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The Document Foundation has released the fifth 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, more than one hundred and fifty problems have been fixed.

Bugs fixed against 4.2.4 final:

• bnc#783433 fix text rotation.
• bnc#862510 fix text rotation.
• bnc#863018 WW8 import: fix upper margin or multi-page floating table
• bnc#863021 add set-all language menu.
• bnc#870234 import gradfill for text colors.
• bnc#870581 adjust output file extension when exporting
• bnc#874790 allow accepting/rejecting changes in a selection
• bnc#875713 handle brightness+contrast from msoffice
• bnc#878854 MSWord uses xb for linebreaks in DB fields
• coverity#1210177 uninitialized pointer field
• collabora#1000067 do not crash when pasting impress page into another impress page
• fdo#32376 fix “UI color panel does not show the actual color in Writer”
• fdo#38410 handle strange brightness+contrast adjustment from msoffice
• fdo#39944 improve mapping between ATK and UNO roles
• fdo#41166 match month and day name instead of substring
• fdo#42899 basic: if the library is not loaded fully, copy source storage
• fdo#44736 RTF import: fix COW when writing a nested structure
• fdo#45260 revert “Objects having line thickness misplaced while pasting.”
• fdo#48017 fix WIN32 long path name support or spelling dictionaries
• fdo#50697 fix crash found when exploring
• fdo#55381 handle properly page breaks even if a page contains only a frame
• fdo#55697 limit the range shrinking in charts to really large ranges,
• fdo#60967 fix deletion of paragraph following table
• fdo#62038 EPS not rendered in drawinglayer code paths
• fdo#62176 (related: Revert “reset min/max values ​​in paragraph …
• fdo#64047 add set-all language menu.
• fdo#64161 related: pstoedit not writing file until its closed
• fdo#65631 OLE: Turn an OSL_ENSURE() into a real condition (related:
• fdo#66620 keywords occur in unquoted context only
• fdo#67112 ReportCommands.xcu is localizable
• fdo#67685 revert “open xSourceLibrariesStor only when needed”
• fdo#68600 limit comment width
• fdo#68983 revert “remove #if 0 block (from …
• fdo#69002 fix KFileDialog crashes
• fdo#70609 limit the range shrinking in charts to really large ranges,
• fdo#70670 be explicit about text rotations,
• fdo#70853 writerfilter: refactor to avoid redundant Papx class in doctok
• fdo#71785 file hangs LibreOffice on Save
• fdo#72006 populate “Load URL” dropdown from picklist.
• fdo#72287 scroll automatically to show selected item when keyboard used.
• fdo#72400 slideshow: display a snapshot of movie until its not started
• fdo#72741 backport or calc sort rework.
• fdo#73766 TemplateManager: construct toolbars in focus traversal order.
• fdo#73891 fix “UI color panel does not show the actual color in Writer”
• fdo#74555 avoid excessive calls to GetPreviewCellStyle().
• fdo#74599 RTF import: enable StylesNoDefault compat setting
• fdo#74687 undo & redo or format-only changes don’t need broadcasting.
• fdo#74790 sw: Compare Document: fix assertions about RSID-only hints
• fdo#75026 sometimes we need to update grid view while not being active.
• fdo#75056 overline attribute needs special treatment as well.
• fdo#75058 optimize autofilter item filling for non-tree items.
• fdo#75168 escape conditional formatting formulas during xlsx export,
• fdo#75397 return an empty string for empty element.
• fdo#75489 pass toolbar context menu commands to toolbar for handling.
• fdo#75519 fix chapter cross references
• fdo#75665 truncate string when clipped on screen.
• fdo#75735 RTF import: fix COW when writing a nested structure
• fdo#76261 get rid of unneeded and malfunctioning maItemListRect.
• fdo#76607 backport or calc sort rework.
• fdo#76611 wrap reference addresses at max boundaries.
• fdo#76692 LightProof: Italian translation too long in options
• fdo#76710 adjust sheet position or conditional format entries.
• fdo#76824 proper way to parse cell address strings.
• fdo#76878 revert “need to reset rotation…”
• fdo#77056 treat empty cells as if they have a value of 0.0.
• fdo#77071 resolve crashes with ICU 53.1 in locales with collator data,
• fdo#77088 WMF – replace 32-bit min/max assumption with const
• fdo#77126 BitmapEx.Scale already takes care of mirroring
• fdo#77242 fix crash
• fdo#77267 RTF import: pard should reset current paragraph style
• fdo#77315 when in cell edit mode, use the EditView instance already there.
• fdo#77379 don’t return from the call. Notes are handled at the end.
• fdo#77451 detect AOO 4.x for SvXMLImport::needFixPositionAfterZ
• fdo#77454 fix WW8 import/export or negative image crop
• fdo#77509 resolve memory corruption / crash in Consolidate
• fdo#77537 exporting font names in edit text needs special handling.
• fdo#77600 RTF export: always close URLs before the end of run
• fdo#77647 fix the column insertion use case.
• fdo#77682 improve mapping between ATK and UNO roles
• fdo#77720 mail Merge: reset cursors after clearing document
• fdo#77728 recompile tokens when named range is updated.
• fdo#77735 don’t proceed when all cells in the range are empty.
• fdo#77806 check the boundaries before accessing an array….
• fdo#77899 fax etc wizards don’t start
• fdo#77944 put updated formula cells into undo document.
• fdo#77969 return 0 in case of matrix consisting of all empty elements.
• fdo#77984 the safety check was a bit too strict,
• fdo#77990 internal strings for hybrid strings during import.
• fdo#78041 set graphic properties for error bars during import,
• fdo#78054 initialize drawing layer when the document contains notes.
• fdo#78062 broadcast only on non-empty cells within deleted range.
• fdo#78079 re-work sort by column to get it to do the right thing.
• fdo#78119 find the longest match for month name
• fdo#78151 related: fix ‘pIds unsorted’ warning
• fdo#78159 fix import of OOoXML embedded objects
• fdo#78294 default null-date for document import is 1899-12-30
• fdo#78313 RTF import: retain font colors
• fdo#78384 fix for corruption if file contains symbols.
• fdo#78391 when numbers are auto-fit, reset clipping parameters.
• fdo#78402 adjust references of validity entries as appropriate.
• fdo#78413 revert “Objects having line thickness misplaced while pasting.”
• fdo#78471 don’t forget to record the ID of the last record for BIFF5.
• fdo#78524 some wrong display on Portuguese grammar checking
• fdo#78535 don’t process borders or 0 width.
• fdo#78536 sfx2: template dialog: make the am-i-dead-yet check reentrant
• fdo#78742 SfxFilterMatcher: respect requested document service if set
• fdo#78786 no need to insert entries here for date members.
• fdo#78815 fix report builder toolbox controller
• fdo#78824 avoid having two menu entries having the same accelerator.
• fdo#78838 past-the-end iterator
• fdo#78846 wrong AutoCorrect entries
• fdo#78900 RTF import: allow dpxsize inside dptxbxtext
• fdo#78903 don’t broadcast prematurely during cell deletion.
• fdo#78949 handle (SAXParse-)Exception that can’t pass getAllRelationships
• fdo#78971 there’s even a git hook to prevent commits containing SAL_DEBUG
• fdo#79008 crash: File getting crash while saving in LO
• fdo#79011 properly implement the search results dialog as modelless.
• fdo#79078 restore transparency in SVG export
• fdo#79099 Different names for the same field in Spanish UI
• fdo#79137 crash in oox::vml::InputStream::updateBuffer
• fdo#79139 crash in SwDropCapCache::CalcFontSize
• fdo#79181 drop hidden shape and drop negative clip rect
• i#64348 basic: fix CDec() crash if string is empty
• i#114361 various situations where graphic go missing on save
• i#116244 revert “need to reset rotation…”
• i#124946 various situations where graphic go missing on save
• i#124966 various situations where graphic go missing on save
• rhbz#1032774 [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)
• rhbz#1047174 [abrt] libreoffice-core-4.1.3.2-4.fc19: Window::ImplGetFirstOverlapWindow: Process /usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/soffice.bin was killed by signal 11 (SIGSEGV)
• rhbz#1065807 [fix available] Usability – libreoffice does not search XDG defined “Templates” directory
• rhbz#1071604 related: don’t paint anim. effect icon
• rhbz#1086714 overlarge pixmap
• rhbz#1089377 crash on loading a specific rtf
• rhbz#1092589 libreoffice can’t find JRE after update of java packages
• rhbz#1096486 [abrt] libreoffice-core: Window::ImplGetFirstOverlapWindow(): soffice.bin killed by SIGSEGV

Bugs fixed against 4.2.5 RC1:

• bnc#870233 2nd part of import font color from color fragment for SmartArts
• bnc#870237 wrong text position in grouped list
• fdo#40073 fix look for translated frame styles
• fdo#52547 paste preference is image, then html, then text.
• fdo#56392 fix hyphenation (remove fix, except hard hyphen part)
• fdo#64956 editeng: fix RTF color table export
• fdo#70455 B1:SOMENAME is not a valid singleton reference
• fdo#76752 don’t add the changes toolbar to the forms window,
• fdo#76953 cannot start show at selected slide
• fdo#77454 sw: ww8 import: add heuristic to ignore mangled crop values
• fdo#78332 sw: fix separators in SwDDEFieldType::PutValue()
• fdo#78737 sw: fix setting tab stops via ruler
• fdo#78801 paste preference is image, then html, then text.
• fdo#78927 use different XML attribute names for asian and complex fonts.
• fdo#78976 correct way to determine the end position for matrix check.
• fdo#79372 fix hyphenation (remove fix, except hard hyphen part)
• fdo#79392 don’t access after last row, when last row is max last row
• fdo#79719 recognize ##-MMM-## as date even if ambiguous
• rhbz#1096747 crash/hang on format-page on html document
• rhbz#1101224 [abrt] libreoffice-core: ScTable::GetName(rtl::OUString&) const(): soffice.bin killed by SIGSEGV