Software Update: LibreOffice 5.1.2

The Document Foundation has released the second update to version 5.1 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 making scientific notations. Version 5.1 should launch faster, has a new styles menu, improved support for Microsoft Office 2016 documents and improvements to the spell check. Detailed information about the changes in version 5.1.0 can be found on this page are being found. Version 5.1.2 had two release candidates in which a total of 89 issues were fixed.

Bugs fixed in version 5.1.2 RC 1:

• rhbz#1281906 [gtk3] [wayland] Windows have broken size and headerbar drawn over content
• rhbz#1285356 [gtk3] gtk2 Swing/AWT GUIs in java-based extensions crash gtk3 libreoffice
• rhbz#1287593 [gtk3] [dark theme] Adwaita:dark not fully supported
• tdf#34882 Special character favorites (comment 28 for scope)
• tdf#56270 FILESAVE: ODT file’s OLE objects are lost when you export to DOCX format
• tdf#56321 : horizontal/vertical flip of inserted picture is not persisted
• tdf#59699 RTF: INCLUDEPICTURE image not shown
• tdf#62437 OneDrive Integration Request
• tdf#63022 EDITING: Text drag and drop doesn’t work correctly (summary: comment 5)
• tdf#65695 Export as JPEG missing something
• tdf#76817 Outline Numbering for DOCX not working when new headings inserted in between (to reproduce, see comment 15/17/19)
• tdf#79679 EMF: dashed lines in background grid are rendered as solid lines
• tdf#80758 TOOLBAR: empty values ​​in button names not respected
• tdf#81718 File->Properties->General Tab size property (ftp, webdav and ssh)
• tdf#82012 EDITING: Compress image removes flip settings
• tdf#82781 writer crashes in page preview when reducing number of pages due to hidden format
• tdf#85523 Extra blank lines added to comments after each save as .DOCX
• tdf#85761 Exporting jpeg format from DRAW, resolution does not follow options setting
• tdf#87034 FILEOPEN RTF: Superscripts are run together
• tdf#87530 can’t add password to macro library
• tdf#88485 unable to select the right column characters in catalog table on math editor
• tdf#89505 FORMATTING Tab Handling in automatic table of contents
• tdf#90153 A frame is not saved correctly if the document is saved as a docx file
• tdf#90257 buttons header or footer disappear
• tdf#91131 UI: Crash when deleting List Style after trying to create new style with same name
• tdf#92067 GtkSalMenu: menu File>Templates>Manage executes action from the wrong submenu
• tdf#92296 Character formating (bold, underline, color etc) corrupted when save as xlsx
• tdf#92454 DOCX Import: Incorrect display of the headings – numbering style indents
• tdf#92538 EDITING: PostgreSQL direct connection – Default for Text isn’t CharacterType of PostgreSQL
• tdf#93196 Switching spreadsheet tab triggers crash, no data provided
• tdf#94370 Very slow previewing of (or blank, invisible..) master pages – resizing panel refreshes them instantly
• tdf#94561 EDITING: Comments double when copying Sheets
• tdf#94738 UI: Mismatching “Styles and Formatting” icon at toolbar and sidebar (Galaxy theme)
• tdf#94968 assert: attempt to subscript container with out-of-bounds index
• tdf#95226 IFERROR not working correctly under array-evaluation
• tdf#95376 Tab stops incorrectly indented by 5cm when it’s 0cm in MS Word
• tdf#95428 Deleting inserted code from object catalog hangs office
• tdf#95616 autocorrect replacement table has transient black background when resized
• tdf#95618 missing borders in some autocorrect replacement table elements (Win8.1 only; OpenGL related)
• tdf#95709 [DISPLAY] Presentation mode renders graphics wrong
• tdf#96175 FILESAVE: Imported custom properties missing from exported RTF
• tdf#96333 Menus open in the wrong place with RTL interface under gtk3
• tdf#96669 UI: ‘Save to remote server’ error: ‘A file named “$file” already exists’ though file is not present on target WebDAV server.
• tdf#96922 EXPORT to GIF, PNG, EPS: background transparency is lost
• tdf#96999 “Tools/Customize” panel should be resizable
• tdf#97137 Slow and different rendering of vector graphics in attached document
• tdf#97139 LibreOffice unresponsible after entering | symbol in particular document
• tdf#97171 Artifacts for italic text in GL rendering mode
• tdf#97215 Sorting causes LibO to crash – applies to some files
• tdf#97299 Slide transition can’t be removed once assigned
• tdf#97369 SUM formulas, in the cell below one with the same formula (and maybe more?) are not calculate correctly in 5.1 (with more then ~100 rows)
• tdf#97371 FILEOPEN DOCX: Text Covered by Shape
• tdf#97374 FILEOPEN: Impress crashes loading a file with Page Title field
• tdf#97388 Document properties: Wrong icon for deleting custom field row
• tdf#97429 Writer crash on print selected area with specific document
• tdf#97462 REPORT: Function SECONDS() of a timefield will sometimes produce one second less than expected
• tdf#97481 DPI scaling doesn’t work with export to png or jpg
• tdf#97500 If you try to open on a WebDAV server a file that doesn’t exist, no error is shown
• tdf#97543 INSERT: SVG and attributes ignored
• tdf#97587 Further fix SUMming in the software interpreter
• tdf#97662 CPU burned re-compressing JPEGs to make them bigger…
• tdf#97715 TDR triggered: opengl rotation of huge images shrunk to tiny pixel size.
• tdf#97739 OpenGL: dissapear field controls in dialogue Format-Page, tab Page (Calc)
• tdf#97763 divide by zero bug…
• tdf#97808 FILEOPEN: arrowheads added to lines within groups
• tdf#97897 Recalculate does not always work
• tdf#97904 gtk3 / odd behavior of Opengl options in Tools->Options->Libreoffice->View
• tdf#97942 CTRL+SHIFT+SPACE not available under Tools>Customize>Keyboard
• tdf#97953 gtk3/CTRL_SPINBUTTONS oddness…
• tdf#97960 FILESAVE DOC Does not preserve the font size in tables
• tdf#97963 Input areas in Header dialog get wider and bottom area disappears
• tdf#97978 Can’t connect to mde or accde databases from Base
• tdf#98052 FILEOPEN: bad rendering of .WMF image in .ODT when OpenGL enabled
• tdf#98083 “Wrap text automatically” setting is forgotten when a file is saved in XLS or XLSX
• tdf#98122 Help still mentions option “Allow to save document even when the document is not modified”
• tdf#98188 CMIS: File > Properties > CMIS Properties tab crashes LO when closing.
• tdf#98210 Pipe socket directory permissions checks incorrect (R_OK not needed) and inconsistent
• tdf#98277 Toolbar: No shortcuts displayed for extensions
• tdf#98297 Array Formula Incorrectly Evaluated
• tdf#98380 opengl: font anti-aliasing …
• tdf#98389 FILEOPEN Calc crashes on opening xlsx document
• tdf#98390 Crash when modifying minor grid
• tdf#98395 Remote File dialog showing wrong details in columns
• tdf#98399 Changes Occur When Canceled
• tdf#98416 REMOTE FILE: “The specified device is invalid.” error dialog when attempting to add a service
• tdf#98419 severe UI regressions
• tdf#98421 PDFIMPORT Images are imported into Writer rotated and mirrored (see comment 9)
• tdf#98531 Croatian hunspell dictionary update

Bugs fixed in version 5.1.2 RC 2:

• tdf#98324 .bmp and .png images in .ods printed as black squares when “convert colors to grayscale” option is ticked