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(Miklos Vajna, Collabora) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160833">tdf#160833</a></li> <li>Improved continuous endnotes to be based on sections, now enabled by default for all DOCX, DOC and RTF documents. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://vmiklos.hu/blog/sw-continuous-endnotes2.html">blog post</a> (Miklos Vajna, Collabora) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160984">tdf#160984</a></li> <li>Formatting characters are now treated independently from fields following toggle for non-printable characters (aka Pilcrow / <kbd class="keyboard-key" style="background-color: #eee; color: #444; font-size: 88%; line-height: 1.2; text-shadow: 0 1px 0 #fff; font-family: sans-serif; display: inline-block; padding: 0.1em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.1em; white-space: nowrap; box-shadow: inset 0 0 1px rgb(255,255,255),inset 0 0 .4em rgb(200,200,200),0 .1em 0 rgb(130,130,130),0 .11em 0 rgba(0,0,0,.3),0 .1em .11em rgba(0,0,0,.8); border-radius: .3em;">Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd class="keyboard-key" style="background-color: #eee; color: #444; font-size: 88%; line-height: 1.2; text-shadow: 0 1px 0 #fff; font-family: sans-serif; display: inline-block; padding: 0.1em 0.6em; margin: 0 0.1em; white-space: nowrap; box-shadow: inset 0 0 1px rgb(255,255,255),inset 0 0 .4em rgb(200,200,200),0 .1em 0 rgb(130,130,130),0 .11em 0 rgba(0,0,0,.3),0 .1em .11em rgba(0,0,0,.8); border-radius: .3em;">F10</kbd>), keeping and respecting the settings under <span class="menuitem">Tools</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">Options</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">Writer</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">Formatting Aids</span>, and visualized all in blue. 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(Khushi Gautam) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=95405">tdf#95405</a></li></ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 730px"><div style="width: 730px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 728px;"><div style="margin:0px auto;"><a href="/File:Quick_find_sidebar_deck.png" class="image" title="Quick Find deck in Sidebar"><img alt="Quick Find deck in Sidebar" src="/images/7/79/Quick_find_sidebar_deck.png" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="728" height="502" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>Quick Find deck in Sidebar </p> </div> </div></li> </ul> <ul><li><div style="background-color:#ffdf76; border:1px solid #ffcc24; border-radius:.150rem; color:#664e04; display:inline-block; font-variant: all-small-caps; font-weight:500; letter-spacing:0.1rem; margin:0.25rem 0; padding:0 0.25rem; text-align: center;">24.8.2</div> Improved performance by about a <b>100 times</b> when handling tables with horizontally merged cells that span through two pages and with <code>Keep with next paragraph</code> parameter enabled (<span class="menuitem">Format</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">Paragraph</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">Text Flow</span>). (Mike Kaganski, Collabora) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=152298">tdf#152298</a></li> <li>If there is text in the name attribute of a hyperlink, it will be displayed as a tooltip in exported PDF files. (Tibor Nagy, allotropia) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159924">tdf#159924</a></li> <li><div style="background-color:#ffdf76; border:1px solid #ffcc24; border-radius:.150rem; color:#664e04; display:inline-block; font-variant: all-small-caps; font-weight:500; letter-spacing:0.1rem; margin:0.25rem 0; padding:0 0.25rem; text-align: center;">24.8.5</div> Floating tables: DOCX nested tables now pop out of surrounding tables less frequently (Miklos Vajna, Collabora) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161001">tdf#161001</a></li></ul> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Navigator">Navigator</span></h3> <ul><li>Insert various types of cross-references by drag-and-dropping items from the Navigator to the document, which pops up a list of options that apply to the content type. This feature replaces the "Drag mode" button (which only offered "Insert as Hyperlink/Link/Copy"). (Note that for an unsaved document, this feature only supports Bookmarks and Sections.) (Jim Raykowski) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36310">tdf#36310</a></li> <li>It is now possible to delete footnotes and endnotes using the Navigator. (Jim Raykowski) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160598">tdf#160598</a></li> <li>Headings display flat in the Navigator when sorted alphabetically. (Jim Raykowski) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160657">tdf#160657</a></li> <li>Navigator now has an indicator for images with broken links. (Jim Raykowski) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158114">tdf#158114</a></li></ul> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Hyphenation">Hyphenation</span></h3> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Exclude_words_from_hyphenation">Exclude words from hyphenation</span></h4> <p><span class="menuitem">Format</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">Character...</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">Position</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">Exclude from Hyphenation</span> is the first and ODF-compliant solution to disable the hyphenation of selected words in hyphenated paragraphs without losing spell checking and locale-dependent text layout. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://numbertext.org/typography/#__RefHeading___Toc1069_3719694252">blog post</a>. (László Németh) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106733">tdf#106733</a> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 614.66666666667px"><div style="width: 614.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 612.66666666667px;"><div style="margin:0px auto;"><a href="/File:CharNohyphenationWithSpellingAndFontFeature.png" class="image" title="Disabled hyphenation of the word “Ökobio” in paragraph 2 and 3. Using the old workaround in paragraph 2 (modifying language of the word to [None]) resulted lost text layout and spell checking. With the new “Exclude from hyphenation” character formatting in paragraph 3, the word “Ökobio” keeps spell checking and text layout: “Ö” (O with umlaut) gets wide dots only in German because of locale-dependent font features of Linux Libertine (Display G)."><img alt="With the new “Exclude from hyphenation” formatting in paragraph 3, the word “Ökobio” keeps spell checking and text layout: “Ö” (O with umlaut) gets wide dots only in German because of locale-dependent font features of Linux Libertine (Display G)." src="/images/f/f6/CharNohyphenationWithSpellingAndFontFeature.png" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="613" height="400" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>Disabled hyphenation of the word “Ökobio” in paragraph 2 and 3. Using the old workaround in paragraph 2 (modifying language of the word to [None]) resulted lost text layout and spell checking. With the new “Exclude from hyphenation” character formatting in paragraph 3, the word “Ökobio” keeps spell checking and text layout: “Ö” (O with umlaut) gets wide dots only in German because of locale-dependent font features of Linux Libertine (Display G). </p> </div> </div></li> </ul> <h4><span id=".E2.80.9CNo_Break.E2.80.9D_context_menu_and_visualization"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="“No_Break”_context_menu_and_visualization">“No Break” context menu and visualization</span></h4> <p>Hyphenated words got a new context menu item “No Break” to disable their hyphenation using the new “Exclude from hyphenation” character formatting. (The context menu item remains available for the words with disabled hyphenation to enable their hyphenation again.) (László Németh) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161563">tdf#161563</a> </p><p>Words with disabled hyphenation are visualized with light gray dotted underline in Show Formatting Marks mode. <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161565">tdf#161565</a> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 784px"><div style="width: 784px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 782px;"><div style="margin:0px auto;"><a href="/File:Nobreak.png" class="image" title="New “No Break” context menu of hyphenated words, and light gray dotted underline visualization of words with disabled hyphenation. (Note: no visualization for the previous workaround, the word with language setting “None” in the second paragraph.)"><img alt="New “No Break” context menu of hyphenated words, and light gray dotted underline visualization of words with disabled hyphenation. (Note: no visualization for the previous workaround, the word with language setting “None” in the second paragraph.)" src="/images/a/ae/Nobreak.png" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="782" height="302" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>New “No Break” context menu of hyphenated words, and light gray dotted underline visualization of words with disabled hyphenation. (Note: no visualization for the previous workaround, the word with language setting “None” in the second paragraph.) </p> </div> </div></li> </ul> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Hyphenation_across_page">Hyphenation across page</span></h4> <p>By disabling <span class="menuitem">Format</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">Paragraph...</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">Text Flow</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">Hyphenation across</span> options, both parts of a hyphenated word shall lie within a single <small><span class="menuitem">column</span></small>, <small><span class="menuitem">page</span></small> or <small><span class="menuitem">spread</span></small>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://numbertext.org/typography/#__RefHeading___Toc1085_360060882">blog post</a>. (László Németh) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=132599">tdf#132599</a> </p> <ul><li>By disabling <small><span class="menuitem">Column</span></small> (which disables also <small><span class="menuitem">Page</span></small> and <small><span class="menuitem">Spread</span></small>), Writer moves the last hyphenated line of the column or page to the next column or page, similar to the default behavior of MSO 2013 and newer.</li> <li>By disabling only <small><span class="menuitem">Spread</span></small>, Writer moves the last hyphenated line of the right pages to the next page (a spread is a set/pair of a left and a right page, which can be seen simultaneously, for instance when opening a book), according to New Hart’s Rules (Oxford University Press, 2005).</li> <li>By disabling <small><span class="menuitem">Page</span></small>, last hyphenated line of every page moves to the next page.</li> <li>By disabling <small><span class="menuitem">Last full line of paragraph</span></small>, the hyphenated word of the last full line of the paragraph moves to the last line (if there is enough place for it). This results in longer last lines, and removed hyphenation in the bottom right-hand corner of the paragraph.</li></ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 693.33333333333px"><div style="width: 693.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 691.33333333333px;"><div style="margin:0px auto;"><a href="/File:Across3.png" class="image" title="Disabling Hyphenation across ▸ Page, the last hyphenated line of the page (“except that it has at-”) was shifted to the next page. Note: also prior “Don’t hyphenate...” options were moved to the end of the hyphenation settings, negating them to “Hyphenate” (similar to MSO and DTP)."><img alt="Disabling Hyphenation across ▸ Page, last hyphenated line (“except that it has at-”) was shifted to the next page. Note: clean-up “Don’t hyphenate...” options to “Hyphenate”, similar to MSO and DTP." src="/images/thumb/5/5f/Across3.png/1037px-Across3.png" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="692" height="400" srcset="/images/5/5f/Across3.png 1.5x" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>Disabling <i><small><span class="menuitem">Hyphenation across</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">Page</span></small></i>, the last hyphenated line of the page (“<i>except that it has at-</i>”) was shifted to the next page. Note: also prior “<i>Don’t hyphenate...</i>” options were moved to the end of the hyphenation settings, negating them to “<i>Hyphenate</i>” (similar to MSO and DTP). </p> </div> </div></li> </ul> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Compound_constituent_characters_at_line_end">Compound constituent characters at line end</span></h4> <p>In <span class="menuitem">Format</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">Paragraph...</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">Text Flow</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">Compound characters at line end</span>, set 3 (or more) characters to improve the hyphenation in Danish, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Norwegian and Swedish by preferring the hyphenation between constituents of a compound word instead of breaking the second (third, etc.) constituent right after its first 2 (or more) characters. (László Németh) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158885">tdf#158885</a> </p><p>For example, German “<i>Computerprogramm</i>” can be hyphenated as “<i><b>Computerpro</b>-gramm</i>”, but setting 4, only “<i><b>Computer</b>-programm</i>”, according to its compound constituents <span style="white-space: nowrap;">“<i>Computer<b>|</b>programm</i>”</span>. </p><p>This can be useful for better typography, especially in headings or left-aligned text. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Calc">Calc</span></h2> <ul><li>Define ranges when exporting sheets to PDF. (Nick Wingate, Collabora) <a class="external text" href="https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/13bd849f60286c49457c290218e5b7acf9cadba8">13bd849f</a></li> <li>Improve localization for the status bar and the sidebar with multiple views. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://vmiklos.hu/blog/multi-view-programming-challenges.html">blog post</a>. (Miklos Vajna, Collabora)</li> <li>The sheet protection dialog is async. (Hubert Figuière, Collabora) <a class="external text" href="https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/e86c6423d6ec9641dcc2ea3748d74759cd8e67fe">e86c6423</a></li> <li>Improve copy and paste between Calc and Google Sheets. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://vmiklos.hu/blog/sc-clipboard-paste.html">blog post</a>. (Miklos Vajna, Collabora) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159483">tdf#159483</a></li> <li>Improve threaded calculation performance. Lockless Number Formatting and optimized reference counting. (Caolán McNamara, Collabora) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160056">tdf#160056</a></li> <li>Optimize redraw after a cell change by minimizing the area that needs to be refreshed. (Caolán McNamara, Collabora) <a class="external text" href="https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/9bc2872d5ff9e18c0d5d2b60dbd6670809f2faa5">9bc2872d</a></li> <li>In multi-window view of a spreadsheet, allow spell-checking enabled in one window while disabled in another. (Caolán McNamara, Collabora) <a class="external text" href="https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/7ecf1c5aceec1cf93e00f4caf94d06e78f678278">7ecf1c5a</a></li> <li>Comments can now be deleted from the Navigator's right-click menu. (Rafael Lima) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158704">tdf#158704</a></li> <li>AutoFill can now be called via UNO commands without needing to use the mouse. (Bayram Çiçek, Collabora) <a class="external text" href="https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/35c93c5f8e40dff4819849b240044cd9d99221a0">35c93c5f</a></li> <li>Improvements to the comment indicator in Calc. Use the expert setting <code>NoteIndicator</code> with values above <code>1</code> to have a fix size for the indicator. (Heiko Tietze, TDF) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158958">tdf#158958</a></li> <li>Support importing and exporting OOXML pivot table (cell) format definitions, which allow direct formatting of the pivot table cells (which survive pivot table update). (Tomaž Vajngerl, Collabora)</li></ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 613.33333333333px"><div style="width: 613.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 611.33333333333px;"><div style="margin:0px auto;"><a href="/File:PivotTableFormats_Improvement.png" class="image" title="Pivot table looks different when import of pivot table cell formats is supported"><img alt="Pivot table looks different when import of pivot table cell formats is supported" src="/images/6/6b/PivotTableFormats_Improvement.png" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="612" height="220" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>Pivot table looks different when import of pivot table cell formats is supported </p> </div> </div></li> </ul> <ul><li>AutoFilter now has a <b>Lock</b> checkbox to prevent losing an unapplied selection when searching. (Sahil Gautam) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=133836">tdf#133836</a></li> <li>Displaying comment authorship metadata is now optional. (Heiko Tietze, TDF) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=156885">tdf#156885</a></li> <li>Data validity can now be made case-sensitive. (Balázs Varga, allotropia) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157657">tdf#157657</a></li> <li>Comments can be edited by right-clicking them in the Navigator. (Rafael Lima) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158514">tdf#158514</a></li> <li>The cell cursor was made more accessible to colour blind users. (Sahil Gautam) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158891">tdf#158891</a></li> <li><span class="menuitem">Sheet</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">Insert Cells</span> now allows adding more than one row or column at a time. (Sahil Gautam) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80390">tdf#80390</a></li> <li>New option to denote with background color if the active cell is in <a class="external text" href="https://help.libreoffice.org/24.8/en-US/text/scalc/01/SetInputMode.html">Edit Mode</a> (<span class="menuitem">Tools</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">Options</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">LibreOffice Calc</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">View</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">Edit Cell Highlighting</span>). (Sahil Gautam) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63374">tdf#63374</a></li></ul> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="New_functions">New functions</span></h3> <ul><li>FILTER function was added. (Balázs Varga, allotropia) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=126573">tdf#126573</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/OFFICE-4156">OASIS OFFICE-4156</a></li> <li>LET function was added. (Balázs Varga, allotropia) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=137543">tdf#137543</a></li> <li>RANDARRAY function was added. (Balázs Varga, allotropia) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=126573">tdf#126573</a></li> <li>SEQUENCE function was added. (Balázs Varga, allotropia) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=126573">tdf#126573</a></li> <li>SORT function was added. (Balázs Varga, allotropia) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=126573">tdf#126573</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/OFFICE-4157">OASIS OFFICE-4157</a></li> <li>SORTBY function was added. (Balázs Varga, allotropia) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=126573">tdf#126573</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/OFFICE-4158">OASIS OFFICE-4158</a></li> <li>UNIQUE function was added. (Balázs Varga, allotropia) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=126573">tdf#126573</a></li> <li>XLOOKUP function was added. (Winfried Donkers) (Balázs Varga, allotropia) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=127293">tdf#127293</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/OFFICE-4154">OASIS OFFICE-4154</a></li> <li>XMATCH function was added. (Balázs Varga, allotropia) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=128425">tdf#128425</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/OFFICE-4155">OASIS OFFICE-4155</a></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Impress">Impress</span></h2> <ul><li>Notes are now available as a collapsible pane under the slide in Normal view. This can be turned on with <small><span class="menuitem">View</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">Notes Pane</span></small>. (Sarper Akdemir, allotropia) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33603">tdf#33603</a></li></ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 660.66666666667px"><div style="width: 660.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 658.66666666667px;"><div style="margin:0px auto;"><a href="/File:Notes_panel_Impress_24-8.png" class="image" title="Notes pane in Normal view"><img alt="View menu expanded, with "Notes Pane" highlighted. The Notes pane is visible below the slide." src="/images/thumb/f/fa/Notes_panel_Impress_24-8.png/988px-Notes_panel_Impress_24-8.png" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="659" height="442" srcset="/images/f/fa/Notes_panel_Impress_24-8.png 1.5x" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>Notes pane in Normal view </p> </div> </div></li> </ul> <ul><li>By default, the running Slideshow Presentation is immediately updated when applying changes in EditView or in PresenterConsole, even on different Screens. It can be switched on/off using <small><span class="menuitem">Slide Show</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">Slide Show Settings...</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">Live-mode slideshow editing</span></small>. (Armin Le Grand, allotropia)</li> <li>Show text formatting toolbar when editing a text box in second toolbar row. (Samuel Mehrbrodt, allotropia) <a class="external text" href="https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/dee3e2d7c8d412951099e4425e6ece24431cd98d">dee3e2d7</a></li> <li>The default number of slides per row, that is used in the Slide Sorter (<small><span class="menuitem">View</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">Slide Sorter</span></small>) can now be set in Expert Configuration (<small><span class="menuitem">Tools</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">Options</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">LibreOffice</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">Advanced</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">Open Expert Configuration</span></small>) - search property <code>SorterSlidesPerRow</code>. Previously this number was hard coded. (Cor Nouws, Collabora) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160601">tdf#160601</a></li></ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 622.66666666667px"><div style="width: 622.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 620.66666666667px;"><div style="margin:-0.16666666666666px auto;"><a href="/File:LO24.08_Impress_Sorter_SlidesPerRow.png" class="image" title="Default number of slides per row in Sorter can now be set."><img alt="Default number of slides per row in Sorter can now be set in Expert Configuration." src="/images/thumb/2/21/LO24.08_Impress_Sorter_SlidesPerRow.png/931px-LO24.08_Impress_Sorter_SlidesPerRow.png" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="621" height="276" srcset="/images/2/21/LO24.08_Impress_Sorter_SlidesPerRow.png 1.5x" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>Default number of slides per row in Sorter can now be set. </p> </div> </div></li> </ul> <ul><li>Bundled Templates: refactoring of the templates from Indonesian community (Candy, Freshes, Grey Elegant, Growing Liberty and Yellow Idea) to replace dummy texts with localized placeholders to ease user workflow. (Laurent Balland) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160712">tdf#160712</a></li></ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 582px"><div style="width: 582px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 580px;"><div style="margin:0px auto;"><a href="/File:ScreenShots_of_updated_templates.png" class="image" title="Fixed dummy texts (Lorem Ipsum) were replaced with placeholders."><img alt="Fixed dummy texts (Lorem Ipsum) were replaced with placeholders." src="/images/a/a9/ScreenShots_of_updated_templates.png" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="580" height="600" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>Fixed dummy texts (Lorem Ipsum) were replaced with placeholders. </p> </div> </div></li> </ul> <ul><li>A dialog was added for jumping to a specific slide or page in Impress and Draw. (Akshay Warrier) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159372">tdf#159372</a></li> <li>Pressing Enter in an empty list item ends the list. (Gülşah Köse, Collabora) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160213">tdf#160213</a></li> <li>Scrolling between slides is now possible in Normal view. (Sarper Akdemir, allotropia) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38164">tdf#38164</a></li> <li>PPTX files with heavy use of custom shapes now open faster. (Áron Budea, Collabora) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=148616">tdf#148616</a></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Draw">Draw</span></h2> <ul><li>Support was added for tiling patterns in imported PDF files. (David Gilbert) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=113050">tdf#113050</a></li> <li>Hovering over a layer's tab highlights the objects it contains. (Jim Raykowski) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157255">tdf#157255</a></li></ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 554.66666666667px"><div style="width: 554.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 552.66666666667px;"><div style="margin:0px auto;"><a href="/File:Layer_objects_highlight_hover.gif" class="image"><img alt="Three layers highlighted by hovering over a layer's name. The object's colours are inverted when highlighted." src="/images/7/73/Layer_objects_highlight_hover.gif" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="553" height="500" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> </div> </div></li> </ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Base">Base</span></h2> <ul><li>Firebird: Saving of data should be done automatically. (Juan C. Sanz) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117118">tdf#117118</a></li> <li>Firebird: Solved DATALOSS Data updated (new/edit) using the data Beamer window or Dataform in odt/ods files when they are closed. (Juan C. Sanz) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117513">tdf#117513</a></li> <li>Connect to MS Access mdb files by means of "ACE.OLEDB.12.0" provider. (Juan C. Sanz) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158056">tdf#158056</a> <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43187">tdf#43187</a> <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=137252">tdf#137252</a> <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157561">tdf#157561</a></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Chart">Chart</span></h2> <ul><li>New chart types "Pie-of-Pie" and "Bar-of-Pie" break down a slice of a pie as a pie or bar sub-chart respectively. This also enables import of such charts from OOXML files created with Microsoft Office / 365. (Kurt Nordback) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50934">tdf#50934</a></li></ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 504.66666666667px"><div style="width: 504.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 502.66666666667px;"><div style="margin:0px auto;"><a href="/File:Bar-of-Pie_of_Australian_energy_mix_2021-2022.png" class="image" title="A Bar-of-Pie chart breaking down the Australian Energy mix for the year 2021-2022"><img alt="A Bar-of-Pie chart breaking down the Australian Energy mix for the year 2021-2022" src="/images/thumb/d/df/Bar-of-Pie_of_Australian_energy_mix_2021-2022.png/754px-Bar-of-Pie_of_Australian_energy_mix_2021-2022.png" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="503" height="500" srcset="/images/d/df/Bar-of-Pie_of_Australian_energy_mix_2021-2022.png 1.5x" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>A Bar-of-Pie chart breaking down the Australian Energy mix for the year 2021-2022 </p> </div> </div></li> </ul> <ul><li>Text inside chart's titles, text boxes and shapes (and parts thereof) can now be formatted with the <i>Character</i> dialog (available with the <i>Character</i> button in the <i>Formatting</i> toolbar, with the right-click context menu, or with the top-bar menu: <span class="menuitem">Format</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">Character</span>). This allows, for example, to use subscripts and superscripts in formulas annotating the chart. (Balázs Varga, allotropia) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39052">tdf#39052</a> <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58038">tdf#58038</a></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Math">Math</span></h2> <h2><span id="Core_.2F_General"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Core_/_General">Core / General</span></h2> <ul><li>Diacritics no longer being clipped on screen. (Jonathan Clark) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=152024">tdf#152024</a></li> <li>The "Special Characters" dialog allows typing the Unicode (U+NNN) to filter the matching glyphs. (Mike Kaganski, Collabora) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=111816">tdf#111816</a></li> <li>The <i>recent document</i> list will now only show documents for the current module (Writer only showing text documents, Calc only showing spreadsheets, etc). The change simply toggles the <code>ShowCurrentModuleOnly</code> setting from <code>False</code> to <code>True</code>, and can be changed back in <small><span class="menuitem">Expert Configuration</span></small>. (Samuel Mehrbrodt, allotropia) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159120">tdf#159120</a></li> <li>The user is now notified of the need to reload the document to take into account a change in Macro Security Level. (Rafael Lima) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159985">tdf#159985</a></li> <li>LevelBar widget is now implemented for JSDialog. (Hubert Figuière, Collabora) <a class="external text" href="https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/460a7103664ac8dc60e260c56e5113d689b8072f">460a7103</a></li> <li>Although it was already possible to type their ISO 639-2 codes by hand, "[Multiple]" (<code>mul</code>) and "[Undetermined]" (<code>und</code>) are now listed at the top of language lists (along with "[None]", <code>zxx</code>). (Eike Rathke, Red Hat) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160256">tdf#160256</a></li> <li>Chinese and Japanese word selection is now based on ICU rules. Issues can be reported on the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://icu.unicode.org/bugs">ICU website</a>. (Jonathan Clark, TDF) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49885">tdf#49885</a></li> <li>New "Sinusoid" shape added to the Basic Shapes category. (Ritobroto Mukherjee) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50998">tdf#50998</a></li></ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 439.33333333333px"><div style="width: 439.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 437.33333333333px;"><div style="margin:0px auto;"><a href="/File:Sinusoid_draw.png" class="image" title="New sinusoid shape"><img alt="New sinusoid shape" src="/images/thumb/f/fc/Sinusoid_draw.png/656px-Sinusoid_draw.png" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="438" height="200" srcset="/images/f/fc/Sinusoid_draw.png 1.5x" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>New sinusoid shape </p> </div> </div></li> </ul> <ul><li>There is now an option to disable active content and OLE Automation in <span class="menuitem">Tools</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">Options</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">LibreOffice</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">Security</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">Security Options and Warnings</span>. (Sarper Akdemir, allotropia) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158375">tdf#158375</a></li> <li>Buttons that control Font, Highlight and Background colors now retain their value between sessions. (Andreas Heinisch) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=72991">tdf#72991</a></li> <li>Improved WebDAV/HTTP UCP authentication with Microsoft SharePoint, depending on server configuration. (Michael Stahl, allotropia) <a class="external text" href="https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/d7492813058bff81c17068feee0e4ba7627c17de">d7492813</a></li> <li>Improved CMIS UCP authentication with Microsoft SharePoint, depending on server configuration. (Michael Stahl, allotropia) <a class="external text" href="https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/d2d973950bf35aa07251c77fae5b7283b4c91ea3">d2d97395</a></li> <li>The MAR-based automatic update available on TDF Windows builds is no longer experimental-mode--only. See <span class="menuitem">Tools</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">Options</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">Online Update</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">Automatic Update</span>. (Stephan Bergmann, allotropia)</li> <li>Objects can now be searched in the Gallery sidebar deck. (Oliver Specht; CIB) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81880">tdf#81880</a></li></ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 486px"><div style="width: 486px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 484px;"><div style="margin:0px auto;"><a href="/File:Search_in_Gallery.png" class="image" title="Search box filtering for object names that contain the string "check"."><img alt="Search box filtering for object names that contain the string "check"." src="/images/thumb/a/ac/Search_in_Gallery.png/726px-Search_in_Gallery.png" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="484" height="300" srcset="/images/a/ac/Search_in_Gallery.png 1.5x" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>Search box filtering for object names that contain the string "check". </p> </div> </div></li> </ul> <ul><li>When searching through text, a straight double quotation mark (") matches its typographic variants now. (László Németh) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=138258">tdf#138258</a></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Filters">Filters</span></h2> <ul><li>If the option <small><span class="menuitem">Tools</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">Options</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">LibreOffice</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">Security</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem"><span class="button" title="This is not a clickable button; it illustrates the button one should find.">Options</span></span> ▸ <span class="menuitem"><i>Remove personal information on saving</i></span></small> is enabled, then personal information will not be exported. This includes author names and timestamps (created, modified, printed), editing duration, printer name and config, the template associated with a document, as well as author and date information for comments and tracked changes. (Samuel Mehrbrodt, allotropia) <ul><li>ODF: <a class="external text" href="https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/c479944eb4f9f5a22c7b248185f22c86ea85d12a">c479944e</a> <a class="external text" href="https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/ba8911931c18e6a4cc737ffc9f0f415f1ba794d7">ba891193</a></li> <li>ODS/UOS: <a class="external text" href="https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/2d60017a66cca4668c87f64f6d048566656b3b1c">2d60017a</a></li> <li>OOXML: <a class="external text" href="https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/1e49f469afcbf3d1abec25451117f5f10d3ba825">1e49f469</a></li> <li>RTF: <a class="external text" href="https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/16c7a6f77e59c475bbb580ef1fd85428907a00f2">16c7a6f7</a> <a class="external text" href="https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/63b46c2136d95960bab30a15e27bc94e6eefe6e6">63b46c21</a> <a class="external text" href="https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/09c5cdfed1a9f7a690f6b4d8bfff98ca4ab1911c">09c5cdfe</a></li> <li>DOC: <a class="external text" href="https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/21120ae0ed8025bca68dc05a359b175b3ff9b980">21120ae0</a> <a class="external text" href="https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/b6cdd1d7ffff87d16b3a5767ad33ac178f73cd34">b6cdd1d7</a></li> <li>PPT: <a class="external text" href="https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/a298ba36047e17cf6a0f6b3d17ae40aed282f47b">a298ba36</a></li> <li>PPTX: <a class="external text" href="https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/5fe7062f2a5f7785a15abbfbe0c0394826412e0e">5fe7062f</a></li> <li>XLS(X): <a class="external text" href="https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/9d0d9d8aa0ba4bb465e376621b426fb9ff00507e">9d0d9d8a</a> <a class="external text" href="https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/0acac1a2741d47b98ae600800e2db0e7a5fb3efe">0acac1a2</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Writer can now retain the default page style's background when saving as DOCX. (Justin Luth, Collabora) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=126533">tdf#126533</a></li></ul> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="SVG">SVG</span></h3> <ul><li>Support <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Element/feMerge">feMerge</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Element/feComposite">feComposite</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Element/feBlend">feBlend</a>. (Xisco Fauli, TDF) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159660">tdf#159660</a> <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160171">tdf#160171</a> <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160721">tdf#160721</a> <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160726">tdf#160726</a> <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160782">tdf#160782</a></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="ODF_Wholesome_Encryption">ODF Wholesome Encryption</span></h3> <p>A new mode of password-based ODF encryption has been implemented, with the following advantages: </p> <ul><li>more performant due to deriving a key only once per package</li> <li>more tamper-resistant with authenticated encryption (<b>AES-GCM</b>)</li> <li>better hiding of metadata to reduce information leaks</li> <li>higher resistance to brute forcing using memory-hard <b>Argon2id</b> key derivation function (Michael Stahl, allotropia) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=105844">tdf#105844</a></li></ul> <table class="messageBox" style="background-color: #f6f1d2; border-radius: 2px; border-inline-start: 2px solid #ed8733; box-shadow: 0 2px 5px -3px rgb(0 0 0 / 20%); margin: 5px auto; padding: 0 10px; width: 95%"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 48px; padding-right: 10px;"><a href="/File:Warning.svg" class="image"><img alt="Warning.svg" src="/images/1/17/Warning.svg" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="32" height="32" /></a></td> <td> <p> <b>Warning:</b><br /> You will need LibreOffice 24.2 or newer to open these encrypted files. To disable this feature, change <span class="menuitem">Tools</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">Options</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">Load/Save</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">General</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">ODF format version</span> to a version that is not "Extended". If you try to open these encrypted files with an older version of LibreOffice, it reports that the file is corrupt and therefore cannot be opened, which is actually a misleading info.<br /> <span style="font-size: 88%"> </span></p><p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="User_Interface">User Interface</span></h2> <ul><li>The default bullet selection can now be modified. (Samuel Mehrbrodt, Tibor Nagy; allotropia) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=108697">tdf#108697</a> <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69724">tdf#69724</a></li> <li>The <b>Keep Ratio</b> setting in the <b>Position and Size</b> dialog was made more intuitive. (Heiko Tietze, TDF) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158531">tdf#158531</a></li> <li>The experience of signing documents with password-protected GPG keys was improved. (Samuel Mehrbrodt, allotropia) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=108828">tdf#108828</a></li> <li>The dialog for inserting special characters now allows to filter by Unicode value. (Mike Kaganski, Collabora) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=111816">tdf#111816</a></li> <li><div style="background-color:#ffdf76; border:1px solid #ffcc24; border-radius:.150rem; color:#664e04; display:inline-block; font-variant: all-small-caps; font-weight:500; letter-spacing:0.1rem; margin:0.25rem 0; padding:0 0.25rem; text-align: center;">24.8.3</div> The scroll speed for Windows devices was improved. (Marc Mondesir) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=119745">tdf#119745</a></li> <li><div style="background-color:#ffdf76; border:1px solid #ffcc24; border-radius:.150rem; color:#664e04; display:inline-block; font-variant: all-small-caps; font-weight:500; letter-spacing:0.1rem; margin:0.25rem 0; padding:0 0.25rem; text-align: center;">24.8.4</div> Option-clicking the scrollbar on macOS now moves the view to the proportional location in the document instead of just advancing a single screen/page (Patrick Luby) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=147067">tdf#147067</a></li> <li><div style="background-color:#ffdf76; border:1px solid #ffcc24; border-radius:.150rem; color:#664e04; display:inline-block; font-variant: all-small-caps; font-weight:500; letter-spacing:0.1rem; margin:0.25rem 0; padding:0 0.25rem; text-align: center;">24.8.5</div> Very limited support was added for when macOS forces a LibreOffice window into native macOS full screen mode (Patrick Luby) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161623">tdf#161623</a></li></ul> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Accessibility">Accessibility</span></h3> <ul><li>Buttons and combo boxes in Writer's Navigator now set the properties needed for proper announcement by screen readers. (Michael Weghorn, TDF) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159910">tdf#159910</a></li> <li>Toggling formatting like bold or italic in Writer is now announced by the NVDA screen reader (version 2024.3 or newer). (Michael Weghorn, TDF) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160695">tdf#160695</a></li> <li>Previously incorrect position-reporting of UI elements on the accessibility layer when using the GTK 3 UI variant on Linux was fixed, which, for example, makes GNOME Magnifier reliably show the right portion of the screen while typing when zoom is enabled on Wayland. (Michael Weghorn, TDF) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159369">tdf#159369</a></li> <li>For the GTK 3 UI variant on Linux, a problem resulting in an incorrect accessibility tree being reported was fixed, improving announcement by the Orca screen reader. (Michael Weghorn, TDF) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160806">tdf#160806</a></li> <li>Accessibility for comboboxes has been improved. (Michael Weghorn, TDF) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160971">tdf#160971</a></li> <li><div style="background-color:#ffdf76; border:1px solid #ffcc24; border-radius:.150rem; color:#664e04; display:inline-block; font-variant: all-small-caps; font-weight:500; letter-spacing:0.1rem; margin:0.25rem 0; padding:0 0.25rem; text-align: center;">24.8.2</div> Better order of accessible events when switching between sheets in Calc, allowing the Orca screen reader to announce the newly selected sheet (Michael Weghorn, TDF) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161444">tdf#161444</a></li> <li><div style="background-color:#ffdf76; border:1px solid #ffcc24; border-radius:.150rem; color:#664e04; display:inline-block; font-variant: all-small-caps; font-weight:500; letter-spacing:0.1rem; margin:0.25rem 0; padding:0 0.25rem; text-align: center;">24.8.3</div> When using the system dark theme on Windows 11, selections now use a better background color instead of being almost invisible e.g. in the toolbar. (Michael Weghorn, TDF) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=152534">tdf#152534</a></li> <li>Border styles in Calc's "Properties" sidebar deck are correctly reported on the accessibility level so they can e.g. be announced by screen readers. (Michael Weghorn, TDF) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161648">tdf#161648</a></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Changes_in_UI_strings">Changes in UI strings</span></h3> <ul><li>The legacy <b>Fontwork</b> command in Impress and Draw was renamed to <b>Text along Path</b>. (Olivier Hallot, TDF) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94535">tdf#94535</a></li> <li>The label "Structure:" in the Function Wizard dialog has been changed to "Content:". (Bayram Çiçek, Collabora) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161502">tdf#161502</a></li> <li><b>Organizer</b> was renamed to <b>General</b> in style dialogs. (Samuel Mehrbrodt, allotropia) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161388">tdf#161388</a></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Scripting">Scripting</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="JavaScript">JavaScript</span></h3> <ul><li>Rhino was updated to 1.7.14 version. The Rhino JavaScript Debugger window is removed with this change. (Stephan Bergmann, allotropia) <a class="external text" href="https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/58c4457a902c846229dc3383cc31bbc8f4b3aed9">58c4457a</a></li></ul> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Basic_IDE">Basic IDE</span></h3> <ul><li>New Color Scheme dialog to pick one of six syntax highlighting color schemes independently from the current Application Colors. Find it in <small><span class="menuitem">View</span> ▸ <span class="menuitem">Color Scheme</span></small>. (Rafael Lima) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=156925">tdf#156925</a></li></ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 901.33333333333px"><div style="width: 901.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 899.33333333333px;"><div style="margin:0px auto;"><a href="/File:Color_Scheme_picker_in_Basic_IDE_24.8.png" class="image" title="Color Scheme dialog in action"><img alt="Color Scheme dialog opened, with the "Breeze Dark" scheme selected and applied to the code in the background." src="/images/thumb/e/e0/Color_Scheme_picker_in_Basic_IDE_24.8.png/1349px-Color_Scheme_picker_in_Basic_IDE_24.8.png" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="900" height="442" srcset="/images/thumb/e/e0/Color_Scheme_picker_in_Basic_IDE_24.8.png/2024px-Color_Scheme_picker_in_Basic_IDE_24.8.png 1.5x, /images/thumb/e/e0/Color_Scheme_picker_in_Basic_IDE_24.8.png/2698px-Color_Scheme_picker_in_Basic_IDE_24.8.png 2x" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>Color Scheme dialog in action </p> </div> </div></li> </ul> <ul><li>The <i>current line</i> in Basic Editor now has a highlight color for better visibility. (Rafael Lima) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158750">tdf#158750</a></li> <li>The visibility status of the UI elements <i>Object Catalog</i>, <i>Watched Expressions</i> and <i>Call Stack</i> (which can be toggled in the <small><span class="menuitem">View</span></small> menu) is now remembered after closing and reopening the Basic IDE. (Rafael Lima) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=155381">tdf#155381</a></li> <li>Clicking the line number in the status bar will open the <i>Go to Line</i> dialog. (Rafael Lima) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158749">tdf#158749</a></li> <li>A command was added for toggling code block commenting. (Rafael Lima) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=140004">tdf#140004</a></li></ul> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="ScriptForge">ScriptForge</span></h3> <ul><li>Advanced Python IDE's like PyCharm or VSCode utilize <b>type hints</b> to offer autocomplete suggestions during code writing by analyzing type annotations and combining them with the code context. Type hints, also referred to as type annotations, are comments embedded in the code specifying the data types of variables, parameters, and return values. Python scripts may benefit from the support of type hints when using the ScriptForge API. (Jean-Pierre Ledure) <a class="external text" href="https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/c5e0c65bd26664349fb7c80a792e2fe949fee0fe">c5e0c65b</a></li></ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 1297.3333333333px"><div style="width: 1297.3333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 1295.3333333333px;"><div style="margin:0px auto;"><a href="/File:ScriptForge_Python_Typing_Hints_PyCharm_24.8.png" class="image" title="Documentation popup appearing when hovering a ScriptForge method in the PyCharm Community IDE"><img alt="Documentation popup appearing when hovering a ScriptForge method in the PyCharm Community IDE" src="/images/7/79/ScriptForge_Python_Typing_Hints_PyCharm_24.8.png" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1296" height="614" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>Documentation popup appearing when hovering a ScriptForge method in the PyCharm Community IDE </p> </div> </div></li> </ul> <p><br /> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Command_Line">Command Line</span></h3> <ul><li>For Impress files, the <code>--show</code> parameter can now take an optional <code>={slide-number}</code> to specify at which slide the slideshow should start. For example, start a slideshow directly at the fifth slide with: <code>libreoffice --show=5 presentation.odp</code>. (Justin Luth, Collabora) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69192">tdf#69192</a></li> <li>A wizard-like Python script, <code>addon_console.py</code>, has been added to the LibreOffice SDK to simplify the creation of <code>Addons.xcu</code> files for extensions. This tool guides users through configuring menu and toolbar integration. (Devansh Varshney) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97448">tdf#97448</a></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Android_Viewer">Android Viewer</span></h2> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Localization">Localization</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Changes_to_locale_data">Changes to locale data</span></h3> <ul><li>For the <code>English (South Africa) {en-ZA}</code> and other South African <code>{*-ZA}</code> locales, the decimal separator was changed to period dot ("<code>.</code>", previously comma "<code>,</code>") and the group separator was changed to comma ("<code>,</code>", previously the space character). This is done in order to align with common practices and the latest changes in the Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR). (Eike Rathke; Red Hat, Inc.) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159829">tdf#159829</a></li> <li>For the <code>Danish {da}</code> locale, the words for cross-referencing as "above/below" (as in "see the figure above") have been changed from "over/under" to "ovenfor/nedenfor". (Lars Jødal) <a class="external text" href="https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/d1bcb2f83a068ac27ff9ca43d2b004026e34f934">d1bcb2f8</a></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="LibreOffice_Help">LibreOffice Help</span></h2> <ul><li>Add Help pages for some Calc functions. (Olivier Hallot) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159596">tdf#159596</a> <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159771">tdf#159771</a> <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159872">tdf#159872</a> <ul><li><a class="external text" href="https://help.libreoffice.org/master/en-US/text/scalc/01/func_filter.html">FILTER</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://help.libreoffice.org/master/en-US/text/scalc/01/func_randarray.html">RANDARRAY</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://help.libreoffice.org/master/en-US/text/scalc/01/func_sequence.html">SEQUENCE</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://help.libreoffice.org/master/en-US/text/scalc/01/func_sort.html">SORT</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://help.libreoffice.org/master/en-US/text/scalc/01/func_sortby.html">SORTBY</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://help.libreoffice.org/master/en-US/text/scalc/01/func_unique.html">UNIQUE</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://help.libreoffice.org/master/en-US/text/scalc/01/func_xlookup.html">XLOOKUP</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://help.libreoffice.org/master/en-US/text/scalc/01/func_xmatch.html">XMATCH</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://help.libreoffice.org/master/en-US/text/scalc/01/func_let.html">LET</a></li></ul></li> <li>Add VBA function <a class="external text" href="https://help.libreoffice.org/master/en-US/text/sbasic/shared/exportasfixedformat.html">ExportAsFixedFormat</a>. (Olivier Hallot) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159725">tdf#159725</a></li></ul> <p>Help content updates and fixes: </p> <ul><li><a class="external text" href="https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/q/status:merged+project:help+author:olivier.hallot%2540libreoffice.org+since:2024-02-01+before:2024-08-22">O. Hallot</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/q/status:merged+project:help+author:dionemaddern%2540gmail.com+since:2024-02-01+before:2024-08-22">D. Maddern</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/q/status:merged+project:help+author:fpy%2540bger.ch+since:2024-02-01+before:2024-08-22">Pierre F.</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/q/status:merged+project:help+author:alain.romedenne%2540libreoffice.org+since:2024-02-01+before:2024-08-22">A. 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The <i>Extended Security Updates</i> program on <i>Windows Embedded POSReady 7</i> expires on October 8, 2024. Mainstream support for the <i>Embedded Standard</i> edition of Windows 8 ended on July 10, 2018, and <i>extended support</i> ended on July 11, 2023. </p><p>Extensions and features relying on Python will not work on Windows 7. This is because the minimum Python version had to be raised to 3.9, which has no official support on Windows 7. There are <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://github.com/adang1345/PythonWin7">unofficial ways</a> to make Python 3.9 and newer work on Windows 7. </p><p>Starting with LibreOffice 25.2, there will be no guarantee that LibreOffice will work on Windows 7 or 8/8.1. 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(Jim Raykowski) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122587">tdf#122587</a></li> <li><div style="background-color:#ffdf76; border:1px solid #ffcc24; border-radius:.150rem; color:#664e04; display:inline-block; font-variant: all-small-caps; font-weight:500; letter-spacing:0.1rem; margin:0.25rem 0; padding:0 0.25rem; text-align: center;">24.8.5</div> Writer: Previously, for built-in styles, translated style names were accidentally accepted to retrieve styles. Now, for built-in styles, only the programmatic style names (which never change) are accepted. If your extension or macro contains hard-coded translated names of built-in styles, or passes such names retrieved from the "DisplayName" property of a style to other API methods, it may stop working. (Michael Stahl, allotropia) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159549">tdf#159549</a></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Configuration_Changes">Configuration Changes</span></h2> <ul><li>Remove unused printing options. (Samuel Mehrbrodt, allotropia) <a class="external text" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158041">tdf#158041</a></li> <li>Remove some unused config keys. (Samuel Mehrbrodt, allotropia) <ul><li>EvolutionPreferences <a class="external text" href="https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/bf817a071fab8c70f601745c5996618d65185df4">bf817a07</a></li> <li>PaintBuffer_Writer <a class="external text" href="https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/4e53ccfba168aa0f234121905b1b988695d55bce">4e53ccfb</a></li> <li>ShowAlienFilterWarning <a class="external text" href="https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/a13d138b8fd7d341a231b02efb76d8ad96d4b44f">a13d138b</a></li></ul></li> <li>Bootstrap variables are now looked-for first in a <code>fundamental.override.ini</code> file next to the application. LibreOffice itself does not bring along such a file, but it can be convenient for an administrator to place one in an installation. (Stephan Bergmann, allotropia) <a class="external text" href="https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/8b53fa726e0d496f18228b0ca9ce2f61196f6a57">8b53fa72</a> <ul><li>The Windows-specific tunables <code>LimitMaximumMemoryInMB</code> and <code>ExcludeChildProcessesFromLimit</code> are now looked-for in the <code>[Bootstrap]</code> section of <code>fundamental.override.ini</code> rather than in a <code>[Win32]</code> section of <code>bootstrap.ini</code>. <a class="external text" href="https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/c84e8a14e476a70989e66df142e7b2426df02617">c84e8a14</a></li> <li>Similarly, the Windows-specific <code>EnableAttachThreadInputHack</code> is treated as a normal bootstrap variable now, rather than being looked-for in a <code>[Win32]</code> section of <code>bootstrap.ini</code>. <a class="external text" href="https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/6047341fd5933ba96a07a0fc7c4b8ae1fb0e73d5">6047341f</a></li> <li>For backwards compatibility, the above are all additionally still looked-for in a <code>[Win32]</code> section of <code>bootstrap.ini</code>. 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