Version history for Apache OpenOffice.org for Mac OS X (Intel 64-bit)

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Changes for v4.0.1 - v4.1.0 Beta 1

• Mac OS X version is now 64-bit and requires OS X version 10.7 or above.
• Integrated iAccessible2 support, offering better integration with screen readers.
• Annotations of text ranges in Writer.
• In-place editing of text fields in Writer.
• Interactive image crop feature for Impress and Draw.
• Enhanced support for 3D charts.
• New language translations: Bulgarian, Danish, Hindi, Norwegian Bokmål and Thai.
• Many bug fixes and smaller improvements as detailed in the Release Notes.

Changes for v4.0.0 - v4.0.1

• Improvements/Enhancements
• Performance Improvements/Enhancements compared to OpenOffice 4.0.0
• The performance for saving XLS files was boosted by more than 230%.
• Improvements/Enhancements missing in the OpenOffice 4.0.0 release notes
• OpenOffice 4.0 integrated the very popular extensions "Presenter Screen" and "Presentation Minimizer" into the core product.
• Bug Fixes
• Crash when switching sidebar panes
• Crash with certain extensions
• Crash on Microsoft Windows with text in complex scripts
• Crash when deleting footnotes
• Loading *.123 files
• Rendering of charts with many data points
• Image rendering on Mac OS X
• Python compatibility has been improved
• Fixes to make C# extensions work
• Error on user profile migration regarding updating bundled extensions
• Error on opening Microsoft Office documents created in Apple iWork (Pages, Numbers, Keynote)
• HTML export losing paragraph formatting
• Crashes on PDF export in Writer's Page Preview
• Crashes in Writer when deleting content which had been copied to the clipboard
• Error/Crashes on importing Microsoft Word documents
• No possible keyboard text selection in Writer's text frames
• Lost database connection in text documents on save - related to Mail Merge
• Errors in Calc's filter functions
• Calculation error in IMABS() function
• Formatting error of boolean values in Calc
• Repaint errors in Calc which showed double lines and white stripes
• Various fixes/improvements for SVG files
• Fixed and improved visualization of transformed bitmap graphics for Linux
• Fix to exporting a bitmap graphic with a given pixel size
• Fixed Copy/Paste clipboard handling for transporting bitmap images (e.g. drag & drop or copy/paste from browser)
• Fixed Microsoft Windows-specific performance task with very large bitmaps, enhanced buffering for all systems
• Repaired some modes of text editing for graphic objects where the text was not always readable
• Fix to import of user-defined connector changes
• Corrected line width for anchor visualization in Writer
• Fixed EMF/WMF reader for some critical cases to enhance the import quality
• Additional Language Support
• New translations available in Apache OpenOffice 4.0.1 include:
• Basque (eu) Khmer (km) Lithuanian (lt)
• Polish (pl) Serbian Cyrillic (sr) Swedish (sv)
• Chinese (zh-TW) Turkish (tr) Vietnamese (vi)
• Updated translations available in Apache OpenOffice 4.0.1 include:
• Asturian (ast) Czech (cs) Dutch (nl)
• English (en_GB) Finnish (fi) French (fr)
• Galician (gl) German (de) Greek (el)
• Italian (it) Japanese (ja) Portuguese (pt-PT)
• Portuguese (pt-BR) Russian (ru) Slovak (sk)
• Spanish (es) Tamil (ta)
• For a complete list of available languages and language packs see: http://www.openoffice.org/download/other.html
• Updated Dictionaries
• English (en-US, en-*) Gaelic (gd) French (fr) Italian (it) Spanish (es)

Changes for v3.4.0 - v3.4.1

• New support for Khmer, Finnish, British English, Slovenian and Slovak languages. The Dutch, Spanish, Italian and Hungarian translations have also been improved. Along with US English, German, Japanese, Czech, French, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Gallician and Arabic, this brings the number of languages supported to 20.
• Support for Microsoft Windows XP up to Windows 8 (32-bit), Linux 32-bit and 64-bit, and Apple Mac OS, including Mountain Lion. New to this release are compatibility fixes for improved operation in Microsoft Windows 8.
• Enhancements in performance, interoperability and security
• Fixes for 69 bugs reported by users.

Changes for v3.2.1 - v3.3.0 RC 10

• Productivity Enhancements
• New Custom Properties Handling
• Embedding of Standard PDF Fonts
• New Narrow Font Family
• Increased Document Protection in Writer and Calc
• Automatic Decimals Digits for "General" format in Calc
• 1 Million Rows in a Spreadsheet
• New Options for CSV (Comma Separated Value) Import in Calc
• Insert_Drawing_Objects_in_Charts
• Hierarchical_Axis_Labels_for_Charts
• Improved Slide Layout Handling in Impress
• Manual Setting for Primary Key Support for Databases
• Support of Read-Only Database Registrations
• New Math Command 'nospace'
• Internationalization
• Additional Locale Data
• Usability and Interface
• Common Search Toolbar
• New Easier to Use Print Interface
• More Options for Changing Case
• Redesign of Thesaurus
• Resetting Text to the Default Language in Writer
• Text Rendering of Form Controls in Writer
• Changed Defaults for Charts
• Colored Sheet Tabs in Calc
• Adapt to Marked Selection for Filter Area in Calc
• Sort Dialog for DataPilot in Calc
• Display Custom Names for DataPilot Fields, Items and Totals in Calc
• Developer Features and Extensibility
• Grid Control Enhancements
• New MetaData Node for Database
• Extending Database Drivers Using Extensions

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