Software Update: LibreOffice 4.2.3

The Document Foundation has released the third update to version 4.2 of LibreOffice. This open source office package originated as a fork of OpenOffice and comes with the word processor Writer, spreadsheet program Calc, presentation program Impress, drawing program Draw, database program Base and Formula, an application for creating scientific notations. An overview of the changes and improvements in version 4.2 is on this page to find. In this update, about a hundred more problems have been fixed.

Bugs fixed in 4.2.3 RC 1:

• bnc#779620 DOCX import: fix nested tables anchored inside tables
• bnc#816593 DOCX import: avoid layout problem with automatic spacing
• bnc#821208 DOC import: don’t overwrite WW8Num* character styles
• bnc#828390 new line is dropped while importing text.
• bnc#862516 remember slides sorter view setting.
• bnc#864396 we only support simple labels in the InternalDataProvider,
• coverity#704633 dereference after null check
• coverity#708535 uninitialized scalar field
• collabora#1000039 DOC import: ignore symbol charset of the symbol font
• collabora#1000043 ignore large twips values ​​like MSO does
• fdo#41760 refresh printer list when print dialog launched
• fdo#45935 try hard to paint a frame for menus
• fdo#47811 fix setPropertyValue(“Name”) or Database fieldmaster
• fdo#50451 mediawiki formula export + vec use
• fdo#50763 handle inlined base64 images
• fdo#50855 nimbus Sans L missing styles
• fdo#52547 SOT: Prefer embedding image data to embedding linked image.
• fdo#59329 fix docked panels borders
• fdo#59374 fix crash when importing unsupported macro content, related
• fdo#59853 don’t crash in mixed reference/no reference cases, related
• fdo#60833 user’s wordbook should be selected by default
• fdo#61520 do not add multiple empty strings to the validation list
• fdo#67104 use correct command for show grid
• fdo#69309 rename share/registry/postgresqlsdbc.xcd to postgresql.xcd
• fdo#70220 drawingml import: don’t set CharEscapementHeight unconditionally
• fdo#71622 compress svg files in ODF
• fdo#71784 invalid Sections getting added to the document after RT
• fdo#72481 drawingml import: don’t set CharEscapementHeight unconditionally
• fdo#72898 HiDPI support for Linux and Windows
• fdo#73051 related: make font size drop down or optimal width
• fdo#73115 always run timeouts as events
• fdo#73159 make border dialogue work again
• fdo#73851 promote labels to headings
• fdo#73860 new line is dropped while importing text.
• fdo#73869 fix highlight RTL Problem at the StartCenter window.
• fdo#74070 make replace and with fields the same width
• fdo#74218 add SVG header when exporting via mtf
• fdo#74357 DOCX import: fix nested tables anchored inside tables
• fdo#74416 drag in yield for native file picker
• fdo#74468 fix timing or slide transitions
• fdo#74573 delete ranges that are non-empty before pasting from clipboard.
• fdo#74709 RTF import: implement RTF_CLPAD*
• fdo#74747 correctly inspect formula result value for xlsx export.
• fdo#74751 fix reverse base point diagram on RTL UI
• fdo#74787 fix deselection problems of template view
• fdo#74854 better loose selection than crashing
• fdo#74875 related: Filter of “nowiki” to be improved – Export to MediaWiki
• fdo#74985 forward/back buttons too large
• fdo#75053 adjust reference update on shift for formula groups.
• fdo#75118 use the table boundaries view option to toggle border drawing.
• fdo#75243 MSO export: save custom properties with empty value
• fdo#75259 let undo document share its string pool with the source doc.
• fdo#75260 correctly draw double lines for both Writer and Calc.
• fdo#75304 set external reference info to ScCompiler.
• fdo#75386 totally fix reference update during range move.
• fdo#75492 table names can start the same way and still be different
• fdo#75510 fix negative error bar range export,
• fdo#75538 R^2 calculation of trendline similar to LINEST function
• fdo#75540 setProcessServiceFactory must be called before InitVCL
• fdo#75582 handle MalformedUriException
• fdo#75628 SUM should inherit error if one is present in its references.
• fdo#75718 correctly count the length of trailing empty range.
• fdo#75815 adjust external references here too.
• fdo#75950 just set the right grammar and be done with it.
• fdo#75960 process pivot tables after named ranges are all set.
• fdo#75962 revert “Avoid unwanted number detection when placing page field name.”
• fdo#75968 fix OUString conversion
• fdo#76030 use the table boundaries view option to toggle border drawing.
• i#116460 Calc takes roughly 4 minutes on a high end CPU to open a particular XLS document
• i#118640 Opening the presentation document causes OpenOffice 3.3 on Windows or Solaris to crash
• i#123042 [SVG] Crash: svg with image element fails to insert as linked graphic in Draw
• i#124106 docx files created in Pages 5 are wrongly imported by AOO
• i#41688 Quattro Pro 6.0 import filter
• i#83250 DataPilot: refactor backend data access to use cache table
• i#83611 uno controls can’t be made ‘really’ invisible
• i#88825 When changing graph range with discounted ranges, it also resets graph statistics (eg mean)
• rhbz#1007697 update on a Window triggering delete on window
• rhbz#1038189 refresh printer list when print dialog launched
• rhbz#1043551 sw: avoid division-by-0 in Text Grid painting code
• rhbz#1065629 writerfilter: salvage a field parameter parsing train wreck
• rhbz#1072553 [abrt] libreoffice-core: TemplateLocalView::copyFrom(): soffice.bin killed by SIGSEGV
• rhbz#1072607 (hopefully) fix crash in SvxRuler::MouseMove()
• rhbz#1074205 invalid Sections getting added to the document after RT
• rhbz#1075124 docx does not display properly in LibreOffice 4.2.2.1 rc
• rhbz#988516 DOCX import: header/footer paragraph properties applied to body paragraph

Bugs fixed in 4.2.3 RC2:

• fdo#51819 autorecovery: fix saving password in protected documents.
• fdo#68779 RTF import: set borders without explicit width
• fdo#74155 mail merge output path fix
• fdo#74549 the type in the Any is a util::Date and not a DateTime,
• fdo#75040 fix application or help’s stylesheet
• fdo#75110 SwEditShell::DeleteSel fix start of selection when bSelAll == true
• fdo#75460 sw:fix AutoScroll
• fdo#75642 check the high position block correctly.
• fdo#75872 ODF import: fix up graphics defaults stroke/fill colors
• fdo#76032 this row index is 1-based whereas our own mnRow is 0-based.

Bugs fixed in 4.2.3 RC3:

• fdo#46808 support SmartTagRecognizers again
• fdo#75109 librelogo: fix localized procedures
• fdo#76697 remove this duplicate and use the UNO constant values ​​instead.
• fdo#76949 correct grammar is GRAM_OOXML