Version history for LibreOffice

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Changes for v6.0.6 - v6.1

Changes for v4.2.2 - v4.2.3

This release is is not bit-identical to 4.2.3 Release Candidate 3 - it includes ad additional fix for CVE-2014-0160 ("heartbleed")
Mac version doesn't bundle the mediawiki extension
The distribution for Windows is an international build, so you can choose the user interface language that you prefer.
Help content is available via an online service, or alternatively as a separate install.
Our Windows binaries are digitally signed by The Document Foundation.
For Windows users that have Apache OpenOffice installed, we advise uninstalling that beforehand. The two programs register the same file type associations and will conflict when the Quickstart feature is installed and enabled.
If you run Linux, the GCJ Java variant has known issues with LibreOffice, we advise to e.g. use OpenJDK instead.
Some menu entries have changed or added. If you miss something, that may be due to the use of customized menu settings from your previous LibreOffice installation.
This version still contains a few annoying bugs

Changes for v4.0.3 - v4.1.0 Beta 1

Lot of bug fixes
New features
- Images embedded in writer can now be rotated easily in 90 degree increments
- Writer textframes now support having a gradient as background
- Embedding fonts in a Writer document
- The comments bar now can be easily toggled with the a button in the ruler
- On Windows, modern IMEs show their suggestion windows at more easy-to-read position
- Import and export of graphical bullets of numberings in the DOC, DOCX and RTF filters)
- Improved Footnote and footer comment handling
- Comments to text ranges can now span over multiple paragraphs.
- And a lot more ..

Changes for v4.0.2 - v4.0.3

This release is bit-for-bit identical to the 4.0.3 Release Candidate 3, so you don't need to download or reinstall if you have that version already.
The distribution for Windows is an international build, so you can choose the user interface language that you prefer. Help content is available via an online service, or alternatively as a separate install.
Our Windows binaries are digitally signed by The Document Foundation.
For Windows users that have OpenOffice.org installed, we advise uninstalling that beforehand, because it registers the same file type associations.
If you run Linux, the GCJ Java variant has known issues with LibreOffice, we advise to e.g. use OpenJDK instead.
LibreOffice 4.x drops a few long-deprecated features, including support for legacy binary StarOffice files, export to legacy Word and Excel (version 6.0/95), and legacy ODMA document management.
Some menu entries have changed or added. If you miss something, that may be due to the use of customised menu settings from your previous LibreOffice installation.
This version still contains a few annoying bugs, as listed here. Specifically, the German Duden Korrektor extension needs a manual fix.

Changes for v4.0.1 - v4.0.2

This release is bit-for-bit identical to the 4.0.2 Release Candidate 2, so you don't need to download or reinstall if you have that version already.
The distribution for Windows is an international build, so you can choose the user interface language that you prefer. Help content is available via an online service, or alternatively as a separate install.
Our Windows binaries are digitally signed by The Document Foundation.
For Windows users that have OpenOffice.org installed, we advise uninstalling that beforehand, because it registers the same file type associations.
If you run Linux, the GCJ Java variant has known issues with LibreOffice, we advise to e.g. use OpenJDK instead.
LibreOffice 4.x drops a few long-deprecated features, including support for legacy binary StarOffice files, export to legacy Word and Excel (version 6.0/95), and legacy ODMA document management.
Some menu entries have changed or added. If you miss something, that may be due to the use of customised menu settings from your previous LibreOffice installation.
This version still contains a few annoying bugs, as listed here. Specifically, the German Duden Korrektor extension needs a manual fix.

Changes for v3.6.1 - v3.6.2

This release is bit-for-bit identical to the 3.6.2 Release Candidate 2, so you don't need to download or reinstall if you have that version already.
The distribution for Windows is an international build, so you can choose the user interface language that you prefer. Help content is available via an online service, or alternatively as a separate install.
Our Windows binaries are digitally signed by The Document Foundation.
For Windows users that have LibreOffice prior to version 3.4.5 installed, uninstall that beforehand. Otherwise, the upgrade to 3.6.2 may fail.
For Windows users that have OpenOffice.org installed, we advise uninstalling that beforehand, because it registers the same file type associations.
If you run Windows 2000, you may require this update before being able to install LibreOffice.
If you run Linux, the GCJ Java variant has known issues with LibreOffice, we advise to e.g. use OpenJDK instead.
A full list of annoying bugs is available from the wiki.

Changes for v3.6.0 - v3.6.1

This release is bit-for-bit identical to the 3.6.1 Release Candidate 2, so you don't need to download or reinstall if you have that version already.
The distribution for Windows is an international build, so you can choose the user interface language that you prefer. Help content is available via an online service, or alternatively as a separate install.
Our Windows binaries are digitally signed by The Document Foundation.
For Windows users that have LibreOffice prior to version 3.4.5 installed, either uninstall that beforehand, or upgrade to 3.4.5. Otherwise, the upgrade to 3.6.1 may fail.
For Windows users that have OpenOffice.org installed, we advise uninstalling that beforehand, because it registers the same file type associations.
If you run Windows 2000, you may require this update before being able to install LibreOffice.
If you run Linux, the GCJ Java variant has known issues with LibreOffice, we advise to e.g. use OpenJDK instead.

Changes for v3.5.3 - v3.5.4 RC1

core
(Does not recognize VBA macro in JAPANESE...) fdo#49324 [Julien Nabet]
enable caching of grammar checker properties fdo#35270 [Michael Meeks]
fix find toolbar X error handling fdo#46687 [Michael Meeks]
special-case appending items to autocorrect lists fdo#46805 [Michael Meeks]
Changing spelling preferences requires application restart fdo#39999 [Szabolcs Dezsi]
add unit test for Converter::convertDouble fdo#48969 [Michael Stahl]
add+use SwDoc::containsUpdatableFields fdo#49897 [Caolán McNamara]
allow keyword Append to be used as a variable. bnc#745930 [Noel Power]
allow zwj, etc. in metric unit text fdo#42390 [Caolán McNamara]
avoid recursion that can mess up DND setup fdo#41996 [Lubo? Luňák]
border paint ordering: fdo#45562, fdo#47717, fdo#42750 [Michael Stahl]
clamp mnFillOpacity to 1 fdo#48065 [Chr. Rossmanith]
comparing empty document with attached one crashes LO fdo#43424 [Szabolcs Dezsi]
compound storage backend is poor at knowing stream size fdo#47644 [Caolán McNamara]
correctly map monitor index back to screen fdo#49365 [David Tardon]
count mirrored monitors as one rhbz#809019 [David Tardon]
crash on "connect to existing database" wizard fdo#45580 [Lionel Elie Mamane]
default to Office 2007/2010 filter for ooxml export, fdo#48941 [Markus Mohrhard]
dmapper: fix import of titlepg top/bottom margin fdo#44176 [Miklos Vajna]
dmapper: handle m_bTitlePage when m_nBreakType is zero fdo#49940 [Miklos Vajna]
do not prepend \n twice, it confuses KFileDialog rhbz#820439 [Lubo? Luňák]
drawinglayer: fix double hairline borders: fdo#48647 [Michael Stahl]
fix fdo#45848 [Korrawit Pruegsanusak]
fix Presenter Console help screen layout fdo#46223 [Gábor Stefanik]
fix RTF export of empty paragraph numbering rules fdo#49692 [Miklos Vajna]
fix RTF export of non-breaking space/hyphen/optional hyphen fdo#38176 [Miklos Vajna]
fix RTF import of Russian characters without an encoding specified fdo#48023 [Miklos Vajna]
fix RTF import of \sl without \slmult fdo#48876 [Miklos Vajna]
fix RTF import of automatic paragraph background color fdo#47764 [Miklos Vajna]
fix RTF import of fields without a result fdo#48193 [Miklos Vajna]
fix RTF import of localized fields fdo#48037 [Miklos Vajna]
fix RTF import of special unicode characters fdo#48356 [Miklos Vajna]
fix bean after gbuild'ification fdo#49580 [Stephan Bergmann]
fix incorrect square gradients in slideshow. fdo#49508 [Thorsten Behrens]
fix parsing of arc paths fdo#48070 [Chr. Rossmanith]
fix property type for printoptions fdo#45592 [Noel Power]
fix vertical text frame borders: fdo#44010 [Michael Stahl]
fixed crash while opening odt file. fdo#47436 [Dezsi Szabolcs]
getConversionFactor: add inch as source unit fdo#48969 [Michael Stahl]
ignore corrupted items in Recent Documents fdo#46074 [Stephan Bergmann]
implement RTF_CHPGN fdo#38786 [Miklos Vajna]
implement RTF_KEYWORDS fdo#49683 [Miklos Vajna]
merge consecutive border lines: fdo#38215 [Michael Stahl]
more robust nss initialization, related fdo#45171 [Markus Mohrhard]
overwrite incorrect font table entry with the correct one fdo#47347 [Caolán McNamara]
pPTX import crashes. fdo#48778 [Muthu Subramanian]
paint borders in SwFlyFrm::Paint: fdo#45562 [Michael Stahl]
parse rgb(%,%,%) correctly fdo#47447 [Chr. Rossmanith]
performance problems with very long paragraphs fdo#49208 [Caolán McNamara]
properly draw separators in vertical toolbars fdo#39106 [Ivan Timofeev]
rTFValue::Clone(): copy m_bForceString as well fdo#49692 [Miklos Vajna]
rTF_MARGL/R/T/B should also set the current margin fdo#49501 [Miklos Vajna]
related: check if a missing font is a known symbol font fdo#34814 [Caolán McNamara]
related: for huge files build a page chain cache for seeks fdo#47644 [Caolán McNamara]
remove SalDisplay::GetKeyboardName lp#818761 [Thomas Arnhold]
remove pointless forward moving of a table bnc#706138 [Lubo? Luňák]
resolved catch exception from VBA lib container rhbz#819118 [Eike Rathke]
resolved import .xls with HTML as such, not CSV fdo#49639, fdo#40021 [Eike Rathke]
resolved query model only once whether it is a preview fdo#46160 [Eike Rathke]
resolved update sheet-local named expressions correctly fdo#48856 [Eike Rathke]
respect absolute paths for mozilla profile, lp#919659, fdo#45171 [Markus Mohrhard]
revert "Related: for huge files build a page chain cache for seeks" fdo#47644 [Caolán McNamara]
revert "another partial fix for " ( and fixes ) bnc#693238, fdo#44292 [Noel Power]
run SelectLanguage custom action during silent install, too fdo#40481 [Andras Timar]
run unopkg.exe after InstallFinalize fdo#44628 [Andras Timar]
sort SelectionTree control of Custom Setup with a custom action fdo#46355 [Andras Timar]
string result of formula is also valid, fdo#49052 [Markus Mohrhard]
sw: HTML: fix table border export: fdo#47670 [Michael Stahl]
sw: HTML: import CSS STYLE border on TD: fdo#41796 [Michael Stahl]
sw: HTML: spurious semicolons in STYLE: fdo#41796 [Michael Stahl]
switch units in Converter::convertDouble fdo#48969 [Michael Stahl]
two different TransliterationChgData structs fdo#37044 [Caolán McNamara]
we never registered the SAL_OBJECT_CHILDCLASSNAMEA window class fdo#45081 [Norbert Thiebaud]
weed out unmatched Sub/End Sub statements when importing VBA fdo#46889, fdo#46889 [Noel Power]
workaround of MSI installer error 1935 fdo#46519 [Andras Timar]
writer idle-callbacks are halting when events pending fdo#48011 [Caolán McNamara]
writerfilter: implement RTF_BIN fdo#39053 [Miklos Vajna]
wrong text color in smartArt. bnc#746996 [Muthu Subramanian]
xsltml .xsl files missing from wiki-publisher.oxt fdo#46509 [Stephan Bergmann]

Changes for v3.5.2 - v3.5.3

This release is bit-for-bit identical to the 3.5.3 Release Candidate 2, so you don't need to download or reinstall if you have that version already.
The distribution for Windows is an international build, so you can choose the user interface language that you prefer. Help content is available via an online service, or alternatively as a separate install.
Starting with this version, our Windows binaries are digitally signed by The Document Foundation.
For Windows users that have LibreOffice prior to version 3.4.5 installed, either uninstall that beforehand, or upgrade to 3.4.5. Otherwise, the upgrade to 3.5.2 may fail.
For Windows users that have OpenOffice.org installed, we advise uninstalling that beforehand, because it registers the same file type associations.
If you run Windows 2000, you may require this update before being able to install LibreOffice.
If you run Linux, the GCJ Java variant has known issues with LibreOffice, we advise to e.g. use OpenJDK instead.
LibreOffice contains all the security fixes from OpenOffice.org in 3.3.0, and perhaps more as a side-effect of the code clean-ups.
Microsoft Office 2010 will complain that ODF 1.2 and extended documents written by LibreOffice 3.5 are invalid (but opens them still). This is a shortcoming in MSO2010 only supporting ODF 1.1

Changes for v3.5.1 - v3.5.2

This release is bit-for-bit identical to the 3.5.2 Release Candidate 2, so you don't need to download or reinstall if you have that version already.
The distribution for Windows is an international build, so you can choose the user interface language that you prefer. Help content is available via an online service, or alternatively as a separate install.
For Windows users that have LibreOffice prior to version 3.4.5 installed, either uninstall that beforehand, or upgrade to 3.4.5. Otherwise, the upgrade to 3.5.2 may fail.
For Windows users that have OpenOffice.org installed, we advise uninstalling that beforehand, because it registers the same file type associations.
If you run Windows 2000, you may require this update before being able to install LibreOffice.
If you run Linux, the GCJ Java variant has known issues with LibreOffice, we advise to e.g. use OpenJDK instead.
LibreOffice contains all the security fixes from OpenOffice.org in 3.3.0, and perhaps more as a side-effect of the code clean-ups.
Microsoft Office 2010 will complain that ODF 1.2 and extended documents written by LibreOffice 3.5 are invalid (but opens them still). This is a shortcoming in MSO2010 only supporting ODF 1.1, please see here for further details.

Changes for v3.5.0 - v3.5.1

This release is bit-for-bit identical to the 3.5.1 Release Candidate 2, so you don't need to download or reinstall if you have that version already.
The distribution for Windows is an international build, so you can choose the user interface language that you prefer. Help content is available via an online service, or alternatively as a separate install.
For Windows users that have LibreOffice prior to version 3.4.5 installed, either uninstall that beforehand, or upgrade to 3.4.5. Otherwise, the upgrade to 3.5.1 may fail.
For Windows users that have OpenOffice.org installed, we advise uninstalling that beforehand, because it registers the same file type associations.
If you run Windows 2000, you may require this update before being able to install LibreOffice.
If you run Linux, the GCJ Java variant has known issues with LibreOffice, we advise to e.g. use OpenJDK instead.
LibreOffice contains all the security fixes from OpenOffice.org in 3.3.0, and perhaps more as a side-effect of the code clean-ups.
Microsoft Office 2010 will complain that ODF 1.2 and extended documents written by LibreOffice 3.5 are invalid (but opens them still). This is a shortcoming in MSO2010 only supporting ODF 1.1, please see here for further details.

Changes for v3.4.5 - v3.5.0

It contains many exciting new features, and is the recommended version for power users.
The following notes apply:
This release is bit-for-bit identical to the 3.5.0 Release Candidate 3, so you don't need to download or reinstall if you have that version already. Note that therefore, the about box states "LibreOffice 3.5.0 RC3".
The distribution for Windows is an international build, so you can choose the user interface language that you prefer. Help content is available via an online service, or alternatively as a separate install.
For Windows users that have LibreOffice prior to version 3.4.5 installed, either uninstall that beforehand, or upgrade to 3.4.5. Otherwise, the upgrade to 3.5.0 may fail.
For Windows users that have OpenOffice.org installed, we advise uninstalling that beforehand, because it registers the same file type associations.
If you run Windows 2000, you may require this update before being able to install LibreOffice.
If you run Linux, the GCJ Java variant has known issues with LibreOffice, we advise to e.g. use OpenJDK instead.
LibreOffice contains all the security fixes from OpenOffice.org in 3.3.0, and perhaps more as a side-effect of the code clean-ups.

Changes for v3.4.2 - v3.4.3

LibreOffice 3.4 contains lots of new features.
The following notes apply:
This release is bit-for-bit identical to the 3.4.3 Release Candidate 2, so you don't need to download or reinstall if you have that version already.
The distribution for Windows is an international build, so you can choose the user interface language that you prefer. Help content is available via an online service, or alternatively as a separate install.
If you run Linux, the GCJ Java variant has known issues with LibreOffice, we advise to e.g. use OpenJDK instead.
On the wiki, there is a list with fixes in this version

Changes for v3.4.0 - v3.4.1

* Calc
- Fixed undisplayed calc page and header / footer borders.

Changes for v3.3.2 RC1 - v3.3.2

This is the second update to the stable version of LibreOffice. It contains only safe code fixes and translation updates, and is considered safe for production use.
The following notes apply:
This release is bit-for-bit identical to the 3.3.2 Release Candidate 2, so you don't need to download or reinstall if you have that version already.
The distribution for Windows is an international build, so you can choose the user interface language that you prefer. Help content is available via an online service, or alternatively as a separate install.
For Windows users that have OpenOffice.org installed, we advise uninstalling that beforehand, because it registers the same file type associations.
If you run Windows 2000, you may require this update before being able to install LibreOffice.
If you run Linux, the GCJ Java variant has known issues with LibreOffice, we advise to e.g. use OpenJDK instead.
LibreOffice contains all the security fixes from OpenOffice.org in 3.3.0, and perhaps more as a side-effect of the code clean-ups.
There are a few non-critical issues still contained in this release, which will be addressed soon with upcoming bugfix versions:
If you install third-party extensions that bring their own help, you may only be able to view that after installing the separate helppacks on Windows.

Changes for v3.3.0 RC 2 - v3.3

This is the first stable version of LibreOffice. It underwent a three-month beta and release-candidate phase, and is considered safe for production use.
The following notes apply:
This release is bit-for-bit identical to the Release Candidate 4, so you don't need to download or reinstall if you have that version already.
The distribution for Windows is an international build, so you can choose the user interface language that you prefer. Help content is available via an online service, or alternatively as a separate install.
For Windows users that have OpenOffice.org installed, we advise to uninstall that beforehand, because it registers the same file type associations.
If you run Windows 2000, you may require this update before being able to install LibreOffice.
If you run Linux, the GCJ Java variant has known issues with LibreOffice, we advise to e.g. use OpenJDK instead.
There are a few non-critical issues still contained in this release, which will be addressed soon with upcoming bugfix versions:
If you install third-party extensions that bring their own help, you may only be able to view that after installing the separate helppacks on Windows.
On Windows, Python-based extensions cannot be registered with LibreOffice.

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