Software update: LibreOffice 7.4.2

The Document Foundation has released the second update for version 7.4.0 of LibreOffice. This open source office package was created as a spin-off from 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. Version 7.4 adds support for webp images, documentation for the ScriptForge scripting library, and improves performance and compatibility. Version 7.4.2 is also a bug fix release and had three release candidates, with a total of 81 improvements

Bugs fixed in version 7.4.2 RC1

• cid#1500594 explicit null dereferenced
• tdf#73845 PIVOTTABLE: Filter incorrectly restored after FILEOPEN
• tdf#89928 FILEOPEN: image color in PPTX file is black instead of white
• tdf#91762 Inserting table has incorrect row heights
• tdf#94122 Automatic colors (white on dark background) (or colors predefined ?) not exported to PPTX correctly
• tdf#106959 MAILMERGE wrong if document starts with table when output saved as individual documents using MM toolbar
• tdf#114769 Relative URL lost after Save as HTML (Export as HTML works)
• tdf#119039 Writer crash when I try to open 4-page DOCX
• tdf#127806 FILEOPEN RTF: image display position is wrong and very large
• tdf#129163 Memory leak in createEnumeration
• tdf#132519 CELL(“ADDRESS”;…) to other sheet from Workbook imported from Excel may let INDIRECT() fail with #REF! if string reference setting forces different syntax than current formula syntax (comment 9).
• tdf#135993 The setting for the use of the English function names under German working environment only works completely after restart.
• tdf#136928 Wrong tabs icons in dark theme with KDE
• tdf#137341 UI font is not visible in Contextual Groups and Groupedbar Compact UIs when system dark mode is enabled
• tdf#137577 UI: resolve ambiguity for ‘named ranges’ with identical name and different scope
• tdf#137949 IMPORT OOXML: Table row height is wrong.
• tdf#139511 Impress: Shrinking table by dragging bottom border up or top down not working anymore
• tdf#140302 Image repeats itself a number of times in an RTF (import issue)
• tdf#141981 Redraw fails in Windows LO Draw moving shapes with multiple formatting
• tdf#142031 Formula bar suggestion tooltips don’t like accents
• tdf#142152 Extension manager shows keywords in Spanish dictionary
• tdf#142293 Spreadsheet functions implemented as AddIn may get saved with their programmatic name to OOXML Excel .xlsx instead of the function name (cause in comment 21)
• tdf#142631 Poor contrast on spellcheck in Linux dark mode
• tdf#144092 FILEOPEN PPTX: Empty table rows appear with lower height
• tdf#144583 Blurry icon on HiDPI
• tdf#145159 Text unreadable in Calc’s dark theme in page style header text editor
• tdf#147507 Crash swlo!SwRedlineExtraData_FormatColl::Reject+0x1b6 (STR: comment 7)
• tdf#148214 Spurious extra blank page in 2-page RTF
• tdf#148620 Crash in Draw and Impress when using Format > Lists > Move Down
• tdf#148849 Cursor jumps outside the table after deleting a row (track changes involved)
• tdf#149670 FILEOPEN PPTX: transparent color set for JPG treated differently than in PowerPoint
• tdf#149969 FILEOPEN PPTX: video stops after one iteration instead of playing in loop
• tdf#149971 FILEOPEN PPTX: video is “blown” up, distorting proportions
• tdf#149980 Update Ukrainian dictionary
• tdf#150267 FILEOPEN DOCX RTF Unused document variable not imported
• tdf#150307 Calc Name Box field not updated immediately after deleting a sheet-local named range with deleting a sheet
• tdf#150312 Named ranges disappear in Calc
• tdf#150402 Font size renders much bigger in presentation mode than in edit mode
• tdf#150474 FILEOPEN RTF Hidden line breaks inside table are not hidden
• tdf#150507 VIEWING: Text in Writer 7.4.0 appears smeared
• tdf#150561 Page dimension don’t match paper format in Print Preview: like claiming 210×148 to be A4
• tdf#150575 REPORTBUILDER: Crash when closing report after report navigator has been started
• tdf#150576 When I delete a row above a previously deleted row and the “Track changes” turned on, the cursor jump to the beginning of the document.
• tdf#150604 Shortcut – delete key – doesn’t delete the selected Index Entry in navigator
• tdf#150642 FILEOPEN DOCX Table structure destroyed if cell with vertical text direction exists
• tdf#150650 It is not possible to set fill to None with Sidebar in a drawing
• tdf#150666 Insert a row in the table after deleting it but won’t be deleted. (If Track changes is active.)
• tdf#150688 When using a small screen and pressing 2 arrows for more buttons: CRITICAL message (gtk only)
• tdf#150712 Format->Conditional->Condition 100% CPU
• tdf#150766 Incomplete recalculation
• tdf#150779 kf5 – Opening LO only shows left pane of start screen, no recent documents visible (LO 7.4 only)
• tdf#150802 It Doesn’t Applies a gradient prefectly on the shapes.
• tdf#150810 Make the Search Commands dialog easier to understand
• tdf#150829 Calc Name Box field not updated immediately after undoing duplication of sheet
• tdf#150856 Opening Forms: Form is minimized in middle of the screen with Linux/KDE
• tdf#150876 When “Track Changes” is on, the second inserted row in the table won’t perceive after created it
• tdf#150926 An identity function implemented in Python does not evaluate equal to itself
• tdf#150927 export of table in frame in table in header silently drops inner table
• tdf#150931 Calc drop shadows do not display properly
• tdf#150974 Writer crashes when starting with WollMux installed
• tdf#150982 Failure installing a Python-based OXT with a space in the file name
• tdf#150987 CRASH: pasting content
• tdf#150990 Image has disappeared after save and reopen
• tdf#150992 CRASH: applying pop art filter to an SVG image
• tdf#151039 Crash when exporting to PDF
• tdf#151046 INDIRECT() with a loaded range name argument matching a (now 16k column) cell address uses cell reference instead.
• tdf#151052 Find Bar’s “Find All” button text invisible in dark mode, Windows

Bugs fixed in version 7.4.2 RC2

• rhbz#2122948 Reproducible crash in Writer
• tdf#145054 FILEOPEN XLSX Copying a sheet with autofilter by color leaves unusable autofilter on the copy sheet
• tdf#148635 Deselecting a chart after insertion being slow
• tdf#149277 Database Browser: Query disappears if it has the same name as a following database – Tree list sort
• tdf#150647 Autofilter result is wrong when filtering (empty) records
• tdf#150715 Animations in LO Impress do not work properly
• tdf#151091 copy chart from liberoffice calc to libreoffice writer is copied wrongly loosing values
• tdf#151094 FILESAVE: Writer crashes on save after deleting a paragraph style
• tdf#151100 Table in a shape in a header is lost on ODT export
• tdf#151148 Finding KATAKANA which has voice consonant mark returns incorrect results.
• tdf#151182 Calc crash when cut-paste and drag cell
• tdf#151260 Crash in: SfxItemPool::SetDefaults(std::vector > *)
• tdf#151316 CRASH in SwTextGridPage::CharorLineChangedHdl (gen)

Bugs fixed in version 7.4.2 RC3

• tdf#151441 Queries don’t show any content when executed directly through GUI