit Sections dialog [Caolán McNamara]
 * 31)  sdf date time recognition fails for march ("Mär") in German [Eike Rathke]
 * 32)  UI TOC – Assign Styles dialog contents does not resize with the dialog [Caolán McNamara]
 * 33)  Inaccurate results when searching for empty cells with regex ^$ [Eike Rathke]
 * 34)  Calc crashes if a background for a sketch is selected [Caolán McNamara]
 * 35)  incorrect detection whether document changed [Caolán McNamara]
 * 36)  EDITING Opening & closing a drawing shapes Position and Size dialog sets modified status [Caolán McNamara]
 * 37)  UI problem in Draw Sidebar's Page properties pane [Caolán McNamara]
 * 38)  Err:502 in cells referencing named expressions after save-and-reload [Eike Rathke]
 * 39)  Crash in: weld::CustomWidgetController::SetPointer(PointerStyle) [Caolán McNamara]
 * 40)  Mysql MEDIUMINT data type but interpreted correctly by Base table definition [Julien Nabet]

Translations
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