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Revision as of 14:12, 30 September 2007
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New Features in OpenOffice.org 2.3
Note - this list is based on the full list in Feature_Freeze_Testing_2.3 Full list is available below.
Chart
The Chart component of OpenOffice.org has undergone a major revamp for 2.3. The developers have added a range of exciting new features, and at the same time made the creation of charts simpler and more logical. The default chart appearance is improved, with a new colour palette. The scaling of axes has been changed to give better results automatically. 3D charts are greatly enhanced in appearance, and easier to create. New chart types include '3D exploded pies' and 'exploded donuts' (watch out Homer Simpson). There is an improved data editor for charts that use their own data (e.g. within Impress).
Writer
The way Writer displays various page images has been improved. There is a new filter for exporting documents to MediaWiki ("Wikipedia") format
Calc
Calc now supports inline matrix/array constants in formulas. Summation has been made more powerful and more intuitive. The display of error values has been made more user-friendly. Compatibility with Microsoft Excel has been improved with workarounds for cotangent functions (supported in Calc, missing from Microsoft Excel).
Base
Base continues to evolve as a fully-fledged OpenOffice.org application in its own right, with its windows all having their own size, position, etc settings. The Report Builder, available as extension on http://extensions.services.openoffice.org, now has additional facilities for expert users. There is a greater support for keyboard shortcuts throughout Base.
Draw
Draw includes a number of accessibility improvements and support for .png images when exporting to .html documents
Impress
The much-loved 'move along curve' animation feature has been re-introduced, despite claims that over-use could easily create sea-sickness among sensitive members of an audience.
Language Support
Language support has been improved for a further fourteen languages, building on OpenOffice.org's already impressive language support.
Extensions
There are a number of new features available to developers of OpenOffice.org extensions, and a one click link to a new extensions repository.
Other
Writer, Calc, Draw, and Impress now allow users to preview their work within a browser before exporting it to .html format. The default security level for Macro Security has been changed to High, to make it difficult for users to run possibly malicious macros 'without thinking'.
Release notes
Known issues
Function | Description | Issue |
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Compatibility with SELinux in enforcing mode | OOo 2.3.0 is incompatible with SELinux in enforcing mode: OOo won't start unless SELinux is (or gets) disabled.
A possible workaround is putting SELinux in permissive mode by issuing (as root) the command
A binary patch is being prepared and will be announced a soon as possible. |
80816 |
Fontwork | In various situations, Fontwork objects are not displayed.
Fontwork in documents from previous versions of OpenOffice.org may be affected as well. A binary patch is being prepared and will be announced a soon as possible. |
81609
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Character formatting | In a certain situation, it's not possible to remove character formatting (e.g. bold, italics, underline). | #81764 |
Full list
General
Feature | Description | Specs/Issue |
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Stylist filter selection persistent | Now the selection of a stylist filter is persistent. On a new session, the last selected filter is active. One selection for every application. | 4854 |
Behavior of hyperlinks | To follow a hyperlink, now on the most places Ctrl+click must be used. | specs |
Dialog PDF Export | The options dialog is now shown before the file dialog | specs / 13154 |
Shortcut for 'repeat' | Repeat | 41586 |
Configuration of behaviour with a line break | Options|Writer |Compatibility | specs / 45491 |
Web HTML Preview | The new function "Preview Document in Web Browser" provides an easy way to display the current document as a html export in the system web browser. | specs / 74477 |
Document stored printer setting may be ignored | Options|Load/Save | specs / 76885 |
Macro Security Default Level to High | The default Macro Security Level changed from Medium to High. Thus it is impossible to execute malicious macros by accident by just clicking OK | specs / 79170 |
Easier branding of OOo builds | Easier branding of OOo builds for better support the creation of adapted OpenOffice.org installation sets | announcm. / 66426 |
Location of file and other properties selectable | Properties>General, now can be selected an copied. | 64785 |
Customize>Keyboard | Customize>Keyboard has improved: so that there is more room for various list boxes. | 75754 |
Online update - info | Options|OpenOffice.org shows when was last checked for an update. | 70315 |
Online update - Direct download | On Windows it is possible to download direct from Online update, not on a website. | specs / 72386 |
Java GUI installation wizard on Linux | The Java GUI installation wizard is included in installations with JRE for easier installation on Linux | specs |
Identifiers for extensions | Extensions now can have an unique identifier This removes the restriction that no two extensions can have the same filename | specs / 69910 |
Options Dialog and Extensions | Extensions can integrate options pages into the options dialogs of the different applications. | specs / 75869 |
Merging of toolbar and menu items in extensions | Now it is possible to add, exchange or remove menu or toolbar items in extensions. Previously this was possible only for top-level menus and whole toolbars. | Wiki / 78020 |
"Get Extensions" link | The dialog Extensions Managers now has the link "Get Extensions" to http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/ | specs / 78209 |
FontOOo exits with an error message | The Add Fonts from Web Wizard exits with an error message. This is fixed and the fix is in the issue. | 81102 |
Localisation
Data for 12 new locales | Added are data for:
Hausa Ghana (ha_GH), Ewe language (ee_GH), Frisian Western (Netherlands), Tagalog_Philippines (tl_PH), Jewish (for en-US), Uzbek (uz_UZ), Occitan-languadocian's (oc_FR), Lingala (ln_CD), Sango – sg_CF, English Ghana (en_GH), Ganda Uganda (lg_UG), Armenian_Armenia (hy_AM) |
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Changes for two localisations | Currency changed for Bolivar Fuerte and Ghana Cedi |
Calc
Default values print options | Now enabled by default are the options: print only selected sheets and suppress output of empty pages. This is shown in the print preview. A warning message is shown if nothing is to print. | Blog / 25278, 78488 |
Matrix/array constants in formulas | Calc now supports matrix/array constants in formulas
Supported by import/export Excel |
Announcm. / 32342 |
Shortcurt dialog cell formatting | Shortcut key Ctrl-1 opens the dialog for cell formatting | 35738 |
Shortcut keys insert/delete cells | Ctrl+ works for inserting and Ctrl- for deleting cells. Both work like the menu entries and can function for rows and columns also. | 38108 |
Shortcut keys show formulas | The shortcut key Ctrl~ toggles between formula result and formula For all cells on a sheet. (English keyboard layouts only.) | 56202 |
Value of function GETPIVOTDATA in cell formula | The GETPIVOTDATA function returns a result value from a DataPilot table, so it can be used in a cell formula.
Supported by import export Excel |
45843 |
Various improvements | Error codes on import Excel, context menu, naming of strings | 47732, 47644, 50436, 50439, 53756, 55972, 77653, |
Extended automatic summation | Capabilities to sum up cell values automatically are extended. Cell range is specified by the user | specs / Blog / 51564 |
Named ranges in validation lists | Now it is possible to use named ranges in the definition of cell validation lists. | 56566 |
Import drawing objects and pictures with macros | Drawing objects and pictures can be linked to a macro. Now that is handheld with the import from Excel files. | specs / 59082 |
JIS and ASC with katakana characters | The JIS and ASC functions support work with katakana characters (Japanese). | wiki / 70213 |
Cotangent functions in export | All cotangent functions are converted in the export to Excel, that doesn't know these functions. | 72768 |
Toolbar Form Objects removed | The toolbar Form Objects has been removed from Calc. All items are found on the toolbar Form Design | 72799 |
Toolbar Insert and Insert Object | The toolbar Insert Object has been removed. Items were moved to the Toolbar Insert | specs / 73123 |
Auto capitalisation | The first character of a word or the first sentence in a cell isn't automatically capitalized any more. | 78661 |
Writer
Pages centered in window | Pages that aren't wider than the width of the window, will be centered. | 1761 |
Export to MediaWiki | Export can make wiki-pages of your Writer documents | specs / Blog / 48409 |
Option Update charts independent | Options|OOo Writer|General) is independent from the setting of Update Fields | 55007 |
Language guessing for paragraphs | When the language of a paragraph is not set, now it is guessed when spellchecking. | specs / 73713 |
Enhancement Smart Tags | Smart tags functionality is available when when one or more are installed as extension.
Now context menus are integrated. |
specs / 75130 |
Mail merge | The Simple Mail Merge Dialog now offers the possibility to save as one document. Also the window is resizable. | specs / 76853 |
Mail merge warning message | The option "Do not show this message again" when choosing to print the document directly or to make mail merge, has been removed. | specs / 76853, 51906 |
Soft page breaks export | ODF 1.1 allows the export of soft page breaks. This export now is implemented. Useful for a.o. digital books. | specs / 78650 |
Chart
New Chart Wizard | Simplified chart creation, with less steps. | specs / 20344 |
Flexible source ranges | Source ranges can be associated to different chart-objects. Thus for example different x-axis values can be used. Improves interoperability with other applications. | specs / 3997 |
More clear information about regression curves | Formula and r^2 value of a selected regression curve are shown in status bar. | specs / 78442 |
Improvements for 3D charts | Better and clearer dialog, 'right angle axes' option, simple 3D look, default illumination accordingly, exploded 3D Pies | specs / 75176, 67754, 14202, 76430, 20321 |
New colors | New colors have been chosen and added to the default colors in the Office color palette | info / specs / 7019, 75202 |
Enhanced Logarithmic scales | Free manual choose of minimum and maximum values and user defined major interval. | specs / 27694, 26869 |
Easier working on various points | Selection by mouse of chart objects, automatic scaling of axises, and placing of title have been improved. | specs / 58161 |
Enhancement of the data editor | In charts with their own data (not from a spreadsheet) the data editor allows to modify, add and delete all data | specs / 64824 |
New menu, toolbar, Help | The new Charts comes with new menu items, toolbar entries, help information | 60358, 70287, 27351, 74907, 74909 |
Impress
Export to HTML | Export to HTML now supports png-graphics | specs / 23353 |
Custom animation paths | The animation path for moving objects on slides now is editable. | specs |
Play sound all over the slide show | Now it is possible to play a sound | 24969 |
Sun Presentation Minimizer | Extension that offers the choose between different options to reduce the size of presentations and to remove content before distributing the presentation. (Not available for download as of 2007-09-23?) | specs |
Draw
Export to HTML | Export to HTML now supports png-graphics | specs / 23353 |
Alternative text for image maps and drawing layers | Image maps and drawing layers now provide for alternative text that is essential for accessibility | specs / 68099, specs / 68100 |
Base/DBA
Window size and state of forms and reports | Forms now have windows size and state that is independent from that from normal Writer documents | 45663 |
Keyboard shortcuts | (More) shortcuts are available in the task pane, forms, | 71900, 74918, |
No slashes in names of objects | Slashes (/) in the name of reports, forms etc are not allowed any more.
When present in existing base documents, slashes will be automatically converted to underscores (_) |
73084 |
Report Builder (designer) extension | A full new report designer has been made available as extension.
To create reports with content from OOo Base as well as a wide range of proprietary and OpenSource relational databases. |
Download , specs, Wiki / 76758 |
XML-Forms
Window size and state of XML-forms | XML-forms now have windows size and state that is independent from that from normal Writer documents | 75146 |
API / programming
Sequence as imput | A possibility to represent a sequence as a seekable input stream is offered. | 77185 + idl specification |
Number of heading rows of table | Now it is possible to set the number of heading rows by API | info / 79458 |
Keys and document macros | It is possible now to assing keys to macros contained in a document. | 56351 |
Listeners and changes on shapes | Impemented listeners now are notified about changes of properties of shapes | 71036
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Tree control | A tree control is available | specs / 78847 |
Single Dialog Export | Now it is possible to export single Dialogs in the Dialog Editor (as *.xdl files. This export includes possible localized properties files. | specs / 77640, 75778
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Few of the bug Fixes
PDF File size | Due to a bug in 2.2,1 the exported PDF could become very large. This has now been corrected. | 78613 |
Number formatting in Writer tables | Number formatting now also works in cells with more than one paragraph. | 77649 |