[CONF] Apache OpenOffice Community AOO 4.0.1 Release Notes
AOO 4.0.1 Release Notes Page edited by Armin Le Grand Comment: Added descriptions for task fixes for AOO401 Changes (1) ... * Calculation error in IMABS() function * Formatting error of boolean values in Calc * Repaint errors in Calc under certain circumstances fixed which showed double lines and white stripes * Various fixes/improvements for handling the outmost SVG element having missing definitions in a SVG file * Fixed and improved visualization of transformed bitmap graphics for Linux * When exporting a bitmap graphic with a given pixel size it is used up to very large values * Fixed Copy/Paste clipboard handling for transporting bitmap images (e.g. DD or copy/paste from browser) * Fixed 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 * User-defined connector changes import repaired * Corrected line width for anchor visualization in writer for all systems * Secured Emf/Wmf reader for some critical cases to enhance the import quality ... ... Full Content THIS IS A DRAFT PAGE. APACHE OPENOFFICE 4.0.1 HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED YET. General Remarks Improvements/Enhancements Performance Improvements/Enhancements compared to OpenOffice 4.0.0 Improvements/Enhancements missing in the OpenOffice 4.0.0 release notes Bug Fixes Additional Language Support New translations available in Apache OpenOffice 4.0.1 include: Updated translations available in Apache OpenOffice 4.0.1 include: For a complete list of available languages and language packs see: http://www.openoffice.org/download/other.html Updated Dictionaries The QE team has been tracking additional fixes as well. See their complete reports at: Known Issues Stay informed about Apache OpenOffice THIS IS A DRAFT PAGE. APACHE OPENOFFICE 4.0.1 HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED YET. General Remarks Apache OpenOffice 4.0.1 is a maintenance release, intended to fix critical issues and improve the overall quality of the application. General areas of improvement include: additional language support, bug fixes, performance improvements and Windows 8 compatibility enhancements. Further details on each of these areas are below. OpenOffice's bugzilla provides the detailed list of solved issues. For a more comprehensive overview of the changes from version 3.4.x see AOO 4.0 Release Notes 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 Crashes when switching sidebar panes have been fixed Crashes with certain extensions have been fixed Crashes on Windows with text in complex scripts have been fixed Crashes when deleting footnotes have been solved Loading *.123 files has been fixed Rendering of charts with many data points has been fixed Image rendering on MacOSX has been fixed 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 iWork (Pages, Numbers, Keynote) HTML export losing paragraph formatting Crashes on PDF export in Writer's Page Preview Crashes in Writer on 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 under certain circumstances fixed which showed double lines and white stripes Various fixes/improvements for handling the outmost SVG element having missing definitions in a SVG file Fixed and improved visualization of transformed bitmap graphics for Linux When exporting a bitmap graphic with a given pixel size it is used up to very large values Fixed Copy/Paste clipboard handling for transporting bitmap images (e.g. DD or copy/paste from browser) Fixed 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 User-defined connector changes import repaired Corrected line width for anchor visualization in writer for all
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AOO 4.0 Release Notes Page edited by Armin Le Grand Changes (26) ... Many resource leaks were fixed. h3. Draw and Impress Improvements/Enhancements h3. DrawObject Improvements/Enhancements h4. Conversion from Metafiles to draw objects (Break): h4. New Color Palette This useful conversion (e.g. also applicable to SVG objects) did not take Clip Regions into account, thus leading to bad looking results. This is greatly extended to use Clip Regions, so breaking inserted SVG or Metafile data to drawing objects is much more useful now. This can be used to further edit graphic data in Apache OpenOffice which was not editable before. The Color Palette is enhanced and extended with a selection of more useful colors, arranged in a new scheme to make finding colors more simple. The new Palette is a mix of the Symphony Palette combined with the most useful original colors. h4. Bitmap fill style supports transparency: !NewPalette.png! When filling graphic objects with fill style bitmap it is now possible to use bitmaps with transparency. In former versions, transparency was not supported and the fill bitmap was forced to a white background. This works in all combinations, e.g. tiled bitmaps. h4. New Gradients h4. Export to PNG supports transparency: The Gradients are enhanced and extended with new, more useful ones, mainly taken from Symphony. The old ones are kept, but moved to the end of the list (not in the picture). These Gradients create much nicer fills e.g. for Slide Backgrunds. When exporting selected drawing objects to PNG Apache OpenOffice now does this by default with transparent background. This allows now to further use graphics created in other applications or for further processing. !NewGradients.png! h4. Better conversion to Bitmap: h4. New Gallery Themes and Gallery enhancements When converting one or multiple selected drawing objects to bitmap, transparency is now taken into account whenever possible. No longer is a extra line added to the bottom and/or right side of the created graphic, thus making the result more usable for further processing. The Gallery themes got extended with useful themes, taken from Symphony. These are: h4. Connectors support rotation: * Arrows * Bullets (extended) * Computers * Diagrams * Environment * Finance * People * School University * Symbols * Textshapes * Transport The old themes are kept and sometimes extended. The Gallery is now able to hold and offer SVG graphics. Many of the new graphics are in SVG format, saving space on your computer and offering high quality as vector format at the same time. You are able to add your own graphics to the Gallery, now including SVG and Metafile formats. The Gallery can now be oriented horizontally or vertically and will adapt its layout automatically. The Gallery is now also available anytime in the new Sidebar. !NewGallery.png! h4. Reworked Selection Handles The Selection Handles were reworked to be better distinguishable. Transparency was added to give a slight clue when the Handles cover something, but only for the Handles fill and very decent to not make them hard to view. The design was slightly rounded. Colors were tweaked a little bit for better identification. And a small enhancement: When Keyboard-travelling over handles (CTRL-TAB) yellow handles used for CustomShapes now blink as the other handles to visualize the active handle correctly. !NewHandles.png! h4. Reworked Selection Visualization For many occations the selection of objects or multiple objects got enhanced using the selection color from the system. Usage and fetching of that system-wide SelectionColor was unified to guarantee it for all selections on all Systems. This is used in various places, as example try Objects with TextEdit mode, hilight of objects as DragDrop target or object manipulation (dashed black/white lines were used before). Also a slight blinking was added to identify objects where text can be added by starting to type or pressing return. !NewTextEdit.png! h4. Speedup of Graphic Rendering More Rendering speedups are used (on systems supporting it, system-dependent) * Bitmaps with transparency are painted directly * Bitmaps which are transformed (roated/sheared/mirrored) are painted directly * Lines with LineWidth and/or transparence are painted directly * Geometry and Pixel data is buffered in system-dependent formats This allows e.g. to use even animated GIFs as object
[CONF] Apache OpenOffice Community AOO 4.0 Release Notes
AOO 4.0 Release Notes Page edited by Armin Le Grand Changes (3) ... h3. Performance Improvements/Enhancements h4. Many resource leaks were fixed. h4. Speedup of Graphic Rendering More Rendering speedups are used (on systems supporting it, system-dependent) * Bitmaps with transparency are painted directly * Bitmaps which are transformed (roated/sheared/mirrored) are painted directly * Lines with LineWidth and/or transparence are painted directly * Geometry and Pixel data is buffered in system-dependent formats This allows e.g. to use even animated GIFs as object fill style for any object and transform these in real time (when supported on the system). It also enhances visualization geometry during editing (in the EditViews) greatly when supported. h3. DrawObject Improvements/Enhancements ... !NewTextEdit.png! h4. Speedup of Graphic Rendering More Rendering speedups are used (on systems supporting it, system-dependent) * Bitmaps with transparency are painted directly * Bitmaps which are transformed (roated/sheared/mirrored) are painted directly * Lines with LineWidth and/or transparence are painted directly * Geometry and Pixel data is buffered in system-dependent formats This allows e.g. to use even animated GIFs as object fill style for any object and transform these in real time (when supported on the system). It also enhances visualization geometry during editing (in the EditViews) greatly when supported. h4. Better Print Preview ... Full Content General Remarks The Apache OpenOffice 4.0 is a major release with new features, enhancements, and bug fixes. Platform Support The following platforms are available in official releases from Apache OpenOffice: Microsoft Windows, OS X (Intel Mac), Linux (32 bit) and Linux (64 bit). Additionally, a number of community members are working on ports for Solaris, FreeBSD, and OS/2 and live/portable versions. You can learn more from our Ports and Distributions page at: http://www.openoffice.org/porting/. Upgrading When installing Apache OpenOffice 4.0.0 on a machine that already has OpenOffice 3.4.1 or 3.4.0 installed on it, the user will be prompted on whether they would like "personal data" from the previous version migrated over to the new version. This includes information like custom spell checking words, dictionaries, extensions, etc. By default this migration is enabled, but the user can disable it via the checkbox. In some cases, when the user first launches Apache OpenOffice 4.0 after an upgrade that included personal data migration, the user will see a dialog like this: It is safe to click OK on this dialog. After an upgrade is completed, there may be some files related to the older version of OpenOffice still on your machine. These can be safely deleted: The empty directory: C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 3\share\uno_packages\cache\uno_packages Install files directories from previous versions, often on your Desktop, iwith names like: OpenOffice.org 3.4.1 (en-US) Installation Files OpenOffice.org 3.4 (en-US) Installation Files OpenOffice.org 3.3 (en-US) Installation Files For additional upgrade/installation information, please see the Install Guide. New Features New Sidebar Feature Enhancements and Improvements Performance Improvements/Enhancements Many resource leaks were fixed. Speedup of Graphic Rendering More Rendering speedups are used (on systems supporting it, system-dependent) Bitmaps with transparency are painted directly Bitmaps which are transformed (roated/sheared/mirrored) are painted directly Lines with LineWidth and/or transparence are painted directly Geometry and Pixel data is buffered in system-dependent formats This allows e.g. to use even animated GIFs as object fill style for any object and transform these in real time (when supported on the system). It also enhances visualization geometry during editing (in the EditViews) greatly when supported. DrawObject Improvements/Enhancements New Color Palette The Color Palette is enhanced and extended with a selection of more useful colors, arranged in a new scheme to make finding colors more simple. The new Palette is a mix of the Symphony Palette combined with the most useful original colors. New Gradients The Gradients are enhanced and extended with new, more useful ones, mainly taken from Symphony. The old ones are kept, but moved to the end of the list (not in the picture). These Gradients create much nicer fills e.g. for Slide Backgrunds. New Gallery Themes and Gallery enhancements The Gallery themes got extended with useful themes, taken from Symphony. These are: Arrows Bullets
[CONF] Apache OpenOffice Community AOO 4.0 Release Notes
AOO 4.0 Release Notes Page edited by Armin Le Grand Changes (5) ... The width (12 columns) was adapted to the new designed ColorPalette. For a picture see New Color Palette h4. Export to PNG supports transparency h4. Transparency support for pixel formats supporting this (PNG) When exporting selected drawing objects e.g. to PNG Apache OpenOffice now does this by default with transparent background. This allows now to further use graphics created in other applications or for further processing. h4. Connectors support rotation ... When zooming out or in small visualizations (e.g. Page Previews) objects or pages using a hatch fill style were bad visualized since too many hatch lines had to be shown in too tight place. The Hatch Fill Style now uses a minimal line distance to make it look good for visualizations in Edit Views. This was already the case in older office versions, but was lost in the redesign of the visualization. h4. Better Gradients h4. Better gradient support in metafiles Gradients in metafiles are rotated and sheared (slanted) together with the metafile and so behave similar to bitmap graphics. ... Full Content General Remarks The Apache OpenOffice 4.0 is a major release with new features, enhancements, and bug fixes. Platform Support The following platforms are available in official releases from Apache OpenOffice: Microsoft Windows, OS X (Intel Mac), Linux (32 bit) and Linux (64 bit). Additionally, a number of community members are working on ports for Solaris, FreeBSD, and OS/2 and live/portable versions. You can learn more from our Ports and Distributions page at: http://www.openoffice.org/porting/. Upgrading When installing Apache OpenOffice 4.0.0 on a machine that already has OpenOffice 3.4.1 or 3.4.0 installed on it, the user will be prompted on whether they would like "personal data" from the previous version migrated over to the new version. This includes information like custom spell checking words, dictionaries, extensions, etc. By default this migration is enabled, but the user can disable it via the checkbox. In some cases, when the user first launches Apache OpenOffice 4.0 after an upgrade that included personal data migration, the user will see a dialog like this: It is safe to click OK on this dialog. After an upgrade is completed, there may be some files related to the older version of OpenOffice still on your machine. These can be safely deleted: The empty directory: C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 3\share\uno_packages\cache\uno_packages Install files directories from previous versions, often on your Desktop, iwith names like: OpenOffice.org 3.4.1 (en-US) Installation Files OpenOffice.org 3.4 (en-US) Installation Files OpenOffice.org 3.3 (en-US) Installation Files For additional upgrade/installation information, please see the Install Guide. New Features New Sidebar Feature Enhancements and Improvements Performance Improvements/Enhancements Many resource leaks were fixed. Speedup of Graphic Rendering More Rendering speedups are used (on systems supporting it, system-dependent) Bitmaps with transparency are painted directly Bitmaps which are transformed (roated/sheared/mirrored) are painted directly Lines with LineWidth and/or transparence are painted directly Geometry and Pixel data is buffered in system-dependent formats This allows e.g. to use even animated GIFs as object fill style for any object and transform these in real time (when supported on the system). It also enhances visualization geometry during editing (in the EditViews) greatly when supported. DrawObject Improvements/Enhancements New Color Palette The Color Palette is enhanced and extended with a selection of more useful colors, arranged in a new scheme to make finding colors more simple. The new Palette is a mix of the Symphony Palette combined with the most useful original colors. New Gradients The Gradients are enhanced and extended with new, more useful ones, mainly taken from Symphony. The old ones are kept, but moved to the end of the list (not in the picture). These Gradients create much nicer fills e.g. for Slide Backgrunds. New Gallery Themes and Gallery enhancements The Gallery themes got extended with useful themes, taken from Symphony. These are: Arrows Bullets (extended) Computers Diagrams Environment Finance People School University Symbols Textshapes Transport The old themes are kept and sometimes extended. The Gallery is now able to hold and offer SVG graphics. Many of the new graphics are in SVG format, saving space on your computer and offering
