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LibreOffice 3.3 Feature List
A somewhat more end-user-friendly version of this raw feature list can be found on the: libreoffice website

Internationalization, Localization
Updated translations

(virtually all languages)

Additional Locale Data

Arabic (Algeria) [ar-DZ], Bafia (Cameroon) [ksf-CM], Bushi (Mayotte)[buc-YT], Campidanese (Sardinia) [sro-IT], Gallurese (Sardinia)[sdn-IT], Gikuyu (Kenya) [ki-KE], Latgalian (Latvia) [ltg-LV],Logudorese (Sardinia) [src-IT], Maithili (India) [mai-IN], MalagasyPlateau (Madagascar) [plt-MG], Maore (Mayotte) [swb-YT], Papiamentu(Netherlands Antilles) [pap-AN], Rusyn (Slovakia) [rue-SK], Rusyn(Ukraine) [rue-UA], Sassarese (Sardinia)[sdc-IT], Sorbian, Tahitian(French Polynesia) [ty-PF], Upper Sorbian (Germany) [hsb-DE], Yoruba(Nigeria) [yo-NG]

Support for Kabyle

Updated dictionaries

Catalan [ca], Croatian [hr] (+ spelling dictionary added), Danish [da](+ thesaurus added), Dutch [nl], Hungarian [hu], Italian [it], Kurdish[ku], Romanian [ro], Serbian [sr/sh], Slovenian [sl], Slovak [sk],Swedish [sv], Vietnamese [vi]

Updated AutoCorrection data

Afrikaans [af], Croatian [hr], English (South Africa) [en-ZA], French[fr], Portuguese (Brazil) [pt-BR], German [de], Hungarian [hu],Lithuanian [lt], Mongolian [mn], Polish [pl]

General

 * 1) Added the LibreColors to the palette.
 * 2) Quickstarter for unix builds
 * 3) Introducing Linux Libertine G and Linux Biolinum G fonts
 * 4)  implement import of alpha channel for RGBA .tiffs
 * 5)  show all appropiate formats by default on save as
 * 6) use radio buttons for mutually exclusive menu options
 * 7) Replace the "Help Support" menu item by the "License Information" one
 * 8) load and save documents in flat xml
 * 9) Help available on the wiki
 * 10) Option to enable saving of documents at all times. (See .)
 * 11) Under Linux, Java Media Framework is no longer needed to play sounds and movies.

Calc

 * : Added new tab page 'Compatibility' in the Options dialog.
 * 1) Better default key bindings.
 * 2) Let's use  to launch selection list in LibreOffice.
 * 3) Added new image file "+" used in the "insert new sheet" button. This image is not visible in read-only mode.
 * 4) Fix fake small caps resizing factor
 * 5) Dotted - dashed borders in Calc
 * 6) Added icons for toggling sheet grids in Calc.
 * 7) Better performance and interoperability on Excel doc import.
 * 8) Better performance on DBF import.
 * 9) Slightly better performance on ODS import.
 * 10) Possibility to use English formula names.
 * 11) Distributed alignment - allows one to specify 'distributed'  horizontal alignment and 'justified' and 'distributed' vertical alignments within cells.  This is useful especially for CJK locales.
 * 12) Support for 3 different formula syntaxes: Calc A1, Excel A1 and Excel R1C1.
 * 13) Configurable argument and array separators in formula expressions.
 * 14) External reference works within OFFSET function
 * 15) Hitting  during auto-complete commits current selection and moves to the next cell.
 * 16)  cycles through auto-complete selections.
 * 17) find and replace skips those cells that are filtered out (thus hidden)
 * 18) protecting sheet provides two additional sheet protection options, to optionally limit cursor placement in protected and unprotected areas
 * 19) copying a range highlights the range being copied.  It also allows you to paste it by hitting  key. Hitting  removes the range highlight.
 * 20) Jumping to and from references in formula cells via  and.
 * 21) Cell cursor stays at the original cell during range selection.
 * 22) Insert current date and time via  and  respectively.

Writer

 * 1) AutoCorrections match case of the words that AutoCorrect replaces.
 * 2) turn off NumberRecognition in writer
 * 3) RTF export (GSoc)
 * 4) Dotted - dashed borders in Writer
 * 5) Port of Lotus Word Pro filter
 * 6) new dialog for Title Page
 * 7) Navigator allows to unfold one heading as usual in a tree view
 * 8) Ability to count the number of characters without spaces in the statistic of a selection or a whole document
 * 9) Cursor returns to its original position after a Search and Replace
 * 10) New icon in the status bar allowing to save the document by double clicking
 * 11)  resets applied character style
 * 12) Auto-hide empty paragraph after nested tables
 * 13) Added support of .doc form fields.

Impress/Draw

 * 1) PPTX chart import feature
 * 2) Dotted - dashed borders in Impress  tables
 * 3)  make Presenter Screen default to the laptop, not projector
 * 4) Improve randomisation in 'dissolve' transition

Math

 * 1) default to just printing the formula itself in math
 * 2)  Maths brackets misformed in presentation mode

DB

 * 1)  add display properties to control shapes

Development

 * 1) UNO APIs for size and moveProtect of notes
 * 2) via : allow adding drawing documents to gallery via API

Integrated Extensions

 * 1) PDF Import
 * 2) Presentation Minimizer
 * 3) Report Builder
 * 4) Solver for non-linear programming
 * 5) Wiki Publisher
 * 6) Presenter Console

Productivity Enhancements

 * 1) New Custom Properties Handling
 * 2) Embedding of Standard PDF Fonts
 * 3) New Narrow Font Family
 * 4) Increased Document Protection in Writer and Calc
 * 5) Automatic Decimals Digits for "General" format in Calc
 * 6) 1 Million Rows in a Spreadsheet
 * 7) New Options for CSV (Comma Separated Value) Import in Calc
 * 8) Insert_Drawing_Objects_in_Charts
 * 9) Hierarchical_Axis_Labels_for_Charts
 * 10) Improved Slide Layout Handling in Impress
 * 11) Manual Setting for Primary Key Support for Databases
 * 12) Support of Read-Only Database Registrations
 * 13) New Math Command 'nospace'

Internationalization

 * 1) Additional Locale Data

Usability and Interface

 * 1) Common Search Toolbar
 * 2) New Easier to Use Print Interface
 * 3) More Options for Changing Case
 * 4) Redesign of Thesaurus
 * 5) Resetting Text to the Default Language in Writer
 * 6) Text Rendering of Form Controls in Writer
 * 7) Changed Defaults for Charts
 * 8) Colored Sheet Tabs in Calc
 * 9) Adapt to Marked Selection for Filter Area in Calc
 * 10) Sort Dialog for DataPilot in Calc
 * 11) Display Custom Names for DataPilot Fields, Items and Totals in Calc

Developer Features and Extensibility

 * 1) Grid Control Enhancements
 * 2) New MetaData Node for Database
 * 3) Extending Database Drivers Using Extensions