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3.2 m5 Snapshot - Release Notes

These notes contain changes between DEV300_m60 + OOO320_m1 and OOO320_m5.
Please have a look for older Release Notes if you need to know former changes (example: http://development.openoffice.org/releases/DEV300_m60_snapshot.html).
This release will install as OOo-Dev 3.2.
Sources can be received from SVN by tag OOO320_m5.

Important note:

DEV300_m60 was the last build towards OOo 3.2 from this codeline. The next 3.2 build will be from the OOO320 codeline.
DEV300_m61 is the first build that goes on with the unstable trunk. It does not belong to OOo 3.2.
See also the blog article on GullFOSS.


What's new?

Feature title TaskId Spec. title Spec. abstract Dev. owner Spec. link Component
Locale data for Oromo_Ethiopia [om-ET] i101173   feature-info:
Added language list entry and locale data for Oromo_Ethiopia [om-ET]. The locale is selectable for character attribution and spell-checking, as default locale, default document language and available for number formats and outline numbering. 		eike.rathke@sun.com L10N
Locale data for Uyghur_China [ug-CN] i101235   feature-info:
Added locale data for Uyghur_China [ug-CN]. The locale is selectable for character attribution and spell-checking, as default locale, default document language and available for number formats and outline numbering. 		eike.rathke@sun.com L10N
Ancient Greek [grc-GR] i102186   feature-info:
Added "Greek, Ancient" [grc-GR] to language list. The locale is selectable for character attribution and spell-checking. 		eike.rathke@sun.com L10N
Locale data for Somali_Somalia [so-SO] i103193   feature-info:
Added locale data for Somali_Somalia [so-SO]. The locale is selectable for character attribution and spell-checking, as default locale, default document language and available for number formats and outline numbering. 		eike.rathke@sun.com L10N
Sorbian, Lower [dsb-DE] and Upper [hsb-DE] i104308   feature-info:
Added "Sorbian, Lower" [dsb-DE] and "Sorbian, Upper" [hsb-DE] to language list. The locale is selectable for character attribution and spell-checking. 		eike.rathke@sun.com L10N
Locale data for Asturian_Spain [ast-ES] i97602   feature-info:
Added locale data for Asturian_Spain [ast-ES]. The locale is selectable for character attribution and spell-checking, as default locale, default document language and available for number formats and outline numbering. 		eike.rathke@sun.com L10N
Yiddish_Israel [yi-IL] i97791   feature-info:
Added "Yiddish" to language list. The locale is selectable for character attribution and spell-checking. The associated script is Hebrew, the language appears in the list of CTL languages. 		eike.rathke@sun.com L10N
Locale data for Arabic (Oman) [ar-OM] i98489   feature-info:
Added locale data for Arabic (Oman) [ar-OM]. The locale is selectable for character attribution and spell-checking, as default locale, default document language and available for number formats and outline numbering. 		eike.rathke@sun.com L10N
Locale data for Sardinian_Italy [sc-IT] i99827   feature-info:
Added locale data for Sardinian_Italy [sc-IT]. The locale is selectable for character attribution and spell-checking, as default locale, default document language and available for number formats and outline numbering. 		eike.rathke@sun.com L10N
Quechua (Ecuador) [qu-EC] i99972   feature-info:
Added "Quechua (Ecuador)" to language list. The locale is selectable for character attribution and spell-checking. 		eike.rathke@sun.com L10N
Default button in password dialog now is "OK" i102230   feature-info:
Though it is only a bugfix, but as it changes the UI: The OK button in the password dialog now is the default button again 		mathias.bauer@sun.com framework
In a Japanese Locale the FirstName/LastName order fields in the user data tabpage is reverted i103200   feature-info:
If the Locale is set to "Japanese", the order of the "First name" and "Last name" fields is reverted. This feature is not bound to the UI language, but to the selected Locale. 		mathias.bauer@sun.com framework
There is no minimal length limit anymore during creation of password for ODF documents. i103783 Mikhail.Voytenko@Sun.COM speclink framework
Check that there is no unexpected non-encrypted stream in encrypted document. i103927 The following spec defines only user interface/interaction (UI/GUI). Mikhail.Voytenko@Sun.COM speclink framework
ODF document integrity check. i104389 The following spec defines only user interface/interaction (UI/GUI). Mikhail.Voytenko@Sun.COM speclink framework
All document events in the Application Framework now can be assigned to Macros i83692   feature-info:
Until now only a selected number of document events could be assigned to macros using the "Customize Event" dialog, though they could assigned via API or ODF. Now the dialog shows all existing events. No new events have been added. 		mathias.bauer@sun.com framework
Filters for AportisDoc and PocketWord now support type detection based on DocType i99407   feature-info:
In result these files can be loaded now without explicitly selecting the document type in the file picker. 		mathias.bauer@sun.com framework
Impress and Draw now support comments (formerly known as sticky notes) to support collaboration i103139 christian.lippka@sun.com speclink presentation
The feature "Notes" has been renamed to "Comments" i103139 christian.lippka@sun.com speclink sc
Transporting newlines in spreadsheet formulas i35913   feature-info:
Newline characters (0x0A, decimal 10) created with Control+Enter in multiline text cells are now preserved in spreadsheet formulas. Previously the newline character was replaced by a space character. The newline character can be searched for using the SEARCH or [HV]LOOKUP or MATCH functions with the \n regular expression. A newline character can be inserted in a formula using the CHAR(10) function. If the result contains newline characters it is displayed as a multiline cell. The multiline result is exported to file formats capable handling newlines in cell data, such as CSV. 		eike.rathke@sun.com sc
Use System Credentials for Web Site Authentication i104767 kai.sommerfeld@sun.com speclink ui
"Notes" feature renamed to "Comments" i103139 christian.lippka@sun.com speclink word processing
New and default odf version is "1.2 Extended" i95188 ODF Version Handling OpenOffice.org 3.x supports ODF 1.2, but not all features will be implemented for OpenOffice.org 3.x are part of the ODF 1.2. This specification describes how to handle these features Michael Brauer speclink xml
Feature title TaskId Spec. title Spec. abstract Dev. owner Spec. link Component
Contex Menu i102820 Chart Context Menu This specification describes the context menus for charts in edit mode. The context menu for selected charts not in edit mode is defined in the specification Ingrid Halama speclink chart
selection dependent insert menu behavior i103593 Chart Menu This specification describes the menu for charts. It is visible when the chart is in edit mode (activated via double click for example). Ingrid Halama speclink chart
Contex Menu i58163 Chart Context Menu This specification describes the context menus for charts in edit mode. The context menu for selected charts not in edit mode is defined in the specification Ingrid Halama speclink chart
Contex Menu i69422 Chart Context Menu This specification describes the context menus for charts in edit mode. The context menu for selected charts not in edit mode is defined in the specification Ingrid Halama speclink chart
Chart Element Selector i7049 This specification describes the tool bars available in context of charts. Ingrid Halama speclink chart
Contex Menu i86146 Chart Context Menu This specification describes the context menus for charts in edit mode. The context menu for selected charts not in edit mode is defined in the specification Ingrid Halama speclink chart
configuration option to control the availability of "Create new database" option in the "Create Database" wizard i96862   feature-info:
A configuration option "/org.openoffice.Office.DataAccess/Policies/Features/Base/CreateLocalDatabase" has been introduced, which is of type boolean, defaulted to "true", and controls whether the "Create Database" wizard (started via File/New/Database) exposes the "Create a new database" option. 		frank.schoenheit@sun.com
dba
events "Close Document" and "Document is closing" renamed i104364   feature-info:
The document-related events "Close document" and "Document is closing" (to be found in Tools/Customize/Events) have been renamed to "Document is closing" and "Document closed". The reason is that the event formerly known as "Close document" is actually fired when the document is about to be closed, and the event formerly known as "Document is closing" is fired when the document has been closed. In other words, the "Document closed" event arrived before the "Document is closing" event, which is certainly counter-intuitive. 		frank.schoenheit@sun.com
framework
Dialog Import in Dialog IDE i85434 Import Dialog to Dialog IDE In addition to the already realized functionality to export dialogs described in Andreas Bregas (ABR) speclink framework
NORMDIST, LOGNORMDIST parameters i100119   feature-info:
- NORMDIST's 4th parameter is now optional. - 0 or FALSE calculates the probability density function. Any other value or TRUE or omitted calculates the cumulative distribution function. - If omitted, 1 is written to files for backwards compatibility. - LOGNORMDIST's 2nd and 3rd parameters are now optional, an optional 4th parameter has been added. - The 2nd, mean, parameter has the default value 0 if omitted. - If omitted, 0 is written to files for backwards compatibility. - The 3rd, standard deviation, parameter has the default value 1 if omitted. - If omitted, 1 is written to files for backwards compatibility. - The 4th, cumulative, parameter is defined as - 0 or FALSE calculates the probability density function. Any other value or TRUE or omitted calculates the cumulative distribution function. - If a value was given, earlier releases reading the file cannot interpret the function and return an error. These changes align with the definitions given in the OASIS ODFF/OpenFormula specification available at http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/documents.php?wg_abbrev=office-formula 		eike.rathke@sun.com
sc
Calculate with strings i5658   feature-info:
While interpreting a formula expression, string content is now converted to numeric values if conversion is unambiguous, or a #VALUE! error is set if no unambiguous conversion is possible. Converted are only integer numbers including exponent, and ISO 8601 dates and times in their extended formats with separators. Anything else, especially fractional values with decimal separators or dates other than ISO 8601 would be locale dependent and are not converted. Leading and trailing blanks are ignored. The following ISO 8601 formats are converted: CCYY-MM-DD CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss,s CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.s hh:mm hh:mm:ss hh:mm:ss,s hh:mm:ss.s The century CC may not be omitted and the two-digit year setting is not taken into account. Instead of the T date and time separator exactly one blank may be used. If a date is given, it must be a valid Gregorian calendar date. In this case the optional time must be in the range 00:00 to 23:59:59.99999... If only time is given, it may have any value for hours, taking elapsed time into account; minutes and seconds are limited to the value 59 as well. NOTES: The conversion is done for single arguments, either referenced cell content or inline string, cell range arguments are not affected, so SUM(A1:A2) now will differ from A1+A2 if at least one of the cells contain a convertible string, as in Excel ... Because the conversion is also done for formula inline strings, such as ="1999-11-22"+42, calculations involving inline localized dates now return an error, e.g. with "11/22/1999" or "22.11.1999". Conversion on the fly naturally is significantly slower than calculating with numeric values. Plus, as said, various values are not automatically converted as the conversion may be ambiguous. You may be interested in the Convert Text to Number (CTN) extension available at http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/CT2N to interactively convert textual numbers to permanent numeric values. 		eike.rathke@sun.com
sc
HYPERLINK returns numeric value if second argument was numeric i91351   feature-info:
The HYPERLINK spreadsheet function now returns a numeric value if its second argument was a numeric value. Previously, the return value was converted to text in this case. This change aligns with the behavior of other spreadsheet applications and the definition given in the OASIS ODFF/OpenFormula specification available at http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/documents.php?wg_abbrev=office-formula 		eike.rathke@sun.com
sc
CONVERT_ADD with many new conversion factors i99140   feature-info:
The CONVERT_ADD spreadsheet function (known as CONVERT in other applications) has many more conversion factors implemented, as defined in OASIS ODFF/OpenFormula, for details see http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/documents.php?wg_abbrev=office-formula The full list is: SI prefix: unit may be prefixed by one SI prefix, supported prefixes are: y Yocto 1.00E-24 z Zepto 1.00E-21 a Atto 1.00E-18 f Femto 1.00E-15 p Pico 1.00E-12 n Nano 1.00E-09 u Micro 1.00E-06 m Milli 1.00E-03 c Centi 1.00E-02 d Deci 1.00E-01 1.00E+00 e Deca 1.00E+01 h Hecto 1.00E+02 k Kilo 1.00E+03 M Mega 1.00E+06 G Giga 1.00E+09 T Tera 1.00E+12 P Peta 1.00E+15 E Exa 1.00E+18 Z Zetta 1.00E+21 Y Yotta 1.00E+24 Information units "bit" and "byte" may also be prefixed by one IEC 60027-2 / IEEE 1541 prefix, supported prefixes are: 1 ki kibi 1024 Mi mebi 1048576 Gi gibi 1073741824 Ti tebi 1099511627776 Pi pebi 1125899906842620 Ei exbi 1152921504606850000 Zi zebi 1180591620717410000000 Yi yobi 1208925819614630000000000 // MASS: 1 Gram is... SI prefix "g" SI prefix "u" "sg" "lbm" "ozm" "stone" "ton" "grain" "pweight" "hweight" "shweight" "brton" "cwt" "shweight" "uk_cwt" "lcwt" "hweight" "uk_ton" "LTON" // LENGTH: 1 Meter is... SI prefix "m" SI prefix "parsec" SI prefix "pc" SI prefix "lightyear" SI prefix "ly" "mi" "Nmi" "in" "ft" "yd" "ang" "Pica" "ell" "survey_mi" // TIME: 1 Second is... SI prefix "sec" SI prefix "s" "yr" "day" "d" "hr" "mn" "min" // PRESSURE: 1 Pascal is... SI prefix "Pa" SI prefix "atm" SI prefix "at" SI prefix "mmHg" "Torr" "psi" // FORCE: 1 Newton is... SI prefix "N" SI prefix "dyn" SI prefix "dy" SI prefix "pond" "lbf" // ENERGY: 1 Joule is... SI prefix "J" SI prefix "e" SI prefix "c" SI prefix "cal" SI prefix "eV" SI prefix "ev" SI prefix "Wh" SI prefix "wh" "HPh" "hh" "flb" "BTU" "btu" // POWER: 1 Watt is... SI prefix "W" SI prefix "w" "HP" "h" "PS" // MAGNETISM: 1 Tesla is... SI prefix "T" SI prefix "ga" // TEMPERATURE: 1 Kelvin is... SI prefix "K" SI prefix "kel" "C" "cel" "F" "fah" "Reau" "Rank" // VOLUME: 1 Liter is... SI prefix "l" SI prefix "L" SI prefix "lt" SI prefix "m3" "tsp" "tbs" "oz" "cup" "pt" "us_pt" "uk_pt" "qt" "gal" "mi3" "Nmi3" "in3" "ft3" "yd3" "ang3" "Pica3" "barrel" "bushel" "regton" "GRT" "ly3" "MTON" "tspm" "uk_gal" "uk_qt" // 1 Square Meter is... SI prefix "m2" SI prefix "ang2" SI prefix "ar" "mi2" "Nmi2" "in2" "ft2" "yd2" "Pica2" "Morgen" "acre" "uk_acre" "us_acre" "ly2" "ha" // SPEED: 1 Meter per Second is... SI prefix "m/s" SI prefix "m/sec" "m/h" "m/hr" "mph" "kn" "admkn" // INFORMATION: 1 Bit is... SI prefix or IEC 60027-2 / IEEE 1541 prefix "bit" SI prefix or IEC 60027-2 / IEEE 1541 prefix "byte" 		eike.rathke@sun.com
sc
UNICODE and UNICHAR functions i99900   feature-info:
The new UNICODE and UNICHAR spreadsheet functions are implemented as defined in the OASIS ODFF/OpenFormula specification available at http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/documents.php?wg_abbrev=office-formula UNICODE Summary: Return the Unicode Standard / ISO 10646 code point corresponding to the first character of the text value. Syntax: UNICODE( Text T ) Returns: Number Constraints: Length(T) > 0. Portable Constraints: code point of the first character of T <= 65535 (U+FFFF), the Basic Multilingual Plane, or BMP. Semantics: Returns a numeric value (code point of the Unicode Standard) that represents the first letter of the given text T. UNICHAR(UNICODE(Character)) returns Character for any valid Unicode Character. UNICHAR Summary: Return character represented by the given numeric value according to the Unicode Standard / ISO 10646. Syntax: UNICHAR( Number N ) Returns: Text Constraints: N >= 0, N <= 1114111 (U+10FFFF) Portable Constraints: N >= 1, N <= 65535 (U+FFFF), the Basic Multilingual Plane, or BMP. Semantics: Returns the character represented by the given numeric value. UNICODE(UNICHAR(N)) returns N for 0 <= N <= 1114111. Note: Portable Constraints in this case means that when exchanging documents with other applications than OOo you should not rely on functionality that is not covered by the portable constraints. OOoCalc does support the full Unicode range 0..1114111, not only the BMP. 		eike.rathke@sun.com
sc
Icon for shared extension in extension manager changed i104754   feature-info:
The icon used for shared extensions looks like a lock, this might confuse the user because shared extensions are locked only when the user hasn't sufficient access rights for changing shared extensions. The new icon will more clearly show that this is a shared extension. 		dirk.voelzke@sun.com
ui
Feature title TaskId Spec. title Spec. abstract Dev. owner Spec. link Component
Import of password protected Microsoft Office XML files i92645   feature-info:
Import of password protected Microsoft Office XML documents has been implemented in CWS dr72. All document types are supported that are handled by the MSO XML import filters: - MS Word 2007 documents (*.docx, *.docm) - MS Word 2007 templates (*.dotx, *.dotm) - MS Excel 2007 documents (*.xlsx, *.xlsm) - MS Excel 2007 binary documents (*.xlsb) - MS Excel 2007 templates (*.xltx, *.xltm) - MS Powerpoint 2007 documents (*.pptx, *.pptm) - MS Powerpoint 2007 templates (*.potx, *.potm) Please see http://sc.openoffice.org/testdocs/filetype/index.html for a source of test documents for all applications containing password protection. 		daniel.rentz@sun.com
xml
Feature title TaskId Spec. title Spec. abstract Dev. owner Spec. link Component
Filled Net Chart (filled radar) i64752 Chart Wizard This specification describes the Chart Wizard which is used to create charts. The list of possible chart types now also includes bubble charts and filled net charts. Matthias Müller-Prove (MMP) speclink chart
copying queries between database documents uses source name i102889   feature-info:
When you copy queries between database document, you're not prompted for the target name anymore, unless it is really necessary. That is, if you copy "some query" from database A to database B, then it will be inserted into B as "some query". Previously (up to 3.1), you were prompted for a name, which was defaulted to "Query1", completely ignoring the source name. Only if the name already exists in the target database (in particular, if you copy a query into the same DB), the dialog is opened, and now pre-filled with the source name instead of "Query1". 		frank.schoenheit@sun.com
dba
Do not support Ctrl+Tab shortcut for document toolbars navigation. i104204   feature-info:
The current design of the Ctrl+Tab shortcut is inconsistent, it does not reach the non-modal dialogs. Additionally, if a floating window contains a tab-control, the shortcut can not be used for the control any more. The Ctrl+Tab shortcut is close to be a duplication of F6 shortcut, the only difference is that Ctrl+Tab ignores the document window, and erroneously ignores the non-modal dialogs. Thus it makes no sense to support it further. 		Mikhail.Voytenko@Sun.COM
framework
Support for PS-OpenType fonts i43029   feature-info:
Postscript based OpenType fonts are now supported (for formatting, printing, PDF-export and display). 		hdu@openoffice.org
gsl
Support for PS-OpenType fonts i78858   feature-info:
Postscript based OpenType fonts are now supported (for formatting, printing, PDF-export and display). 		hdu@openoffice.org
gsl
Logger component i103030 ocke.janssen@sun.com speclink udk
ODF conform hyperlinks in table of contents i103265   feature-info:
replace OOo specific hyperlinks for the entries in the table of content by hyperlinks to bookmarks in order to conform better to ODF, improve interoperability and support accessibility access to these item 		Oliver-Rainer.Wittmann@Sun.COM
word processing
CheckBox in AutoCorrect - Word Completion changed i20268   feature-info:
The CheckBox named "When closing a document, save the list for later use in other documents" was misleading as it was not about saving the list but about removing the words collected from a document at the time of closing this document. It is now called "When closing a document, remove the words collected from it from the list" and the function is inverted. See issue 20268 for details. 		oliver.specht@sun.com
word processing
Alternative texts for Writer objects i73249 Alternative texts for Writer objects Oliver-Rainer.Wittmann@Sun.COM speclink word processing
Feature title TaskId Spec. title Spec. abstract Dev. owner Spec. link Component
Graphite Font Support i69129 kstribley@openoffice.org speclink framework
Feature title TaskId Spec. title Spec. abstract Dev. owner Spec. link Component
Toggle absolute/relative references for multiple cells i16615   feature-info:
The Shift-F4 shortcut to toggle between relative and absolute references in formulas can now be used for a selection of cells, and handles all the formula cells in the selection. 		niklas.nebel@sun.com
sc
Additional filter conditions in standard filter dialog i35579 thomas.benisch@sun.com speclink sc
Encription support for "Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP" filter. i103780 Exporting of Password Protected Microsoft Word Documents This new feature make saving password protected Microsoft Word document possible with Microsoft Office standard RC4 algorithm. steve_yin@openoffice.org speclink word processing
Feature title TaskId Spec. title Spec. abstract Dev. owner Spec. link Component
Rotate data labels i24203 Chart Data Labels The options for data labels have been extended. It is possible now to define a number format for the value and the percentage value and to display both values at the same time. Furthermore one can define a separator for the different parts of the data label. The placement of the labels can be manipulated via a given set of predefined positions. ingrid.halama@sun.com speclink chart
Bubble Chart i64689 Chart Wizard This specification describes the Chart Wizard which is used to create charts. The list of possible chart types now also includes bubble charts and filled net charts. Matthias Müller-Prove (MMP) speclink chart
Display of hidden cells i91578 Plotting of missing or hidden Values When plotting values in a chart it can happen that some of the values are missing - for example when a cell was left empty or did not contain a valid value. The users now can decide what should be plotted in such cases:a) ingrid.halama@sun.com speclink chart
Asian typography page for chart elements i92128 Asian Typography tab page for Chart A new tab page “Asian Typography” is now available for Title, Legend, Axes and Data Series. It contains an option to enable or disable the spacing between the different types of text. ingrid.halama@sun.com speclink chart
button form controls: new "Default State" property, applicable to toggle buttons i100237   feature-info:
Button controls in documents now have an additional property "Default status". It is enabled if and only if the button's "Toggle" property is set to "Yes", and works like the "Default status" property for e.g. check box controls: It controls in which status the button will be when resetting the form to which the button belongs. 		frank.schoenheit@sun.com
dba
Configuration based database drivers i101587   feature-info:
Currently the db drivers are hard coded in OOo. The integration of new ones as extension isn't possible. Therefor all drivers have to bring their own configuration with them. Each driver has to define: - URLPattern : defines the URL which the driver supports - ParentURLPattern : allows to define a parent hierarchy - Driver : defines the UNO factory name used to create the db driver - DriverTypeDisplayName : defines the name which is shown to the user when creating a new db Additionally 3 sets can be filled, which are - Properties : describes properties which the driver understand - Features : describes which checkboxes should be shown in the special settings dialog - MetaData : describes additional settings which are handled by the db application itself As this 3 categories are set, it can not be defined what the sets will contain. But currently they support: // known JDBC settings JavaDriverClass // known settings for file-based drivers Extension CharSet HeaderLine FieldDelimiter StringDelimiter DecimalDelimiter ThousandDelimiter ShowDeleted // known ODBC settings SystemDriverSettings UseCatalog // settings related to auto increment handling AutoIncrementCreation AutoRetrievingStatement IsAutoRetrievingEnabled // known Adabas D driver setting ShutdownDatabase DataCacheSizeIncrement DataCacheSize ControlUser ControlPassword // known LDAP driver settings HostName PortNumber BaseDN MaxRowCount // misc known driver settings ParameterNameSubstitution AddIndexAppendix // known SDB level settings IgnoreDriverPrivileges NoNameLengthLimit AppendTableAliasName GenerateASBeforeCorrelationName ColumnAliasInOrderBy EnableSQL92Check BooleanComparisonMode TableTypeFilterMode RespectDriverResultSetType UseSchemaInSelect UseCatalogInSelect EnableOuterJoinEscape PreferDosLikeLineEnds FormsCheckRequiredFields EscapeDateTime IgnoreCurrency TypeInfoSettings LocalSocket Please have a look at the configuration schema org.openoffice.Office.DataAccess/Drivers.xcs for more information. 		ocke.janssen@sun.com

dba
database formscan be zoomed i41930   feature-info:
Database forms can now be zoomed, much like all other documents: You'll find the usual View/Zoom menu item, and the zoom slider in the status bar. (Ctrl+Scroll wheel continues to work, as it already did before.) 		frank.schoenheit@sun.com

dba
SRB FormWizard supports binary field types i76783   feature-info:
In FormWizard it is now possible to select also the BINARY, VARBINARY, LONGVARBINARY datatypes, which will insert as Pictures. 		Lars.Langhans@sun.com

dba
Shrink Sections in Sun Report Builder i79423   feature-info:
There exist 3 new items in the toolbar to remove empty space between section ranges and the first or last control. * Top shrink removes the top empty space between section top range and the first top control. * Bottom shrink removes the bottom empty space between the section bottom range and the last bottom control. * Shrink removes free spaces from both directions from top and from bottom. This function could be very helpful if the report will be export as calc sheet. 		Lars.Langhans@sun.com

dba
"First line as column names" support for Copy Table Wizard i80917   feature-info:
The Copy table Wizard now contains an additional check box which is enabled when RTF or HTML format is to copied into a database. The check box is label: Text [ en-US ] = "Use first ~line as column names" ; When checked the first row is used to identify column names, when not checked the first row will be handled as a normal data row. 		ocke.janssen@sun.com

dba
SRB Grouping Dialog has a new up/down/delete toolbar i83082   feature-info:
In Report Builder grouping dialog exist a new toolbar which handles the up and down of grouping entries and also a new delete button to remove grouping entries. 		Lars.Langhans@sun.com
 		 dba
new form control property: "Visible" i88878   feature-info:
The new boolean property "Visible" has been added to all form control types (except the "Hidden control", which has no visual representation in the document, anyway). This property controls whether or not the control shall be visible in alive mode. In design mode, the control is always painted as before, to not make designing an invisible control unnecessarily difficult. Note that if this property is set to "Yes" (the default, mimicking the behavior as known up to 3.1), this not necessarily means the control will really appear on the screen. Additional constraints are applied when calculating a control's effective visibility. For instance, a control placed in a hidden section in Writer will never be visible at all, until at least the section itself becomes visible. If the property is set to "No", then the control will always be hidden in alive mode, no matter what. OpenOffice.org versions up to OOo 3.1 will silently ignore this property when reading documents which make use of it. The property is also used when im/exporting documents to Microsoft Excel's binary file format. 		frank.schoenheit@sun.com

dba
multi-line text form controls preserving their selection i89821   feature-info:
Multi-line text controls in forms now preserve their selection when losing and re-gaining the focus, making text exchange (like multiple cut'n'pastes) somewhat easier this way. 		frank.schoenheit@sun.com

dba
human-readable event bindings in the property browser i95963   feature-info:
The event bindings in the form/control property browser are now somewhat more human readable, in that a binding formerly displayed as vnd.sun.star.script:Standard.Module1.Main?language=Basic& location=application now is displayed as Standard.Module1.Main (application, Basic) 		frank.schoenheit@sun.com

dba
event assignments in the property browser can be reset with DEL key i95977   feature-info:
In the form/control property browser, event assignments can be reset using the DEL key. That is, the read-only input field which is to display (but not modify) the event assignment now at least accepts DEL, completely revoking the assignment for the given event. 		frank.schoenheit@sun.com
dba
property browser: mouse-selection-behavior in property combo boxes changed i96429   feature-info:
In the property browser, for properties displayed using a combo box (so you can enter free text, but select from a pre-defined list of possible options as well), the behavior for mouse selections changed: Formerly, when you selected an entry from the list, you needed to focus another cell somewhere else before the changed value was committed (even though it was already entered into the text field). Now, the property value is committed already when you select the entry from the list, which makes the work flow somewhat smoother in many cases. 		frank.schoenheit@sun.com
 		 dba
SRB controls bound to data source displays it data source name i96523   feature-info:
In Sun Report Builder all controls bound to a data source displays it's data source name the prefix is like Calc a '=' (equal). 		Lars.Langhans@sun.com

dba
SRB toolbar items has now also menu items i96782   feature-info:
All current toolbar items for Report Builder are now also available in the menu structure. For clear work, all items which manipulate existing fields can found in the edit menu structure like section shrink or control resizings. New controls which have to insert are stored in the insert menu structure like picture or shapes. 		Lars.Langhans@sun.com

dba
SRB Context menu contains also section shrink items i96793   feature-info:
The context menu in active section contains a shrink item, which has a sub menu for the new shrink feature. 		Lars.Langhans@sun.com

dba
form control property browser: renamed "Print" to "Printable" i97355   feature-info:
The property "Print" in the property browser, when invoked for a form control, has been renamed to "Printable". 		frank.schoenheit@sun.com
dba
button control properties: renamed the action-related events i97356   feature-info:
Form control buttons feature two events which are fired when the button is pressed, one to veto the actual firing, and one to do an actual action associated with the button. Formerly, they were called "Before commencing" and "When initiating", and as such a constant source of confusion, since it was non-obvious which event to use for which purpose. This situation hopefully improved a little bit with renaming the events (in the property browser) to "Approve action" and "Execute action". 		frank.schoenheit@sun.com
dba
SRB ReportWizard supports binary field types i98557   feature-info:
It is possible to select BINARY, VARBINARY, LONGVARBINARY datatypes in the Report Wizard. This will insert ImageControls instead of formatted fields. The images will be set 4cm high. Pictures will scale down to this size. 		Lars.Langhans@sun.com
dba
form control property browser: added Position, Size, and Anchor i99056   feature-info:
In the property browser for form controls, you can now also change the position and size of the control, as well as its anchor (in document types where anchoring is supported, e.g. text docs and spreadsheets). This is especially useful when you want to modify the geometry of multiple controls at once, which previously required invocation of a modal dialog for every control, and now can be done by selecting all controls, and simply entering the new value(s) in the property browser. 		frank.schoenheit@sun.com
dba
font name/style/size displayed in form control property browser i99422   feature-info:
When displaying the properties of a form control in the property browser, the "Font" property will now display the name, the style (regular, bold, italic) and the size of the current control font. (previously the respective field was simply empty, and the font could only be seen when opening the Character Set dialog.) 		frank.schoenheit@sun.com
dba
control property "Mouse wheel scroll" i99704   feature-info:
All form controls which are able to react on the mouse wheel, by scrolling or spinning their content, got a new property called "Mouse wheel scroll". This property is available in the control property browser, immediately below the "Tab order" property, and can take one out of three possible values: - Never: Completely ignore the mouse wheel - When focused: react on the mouse wheel only when the control currently has the focus - Always: always react on the mouse wheel, even when the control currently does not have the focus, but the mouse is over the control when the wheel is operated The defaults for this property is "When focused", which means newly created controls behave as before. When writing documents with controls making use of this new property, older versions will silently ignore the property. In the table data view for database documents, this property is used to prevent the user accidentally spinning the content of numeric grid columns: In this view, the mouse wheel is used to scroll the complete result set, not individual cell content (which formerly happened accidentally and too easily). 		frank.schoenheit@sun.com
dba
Math: "View / Selection" now "View / Formula Elements" i33387   feature-info:
The menu entry "View / Selection" in Math is now labeled "View / Formula Elements". 		thomas.lange@sun.com
formula editor
Allow to turn off lock-file base document file locking. i100123   feature-info:
To work properly, the lock-file based document file locking in OOo needs the possibility to create a lock file in the way that it does not replace the existing one and to remove it. Although normally there are possibilities to do it, sometimes this is not the case. Usually, if the system file locking is on, the office can try to avoid creation of the lock file in this cases, since the file is locked by system file locking. And in case somebody would use the office without system file locking the collision would be detected by the new implementation anyway. This solution is taken to let the most probable scenarios work even in those cases. The problem happens when the lock file can be created but can not be removed for any reason. Although in all the known cases it is either a misconfigured network or a bug in system implementation, it looks to make sense to allow the system administrator to turn the OOo lock-file based file locking off. Thus it would allow to workaround the problem without changing the environment. For this reason there is a new configuration entry "/org.openoffice.office.Common/Misc/UseDocumentOOoLockFile" that is set to "true" by default. It should be set to "false" to deactivate the usage of the lock file. The deactivation will not prevent creation of the lock file. The office will just take the ownership over the lock file even if it already exists. It is of course strongly suggested not to turn off system file locking and lock-file based file locking together, since there will be no real locking at all in this case. 		Mikhail.Voytenko@Sun.COM
framework
Keyboard shortcut configuration dialog now supports "ALT" modifier i4756   feature-info:
Though the configuration itself was able to handle it all the time, the dialog for configuring keyboard shorcuts never allowed to use the ALT-key. Now ALT as well als SHIFT-ALT, CTRL-ALT, SHIFT-CTRL-ALT modifiers can be used in the dialog. The dialog does not check if a shortcut can be used or if the system already catches it. The easiest way to find out if the shortcut is usable is to use it to navigate to the corresponding entry in the listbox before trying to assign a command to it. 		mathias.bauer@sun.com
framework
Basic dialog controls: new property "Visible" i88878   feature-info:
The new boolean property "Visible" has been added to all UNO dialog control types. This property controls whether or not the control shall be visible in the living dialog. Note that if this property is set to "Yes" (the default, mimicking the behavior as known up to 3.1), this not necessarily means the control will really appear in the dialog. Additional constraints are applied when calculating a control's effective visibility. For instance, a control belonging to a non-current step of the dialog is still hidden. OpenOffice.org versions up to OOo 3.1 will silently ignore this property when reading UNO dialogs which make use of it. 		frank.schoenheit@sun.com
framework
Multiplatform shortcuts support i99296 rvojta@openoffice.org speclink framework
Menu items display changed i42227 Menus A style guide for menus in OpenOffice.org. philipp.lohmann@sun.com speclink gsl
New text field "Page Count" in impress/draw i14832 christian.lippka@sun.com speclink presentation
hid.lst file is removed from testautomation i97838   feature-info:
The file testautomation/global/hid/hid.lst is removed. Further details are in a readme.txt inside the directory. There are various other ways to get this file and where it is already available. There are some ways implemented, that try to find the file via various ways. TestTool: Your OOo installation may already contain it at: /basis-link/program/hid.lst (Depending on your installation you need to install the 'testtool' package) As a fallback you will find it online at: http://quaste.services.openoffice.org/index.php?option=com_quaste&task=tests_overview&workspace=DEV300&milestone=m51&download=2 (Please substitute DEV300 and m51 with the respective version numbers from your used OOo installation) As another fallback, the testautomation archives from Maho Nakata will already contain the hid.lst from QUASTe: http://ooopackages.good-day.net/pub/OpenOffice.org/qa/testautomation/ 		tbo@openoffice.org
qa
SYLK export handling of embedded semicolons and double quotes; program ID field content changes to CALCOOO32 i100205   feature-info:
When writing SYLK files, in string data embedded double quotes are not escaped anymore by doubling them, semicolons are now escaped by doubling them. Previous releases had a bug that did it vice versa, doubling quotes but not semicolons. In formula expressions, if the formula contained embedded semicolons, the expression was written as a quoted string, again doubling embedded quotes, but not semicolons. Instead, expressions now are not written as a quoted string, but semicolons escaped by doubling them. In the previous implementation, Calc could not correctly read data exported by/for Excel if the data contained double quotes (data is truncated) or semicolons (read in duplicated), nor could it produce such files correctly. NOTE: The program ID written changes from SCALC3 (ID;PSCALC3) to CALCOOO32 (ID;PCALCOOO32) due to the incompatible file format. Older releases will treat such files as alien data, not reading the formula expressions. The result will be much the same as if a file produced by Excel was read in. The new code is able to read both variants, translating data from the corrupted file format. 		eike.rathke@sun.com
sc
Sorting with toolbar buttons now includes formats i13829   feature-info:
When a cell range is sorted using the "Sort Ascending" or "Sort Descending" toolbar button, cell formats are now sorted with the cells. 		niklas.nebel@sun.com
sc
More filter criteria in "Standard Filter" dialog i17995   feature-info:
The "Standard Filter" dialog now shows 4 instead of 3 conditions, and has a scroll bar which allows to access up to 8 conditions in total. 		niklas.nebel@sun.com
sc
Change source range of a DataPilot table i23658   feature-info:
It's now possible to change the cell range from which a DataPilot table takes its data. 		niklas.nebel@sun.com
sc
"New Style" buttons in "Conditional Formatting" dialog i27253   feature-info:
The "Conditional Formatting" dialog now has a button "New Style" next to each style list box. Pressing one of the buttons opens the "Cell Style" dialog for a new style, and if OK is pressed there, selects the new style in the list box. This allows to create a new style without closing the "Conditional Formatting" dialog. 		niklas.nebel@sun.com
sc
Cell content is selected in validity selection list i27666   feature-info:
If a cell has validity of type "Cell range" or "List", when the validity selection list drop-down is opened, the existing cell content is now selected in the list. 		niklas.nebel@sun.com
sc
Transporting newlines in spreadsheet formulas i35913   feature-info:
Newline characters (0x0A, decimal 10) created with Control+Enter in multiline text cells are now preserved in spreadsheet formulas. Previously the newline character was replaced by a space character. The newline character can be searched for using the SEARCH or [HV]LOOKUP or MATCH functions with the \n regular expression. A newline character can be inserted in a formula using the CHAR(10) function. If the result contains newline characters it is displayed as a multiline cell. The multiline result is exported to file formats capable handling newlines in cell data, such as CSV. 		eike.rathke@sun.com
sc
Double click on document position in status bar opens Navigator i49491   feature-info:
A double click on the "document position" control in the Calc status bar now opens the Navigator, like in Writer. 		niklas.nebel@sun.com
sc
Applying cell borders to multiple selection i50019   feature-info:
Previously it was only possible to apply cell borders to a single rectangular cell range. Now borders can be applied to any selection of cells. A list of rectangular ranges is determined from the selection, and inner/outer borders are applied to each of the ranges. 		niklas.nebel@sun.com
sc
AutoFill for cells with numbers at the start and end i5550   feature-info:
If the starting cell for AutoFill contains a number at the start and the end, and there's no space after the first number, the number at the end is now incremented. This allows easier creation of things like lists of IP addresses (10.0.0.1 is followed by 10.0.0.2). 		niklas.nebel@sun.com
sc
Sort range dialog i60401   feature-info:
If "Sort" is invoked with a selection of more than one cell in a single column or row, and there are non-empty cells next to the selection, a new dialog will ask if the selection should be extended to contain those cells. With this, a user can select only the column of data by which to sort, and still sort the whole range. It applies to the sort dialog as well as the "Sort Ascending" and "Sort Descending" toolbar buttons. A specification is attached to issue 60401. 		niklas.nebel@sun.com
sc
Easier deselection of sheets if all sheets are selected i70320   feature-info:
If all sheets in a document are selected, each of the following actions deselects all except the current sheet: - Changing the active sheet - Clicking into the area right of the sheet tabs (if not all sheets are selected, this opens the "Insert Sheet" dialog as before) - The new entry "Deselect All Sheets" in the context menu for the sheet tabs 		niklas.nebel@sun.com
sc
Copy & Paste of merged cells over other merged cells i7500   feature-info:
Merged cells can now be pasted from the clipboard onto other merged cells. Instead of an error message, the old cells are unmerged. 		niklas.nebel@sun.com
sc
Easier deselection of sheets if all sheets are selected i7921   feature-info:
If all sheets in a document are selected, each of the following actions deselects all except the current sheet: - Changing the active sheet - Clicking into the area right of the sheet tabs (if not all sheets are selected, this opens the "Insert Sheet" dialog as before) - The new entry "Deselect All Sheets" in the context menu for the sheet tabs 		niklas.nebel@sun.com
sc
Inserting/deleting in the middle of merged cells i8302   feature-info:
Inserting or deleting cells, columns or rows into/from the middle of merged cells, which previously caused an error message, is now possible. The merged cell range is enlarged/reduced. 		niklas.nebel@sun.com
sc
configure switch to build hid.lst file: --enable-hids i102592   feature-info:
The build environment variable NO_HIDS, which affects to not build a current hid.lst, was not configureable by 'configure'. This changes by CWS tbo07 with 'configure --enable-hids' The change is needed, since testautomation depends now on a current hid.lst. Buildbots will start using this switch soon. When the switch is used, the hid.lst is build, if it is left out, the old behaviour is the default, to not build it. Old behaviour was to use a static hid.lst from helpcontent2/helpers/hid.lst. 		tbo@openoffice.org
tools
default paper sizes i92819 Paper Sizes : Presenting and Picking Defaults The vast majority of territories use ISO paper sizes, but a number use alternative sizes. The rules for mapping territories to default paper sizes needs to be unified in a single place in order to consistently maintain and update the mapping. This specification outlines rules for picking the best default paper size to use, which additional paper sizes should be shown in the UI and rules for naming paper sizes consistently. Caolán McNamara CMC speclink ui
Optionitem "Icons in menus" now listbox with three options i95318   feature-info:
The Tools/Options->OpenOffice.org/View page now has a listbox for the "Icons in menus" option. The enhancement is implemented in CWS gtkmenuimages. This was a checkbox before and is now a listbox offering three options: 1) Automatic 2) Hide 3) Show 		Joerg.Skottke@Sun.COM
ui
Convert text to table dialog changed i101814   feature-info:
The AutoFormat button has been moved in the dialog to ease localization. The dialog is now similar to Insert/Table. 		oliver.specht@sun.com
word processing
The base line of Wiki Publisher is changed to OOo3.0 i81373   feature-info:
Unfortunately, it is not possible to install an xslt-transformation filter as a part of extension in OOo2.4. The problem is fixed in OOo3.0, thus the new base line for the new versions of the extension is moved to OOo3.0 As result the users of the OOo2.4 will not be able to install the new version of the extension. 		Mikhail.Voitenko@sun.com
word processing
Ctrl+F11 puts the focus into the style ListBox i81468   feature-info:
The key combination Ctrl+F11 doesn't call the Style Catalog anymore. Now it puts the focus into the style ListBox in the toolbox of text, frames, OLE-objects and pictures. It makes it easier to apply a paragraph or frame style without using a mouse. 		oliver.specht@sun.com
word processing
MediaWiki filter is no more installed as part of OOo installation i99462   feature-info:
The MediaWiki filter is not installed as part of OOo installation any more. Instead it will be installed as a part of Wiki Publisher extension, since the two implementations are used together and it allows to provide updates for the filter independently from OOo releases. 		Mikhail.Voitenko@sun.com
word processing

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Integrated Child Workspaces (CWS)

Name
Description
Milestone (integrated)
adc26_OOO320

Fix broken @see tags regression.

OOO320m5
automationOOO320m3

OOO320m5
automationOOO320m4 
[Automation]
Scriptfixes for greenstate OOo 3.2
 OOO320m5
cms32fix

OOO320m5
impressaccessibility6

OOO 3.2 show stopper bug fixes.

 OOO320m5
jl141

Bundling java 6u17

 OOO320m5
m

fix for not setting the initials by default in user dialog.

 OOO320m5
ooo320m5masterfix

OOO320m5
ooo32gsl03

3.2 showstoppers

 OOO320m5
sdk32fix

Used for late SDK 3.2 fixes

OOO320m5
calc32stopper4

Calc 3.2 fixes

 OOO320m4
dba32i

ongoing DBA bug fixing towards OOo 3.2

 OOO320m4
impress180

OOo3.2 showstopper workspace

 OOO320m4
jl139

linux build breaker in security module

 OOO320m4
ooo320m4masterfix

OOO320m4
ooo32gsl02

3.2 showstoppers

 OOO320m4
sw32bf06

OOO320m4
tkr27

change static linkage to dynamic linkage of neon library

 OOO320m4
tl75

Fixes for OO 3.2

 OOO320m4

automation320m2 
[Automation]
Test script fixes for OOo 3.2 greenstate

IMPORTANT: Do *NOT* clone this CWS for DEV300!
 OOO320m3
c07v026_OOO320

OOO320m3
c30v001_OOO320

OOO320m3
calc32stopper3_OOO320

Still more Calc 3.2 fixes.

 OOO320m3
configurecheck_OOO320

Add a check, if configure is new and doesn't have conflict marks. Not Office relevant!

 OOO320m3
fwk123_OOO320

Framework OOo3.2 show stopper fixes.

 OOO320m3
fwk126

Show stopper CWS for OOo 3.2.

 OOO320m3
impress178

OOo 3..2 .showstopper cws

 OOO320m3
installer11

Installer bug fix

 OOO320m3
jl133

bundled extensions for OpenSolaris

 OOO320m3
odficonsso1_OOO320

OOO320m3
ooo320m3masterfix

OOO320m3
ooo32gsl01

Graphics related OOo 3.2 showstoppers

 OOO320m3
oooimprovement5

showstoppers for 3.2

 OOO320m3
writerfilter32bugfixes01

Bug fixes to writerfilter and sw for docx files import

 OOO320m3

c29v001a_OOO320

Issues that are not already integrated in DEV300

 OOO320m2
dba32h_OOO320

OOO320m2
fwk121_OOO320

This is framework Beta-showstoppper cws.

 OOO320m2
fwk122_OOO320

Beta Framework showstopper for OOo 3.2

 OOO320m2
fwk124

Beta show stopper for OpenOffice.org 3.2

 OOO320m2
impress177_OOO320

showstopper cws for OOo 3.2 release

 OOO320m2
jl135_nss_OOO320

Security fixes. Updating external libraries.

 OOO320m2
jskhgpilot5_OOO320 
[Automation]
Fixes for 3.2 greenstate, modules "framework" and "extensions"
 OOO320m2
mav55_OOO320

Accessibility fix for Wiki Publisher.

 OOO320m2
mhremove01_OOO320

remove superfluous code

OOO320m2
mingwport25_OOO320

Merger Problem fix

 OOO320m2
ooo320m2masterfix

OOO320m2
sw32bf05_OOO320

fixes of show stoppers for OOo 3.2 in Writer

 OOO320m2

ab76_a11y_OOO320

a11y

OOO320m1
automationdev300m58cat0_OOO320

Fixes on testscripts necessary for the Master DEV300 and OOO320

 OOO320m1
calc32stopper2_OOO320

more Calc 3.2 fixes

 OOO320m1
cmcfixes62_OOO320

outstanding build and 64bit fixes

 OOO320m1
fwk117_OOO320

OOo3.2 beta showstopper CWS for framework fixes.

 OOO320m1
fwk118_OOO320

OOo 3.2 framework show stopper.

 OOO320m1
impressnotes03_OOO320

Fixes a showstopper for the new comments in impress feature that was introduced while merging the feature cws into m60

 OOO320m1
jskhgpilot4_OOO320

[Automation] Playground for test script fixing

 OOO320m1
ooo320m1masterfix

OOO320m1
sw32bf04_OOO320

Fixes in Writer for OOo 3.2 (showstoppers)

 OOO320m1

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