Releases/4.2.5/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 other ODF supporting software, please report this as a bug.
 * 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 4.2.4 final (rc2):
 * 1)  fix text rotation. [Muthu Subramanian]
 * 2)  fix text rotation. [Muthu Subramanian]
 * 3)  WW8 import: fix upper margin of multi-page floating table [Miklos Vajna]
 * 4)  add set-all language menu. [Muthu Subramanian]
 * 5)  import gradfill for text colors. [Muthu Subramanian]
 * 6)  adjust output file extension when exporting [Luboš Luňák]
 * 7)  allow accepting/rejecting changes in a selection [Luboš Luňák]
 * 8)  handle brightness+contrast from msoffice [Luboš Luňák]
 * 9)  MSWord uses \xb for linebreaks in DB fields [Luboš Luňák]
 * 10)  uninitialized pointer field [Caolán McNamara]
 * 11)  do not crash when pasting impress page into another impress page [Luboš Luňák]
 * 12)  fix "UI color panel does not show the actual color in Writer" [Tomofumi Yagi]
 * 13)  handle strange brightness+contrast adjustment from msoffice [Luboš Luňák]
 * 14)  improve mapping between ATK and UNO roles [Jacobo Aragunde Pérez]
 * 15)  match month and day name word instead of substring [Eike Rathke]
 * 16)  basic: if the library is not loaded fully, copy source storage [Michael Stahl]
 * 17)  RTF import: fix COW when writing a nested structure [Miklos Vajna]
 * 18)  revert "Objects having line thickness misplaced while pasting." [Andras Timar]
 * 19)  fix WIN32 long path name support of spelling dictionaries [László Németh]
 * 20)  fix crash found when exploring [Caolán McNamara]
 * 21)  handle properly page breaks even if a page contains only a frame [Luboš Luňák]
 * 22)  limit the range shrinking in charts to really large ranges, [Markus Mohrhard]
 * 23)  fix deletion of paragraph following table [Michael Stahl]
 * 24)  EPS not rendered in drawinglayer code paths [Caolán McNamara]
 * 25)  Revert "reset min/max values in paragraph ... [Michael Stahl]
 * 26)  add set-all language menu. [Muthu Subramanian]
 * 27)  pstoedit not writing file until its closed [Caolán McNamara]
 * 28)  OLE: Turn an OSL_ENSURE into a real condition [Jan Holesovsky]
 * 29)  keywords occur in unquoted context only [Eike Rathke]
 * 30)  ReportCommands.xcu is localizable [Andras Timar]
 * 31)  revert "open xSourceLibrariesStor only when needed" [Michael Stahl]
 * 32)  limit comment width [Caolán McNamara]
 * 33)  revert "remove #if 0 block (from ... [Michael Stahl]
 * 34)  fix KFileDialog crashes [Luboš Luňák]
 * 35)  limit the range shrinking in charts to really large ranges, [Markus Mohrhard]
 * 36)  be explicit about text rotations, [Markus Mohrhard]
 * 37)  writerfilter: refactor to avoid redundant Papx class in doctok [Miklos Vajna]
 * 38)  file hangs LibreOffice on Save [YogeshBharate]
 * 39)  populate "Load URL" dropdown from picklist. [Andrzej Hunt]
 * 40)  scroll automatically to show selected item when keyboard used. [Andrzej Hunt]
 * 41)  slideshow: display a snapshot of movie until its not started [Zolnai Tamás]
 * 42)  backport of Calc sort rework. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 43)  TemplateManager: construct toolbars in focus traversal order. [Andrzej Hunt]
 * 44)  fix "UI color panel does not show the actual color in Writer" [Tomofumi Yagi]
 * 45)  avoid excessive calls to GetPreviewCellStyle. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 46)  RTF import: enable StylesNoDefault compat setting [Miklos Vajna]
 * 47)  undo & redo of format-only changes don't need broadcasting. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 48)  sw: Compare Document: fix assertions about RSID-only hints [Michael Stahl]
 * 49)  sometimes we need to update grid view while not being active. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 50)  overline attribute needs special treatment as well. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 51)  optimize autofilter item filling for non-tree items. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 52)  escape conditional formatting formulas during xlsx export, [Markus Mohrhard]
 * 53)  return an empty string for empty element. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 54)  pass toolbar context menu commands to toolbar for handling. [Andrzej Hunt]
 * 55)  fix chapter cross references [Michael Stahl]
 * 56)  truncate string when clipped on screen. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 57)  RTF import: fix COW when writing a nested structure [Miklos Vajna]
 * 58)  get rid of unneeded and malfunctioning maItemListRect. [Andrzej Hunt]
 * 59)  backport of Calc sort rework. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 60)  wrap reference addresses at max boundaries. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 61)  LightProof: Italian translation too long in options [Julien Nabet]
 * 62)  adjust sheet position of conditional format entries. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 63)  proper way to parse cell address strings. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 64)  revert "need to reset rotation..." [Andras Timar]
 * 65)  treat empty cells as if they have a value of 0.0. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 66)  resolve crashes with ICU 53.1 in locales with collator data, [Eike Rathke]
 * 67)  WMF - replace 32-bit min/max assumption with const [Tomaž Vajngerl]
 * 68)  BitmapEx.Scale already takes care of mirroring [Tomaž Vajngerl]
 * 69)  fix crash [Andras Timar]
 * 70)  RTF import: pard should reset current paragraph style [Miklos Vajna]
 * 71)  when in cell edit mode, use the EditView instance already there. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 72)  don't return from the call. Notes are handled at the end. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 73)  detect AOO 4.x for SvXMLImport::needFixPositionAfterZ [Laurent Balland-Poirier]
 * 74)  fix WW8 import/export of negative image crop [Michael Stahl]
 * 75)  resolve memory corruption / crash in Consolidate [Eike Rathke]
 * 76)  exporting font names in edit text needs special handling. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 77)  RTF export: always close URL's before the end of run [Miklos Vajna]
 * 78)  fix the column insertion use case. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 79)  improve mapping between ATK and UNO roles [Jacobo Aragunde Pérez]
 * 80)  mail Merge: reset cursors after clearing document [Michael Stahl]
 * 81)  re-compile tokens when named range is updated. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 82)  don't proceed when all cells in the range are empty. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 83)  check the boundaries before accessing an array.... [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 84)  fax etc wizards don't start [Stephan Bergmann]
 * 85)  put updated formula cells into undo document. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 86)  return 0 in case of matrix consisting of all empty elements. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 87)  the safety check was a bit too strict, [Markus Mohrhard]
 * 88)  intern strings for hybrid strings during import. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 89)  set graphic properties for error bars during import, [Markus Mohrhard]
 * 90)  initialize drawing layer when the document contains notes. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 91)  broadcast only on non-empty cells within deleted range. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 92)  re-work sort by column to get it to do the right thing. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 93)  find the longest match for month name [David Tardon]
 * 94)  fix 'pIds unsorted' warning [Caolán McNamara]
 * 95)  fix import of OOoXML embedded objects [Michael Stahl, Laurent Balland-Poirier]
 * 96)  default null-date for document import is 1899-12-30 [Eike Rathke]
 * 97)  RTF import: retain font colors [Miklos Vajna]
 * 98)  fix for corruption if file contains symbols. [Rohit Deshmukh]
 * 99)  when numbers are auto-fit, reset clipping parameters. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 100)  adjust references of validity entries as appropriate. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 101)  revert "Objects having line thickness misplaced while pasting." [Andras Timar]
 * 102)  don't forget to record the ID of the last record for BIFF5. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 103)  some wrong display on Portuguese grammar checking [Julien Nabet]
 * 104)  don't process borders of 0 width. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 105)  sfx2: template dialog: make the am-i-dead-yet check reentrant [Michael Stahl]
 * 106)  SfxFilterMatcher: respect requested document service if set [Michael Stahl]
 * 107)  no need to insert entries here for date members. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 108)  fix report builder toolbox controller [Maxim Monastirsky]
 * 109)  avoid having two menu entries having the same accelarator. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 110)  past-the-end iterator [Julien Nabet, Eike Rathke]
 * 111)  wrong AutoCorrect entries [Julien Nabet]
 * 112)  RTF import: allow \dpxsize inside \dptxbxtext [Miklos Vajna]
 * 113)  don't broadcast prematurely during cell deletion. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 114)  handle (SAXParse-)Exception that can't pass getAllRelationships [Stephan Bergmann]
 * 115)  there's even a git hook to prevent commits containing SAL_DEBUG [Stephan Bergmann]
 * 116)  crash: File getting crash while saving in LO [Dinesh Patil]
 * 117)  properly implement the search results dialog as modeless. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 118)  restore transparency in SVG export [László Németh]
 * 119)  Different names for the same field in Spanish UI [Adolfo Jayme Barrientos]
 * 120)  crash in oox::vml::InputStream::updateBuffer [Julien Nabet]
 * 121)  crash in SwDropCapCache::CalcFontSize [Julien Nabet]
 * 122)  drop hidden shape and drop negative clip rect [Caolán McNamara]
 * 123)  basic: fix CDec crash if string is empty [Thomas Arnhold]
 * 124)  various situations where graphic go missing on save [Oliver-Rainer Wittmann]
 * 125)  revert "need to reset rotation..." [Andras Timar]
 * 126)  various situations where graphic go missing on save [Oliver-Rainer Wittmann]
 * 127)  various situations where graphic go missing on save [Oliver-Rainer Wittmann]
 * 128)  [abrt] libreoffice-core-4.1.3.2-4.fc20: sd::ViewShell::GetFrameView: Process /usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/soffice.bin was killed by signal 11 (SIGSEGV) [Caolán McNamara]
 * 129)  [abrt] libreoffice-core-4.1.3.2-4.fc19: Window::ImplGetFirstOverlapWindow: Process /usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/soffice.bin was killed by signal 11 (SIGSEGV) [Caolán McNamara]
 * 130)  [fix available] Usability - libreoffice does not search XDG defined "Templates" directory [Stephan Bergmann]
 * 131)  don't paint anim. effect icon [David Tardon]
 * 132)  overlarge pixmap [Caolán McNamara]
 * 133)  crash on loading a specific rtf [Caolán McNamara]
 * 134)  libreoffice can't find JRE after update of java packages [Stephan Bergmann]
 * 135)  [abrt] libreoffice-core: Window::ImplGetFirstOverlapWindow: soffice.bin killed by SIGSEGV [Caolán McNamara]