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| <H1>AOO 3.4 Release Notes</H1> |
| <p><em>Available translations: <a href="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+3.4+Release+Notes+in+italian">Italian</a></em></p> |
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| <ul> |
| <li><a href='#AOO3.40ReleaseNotes-GeneralRemarks'>General Remarks</a></li> |
| <li><a href='#AOO3.40ReleaseNotes-NewFeaturesfromtheOpenOffice.org3.4beta'>New Features from the OpenOffice.org 3.4 beta</a></li> |
| <li><a href='#AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-NewFeaturesforApacheOpenOffice3.4'>New Features for Apache OpenOffice 3.4</a></li> |
| <li><a href='#AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-Removed/RetiredFeatures'>Removed/Retired Features</a></li> |
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| </ul> |
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| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-GeneralRemarks"></A>General |
| Remarks</H2> |
| <P>The Apache OpenOffice 3.4 features can be split into two stages: |
| changes already made in the OpenOffice.org beta, and additional |
| changes made at Apache since incubation started. During both stages |
| many small bugs were fixed and we can't honestly summarize the huge |
| help provided by our development community.</P> |
| |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-NewFeaturesfromtheOpenOffice.org3.4beta"></A> |
| New Features from the OpenOffice.org 3.4 beta</H2> |
| <P>These features were already part of the OpenOffice.org 3.4 beta. |
| The 3.4 beta was built from the OOO340 code line which was cloned |
| from DEV300m106. This code line is the base for the Apache OpenOffice |
| code.</P> |
| |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-FasterStartup"></A>Faster |
| Startup</H3> |
| <P>Startup is faster since the program now has enough initial |
| knowledge about its components so that it doesn't have to start each |
| of them.</P> |
| |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-ImprovedODF1.2encryptionsupport"></A> |
| Improved ODF 1.2 encryption support</H3> |
| <P>The ODF 1.2 specification allows optional use of W3C-specified |
| algorithms in the encryption (password-protection) of ODF 1.2 |
| documents.</P> |
| <P>For Apache OpenOffice 3.4, the default "Save with Password" |
| continues to use SHA1 digests and Blowfish encryption, the one |
| combination that is supported for interchange of encrypted documents |
| across ODF 1.0/1.1 and ODF 1.2 supporting application.</P> |
| <P>In addition, documents encrypted using AES256 are now recognized |
| and decrypted when the correct password is provided.</P> |
| <P>It is also possible to select AES256 for encrypting "Save |
| with Password" documents by setting both of these configuration |
| options:</P> |
| <UL> |
| <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">Set configuration option |
| org.openoffice.Office.Common/Save/ODF/UseSHA1InODF12 to "false". |
| </P> |
| <LI><P>Set confguration option |
| org.openoffice.Office.Common/Save/ODF/UseBlowfishInODF12 to "false". |
| </P> |
| </UL> |
| <P>A macro to set the options on or off is available at |
| <A HREF="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/User:TJFrazier/Encryption">http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/User:TJFrazier/Encryption</A>.</P> |
| <P>The configuration options have no effect when saving in ODF |
| 1.1/ODF 1.0 format.</P> |
| <P>See |
| <A HREF="http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/csprd03/OpenDocument-v1.2-csprd03-part3.html">http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/csprd03/OpenDocument-v1.2-csprd03-part3.html</A> |
| for precise details of the ODF 1.2 provisions.</P> |
| |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-Spreadsheet%3ATIMEfunctionreturnsvalues00%3A00%3A00%3C%3Dx%3C%3D23%3A59%3A59.999"></A> |
| Spreadsheet: TIME function returns values 00:00:00 <= x <= |
| 23:59:59.999</H3> |
| <P>The TIME spreadsheet function returns values between 00:00:00 and |
| 23:59:59.999... inclusive and wraps values equal to or greater than |
| 24:00:00.</P> |
| |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-Spreadsheet%3ARenamed%22DataPilot%22to%22PivotTable%22"></A> |
| Spreadsheet: Renamed "DataPilot" to "Pivot Table"</H3> |
| <P>In the Spreadsheet GUI, the term "DataPilot" has been |
| replaced with the term "Pivot Table".</P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-PivotTablehasbeenextended"></A> |
| PivotTable has been extended</H3> |
| <P>PivotTable (formerly known as DataPilot) is no longer limited in |
| the number of fields supported.</P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-Spreadsheet%3ANewCSVexportoption%2C%22Quotealltextcells%22"></A> |
| Spreadsheet: New CSV export option, "Quote all text cells"</H3> |
| <P>Previously, in Spreadsheet CSV export, all content from text cells |
| was quoted with the selected text delimiter. Now this is optional and |
| happens only if the new check box "Quote all text cells" is |
| selected. By default, the text delimiter is added only if the cell |
| content contains the field delimiter, text delimiter or multiple |
| lines. When a CSV file is loaded and saved again without editing the |
| filter settings, the import option "Quoted field as text" |
| is used for the "Quote all text cells" option. The default |
| for "Quoted field as text" is now "off" (but if |
| it's changed in the import dialog, that is still saved as new default |
| in the configuration).</P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-ImprovedCSVexport"></A> |
| Improved CSV export</H3> |
| <P>Better interoperability with other applications supporting the |
| import of CSV (Comma Separated Values) files as the style for |
| exporting strings is configurable now.</P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-Spreadsheet%3AUnlimitednumberoffieldsinPivotTablelayoutdialog"></A> |
| Spreadsheet: Unlimited number of fields in Pivot Table layout dialog</H3> |
| <P>In the Pivot Table layout dialog, it is now possible to add more |
| than 8 fields to the "Row Fields", "Column Fields", |
| and "Data Fields" areas, and more than 10 fields to the |
| "Page Fields" area.</P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-MailMerge%3AScanrowsforcorrecttypeinformationforTextdatabases"></A> |
| MailMerge: Scan rows for correct type information for Text databases</H3> |
| <P>The MaxRowScan setting allows the user to define how many rows |
| should be scanned to find the correct type of a column. In the past |
| only the first row was scanned.</P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-Math%3Anewoptiontosaveonlyusedsymbolsforeachformula"></A> |
| Math: new option to save only used symbols for each formula</H3> |
| <P>In order to save on document file size (namely in Writer documents |
| with many formulas) there is now a new option to save only those |
| symbols that are used in a formula. By default this option will be |
| active. Geek info: However there is a small drawback: |
| Previously, if you worked with different office installations, |
| documents with formulas could be used to implicitly import <B>ALL</B> |
| user-defined symbols in Math from one office installation to the |
| next, even if none of them got used in a formula. Since now only the |
| actually used symbols get saved, only those can be implicitly |
| imported into a different office installation. To get the old |
| behavior, simply turn off this new option.</P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-Formula%3AAutomaticbaselineforMathobjects"></A> |
| Formula: Automatic baseline for Math objects</H3> |
| <P>There is a new check-box named 'Math baseline alignment' available |
| in the 'Formatting Aids' tab of the Writer and WriterWeb option |
| pages. When this option gets checked then <B>ALL</B> Math OLE objects |
| already existing in the Writer document that are anchored 'as |
| character' (and only those with this anchor type) will be |
| automatically aligned to match the baseline of the formula with the |
| one of the surrounding text. Also new Math objects inserted later on |
| will be automatically aligned as well. As long as this option is |
| active, manual movement of Math objects that are anchored 'as |
| character' is not possible, and thus vertical alignment in the |
| 'Object' context dialog is now disabled as well. For new documents |
| this option is set by default. When loading old documents it is not |
| set. In any case, once a document gets saved again, the current value |
| of this option will be saved along with the document. This automatic |
| baseline alignment was implemented by Michal Spisiak as part of this |
| year's Google Summer of Code; the mentor for this was Eric Bachard. |
| Thanks to both of them!</P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-MathsymbolcatalognowsupportsUTF32characters"></A> |
| Math symbol catalog now supports UTF-32 characters</H3> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-Draw%2FImpressdefaultenhancements%3A"></A> |
| Draw/Impress default enhancements:</H3> |
| <UL TYPE=SQUARE> |
| <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">Better defaults for Impress & |
| Draw snap. |
| </P> |
| <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">Changed default for "copy |
| when moving". |
| </P> |
| <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">Better defaults for grid settings |
| in Impress & Draw |
| </P> |
| <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">Better defaults for bullet spacing |
| and indention |
| </P> |
| <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">Animate outline shapes 'By 1st |
| level paragraphs' as default |
| </P> |
| <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">New default colors of drawing |
| objects |
| </P> |
| <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">Setting default shadow distance |
| for shapes to 0.2cm |
| </P> |
| <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">Enhancement to the "mouse as |
| pen" feature in impress slideshow |
| </P> |
| <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">Default full width for text in |
| shapes |
| </P> |
| <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">Change outline default bullet |
| symbol order from 'Oo-' in 'O-O-O' |
| </P> |
| <LI><P>Shortcut for inserting comments changed |
| </P> |
| </UL> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-BetterUIDefaultsforDrawandImpress"></A> |
| Better UI Defaults for Draw and Impress</H3> |
| <P>See for details:</P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/BetterDefaults_BulletsColorsShortcuts_workout">Better |
| Bullet UI</A> <A HREF="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Specification_BetterDefaults_Gridhandling#Detailed_Specification">Better |
| Grid UI</A></P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-Draw%2FImpress%3ASettingpixelresolutionwhenexportinggraphics"></A> |
| Draw/Impress: Setting pixel resolution when exporting graphics</H3> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-PDFFileSizeReduction"></A> |
| PDF File Size Reduction</H3> |
| <P>PDFs containing monochrome bitmaps are smaller now</P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-PasswordentryinPDFexportdialogchanged"></A> |
| Password entry in PDF export dialog changed</H3> |
| <P>During PDF export one can enter two passwords ("open" |
| and "permission" password). These can now be entered in one |
| pass instead of two separate dialogs.</P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-Base%3AMozillaAddressBooksupportremoved%2CinfavorofSeamonkey"></A> |
| Base: Mozilla Address Book support removed, in favor of Seamonkey</H3> |
| <P>Since the Mozilla product has long been superseded by the |
| SeaMonkey suite, and the profile formats of both changed |
| incompatibly, the Mozilla Address Book support in OpenOffice.org has |
| been removed, in favor of support for the SeaMonkey address books.</P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-Base%3AListboxcontrols%3A%22Boundfield%22isallowedtobe0"></A> |
| Base: List box controls: "Bound field" is allowed to be 0</H3> |
| <P>The "Bound field" property of a list box control, |
| specifying which column of the list boxes result set should be used |
| for data exchange, can have the value "0" now.</P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-Base%3Aobjecttrees%3Aselectingentriesbytypingtheirname"></A> |
| Base: object trees: selecting entries by typing their name</H3> |
| <P>The tree lists in Base's main application window, now support |
| selecting entries by typing their name.</P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-Base%3AScanrowsforcorrecttypeinformationforTextdatabases"></A> |
| Base: Scan rows for correct type information for Text databases |
| </H3> |
| <P>The MaxRowScan setting allows to define how many rows should be |
| scanned to find the correct type of a column. In the past only the |
| first row was scanned. |
| </P> |
| <P><A HREF="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Base/New_features_in_3_4">Base |
| new features detailed description and Sreenshots</A></P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-Stylist%2FNavigator%2FOptionsDialog%3Aselectingentriesbytypingtheirname"></A> |
| Stylist / Navigator / Options Dialog: selecting entries by typing |
| their name</H3> |
| <P>The tree lists in the application's Navigator, Stylist ("Styles |
| and Formattings"), and in the options dialog, now support |
| selecting entries by typing their name.</P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-Chart%3AResizeableLegend"></A> |
| Chart: Resizeable Legend</H3> |
| <P>The legend within charts can be resized now.</P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-Chart%3ADateAxis"></A> |
| Chart: Date Axis</H3> |
| <P>Date axis are available now for category charts.</P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-TimeAxissupportedinChart"></A> |
| Time Axis supported in Chart</H3> |
| <P><FONT COLOR="#000000"><IMG SRC="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/attachments/27835830/timeaxis_sample.png?version=1&modificationDate=1326805788000" NAME="graphics1" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=75 HEIGHT=38 BORDER=1></FONT></P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-ImprovedPrintingonUnix"></A> |
| Improved Printing on Unix</H3> |
| <P>Printing via PDF (if the system supports it) allows object |
| transparency to be handled directly by the printer subsystem</P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-PrintfileformatchangesonLinuxsystems"></A> |
| Print file format changes on Linux systems</H3> |
| <P>Printing on Unix systems can now produce PDF files instead of |
| PostScript.</P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-NewGstreamermultimediaframeworkonLinuxsystems"></A> |
| New Gstreamer multimedia framework on Linux systems</H3> |
| <P>Gstreamer is available now to use to playback multimedia content |
| in OpenOffice documents (e.g. audio and video in Impress |
| presentations). Note that Gstreamer (and the appropriate gst-plugins) |
| need to be installed in system.</P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-EnhancedRTFexport"></A> |
| Enhanced RTF export</H3> |
| <P>Now it supports nested tables, more character properties, |
| sections, graphics for Wordpad, bookmarks, fields, drawings and OLE |
| objects.</P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-Removebinfilterexportfilters"></A> |
| Remove binfilter export filters</H3> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-Furtherdevelopment%2FbugfixesforDOCXimportfilter"></A> |
| Further development/bug fixes for DOCX import filter</H3> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-OOo%2FMacrunningheadlessasdaemon"></A> |
| OOo/Mac running headless as daemon</H3> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-VariousBugFixes"></A>Various |
| BugFixes</H3> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-NewFeaturesforApacheOpenOffice3.4"></A> |
| New Features for Apache OpenOffice 3.4</H2> |
| <P>These features are the result of the work at Apache on OpenOffice |
| since the OpenOffice.org 3.4 beta:</P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-LicenseChange"></A>License |
| Change</H3> |
| <P>The License has changed to our simpler, non-restrictive, <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0">Apache |
| License 2</A>. The Apache License will make adoption, distribution |
| and modification of the software easier for all users and developers. |
| Of course the software remains free, and the source code with its |
| updates will continue to be available through the Apache Software |
| Foundation servers.</P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-Misc.Updates."></A>Misc. |
| Updates.</H3> |
| <P>In accordance to the new license all the software components have |
| been updated to use licenses that are in line with ASF guidelines. No |
| critical functionality was lost, and we did update many libraries |
| that will work better on most situations. Many internal libraries and |
| headers were updated with modern versions that provide the same or |
| superior functionality. On selected platforms the "Liberation" |
| fonts were replaced with the improved Google Chrome fonts.</P> |
| <P>We strongly recommend that all developers and distributors update |
| to this release to avoid risks resulting from inconsistencies (IP and |
| security issues) found in previous versions of the OpenOffice.org |
| suite.</P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-Calc%3AFasterLPsolver."></A> |
| Calc: Faster LP solver.</H3> |
| <P>The previous Linear Programming solver has been replaced with the |
| faster and better designed CoinMP from the Computational |
| Infrastructure for Operations Research (COIN-OR) project.</P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-ApacheTomcatupdated."></A> |
| Apache Tomcat updated.</H3> |
| <P>The Apache Tomcat servlet was updated from the older version |
| 5.0.30 to version 5.5.35 which brings in years of performance and |
| security improvements without changing the API. We plan to continue |
| updating components without causing any regression on the current |
| code.</P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-SupportforLineCapProperty"></A> |
| Support for Line Cap Property</H3> |
| <P>Now you can add a cap to the end of a line. Such caps are not only |
| known in the ODF1 .2 standard but in HTML5 and SVG too. Also other |
| Office Suites provide caps in different styles to be added to thick |
| lines.</P> |
| <P>Three styles exist:</P> |
| <UL> |
| <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">without a cap, called 'Butt' in |
| programming and 'Flat' in UI (as in MS Office) |
| </P> |
| <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">with a round cap, called 'Round' |
| </P> |
| <LI><P>with a rectangle cap, called 'Square' The property value |
| 'Flat' corresponds to the old behavior and is now the default. |
| </P> |
| </UL> |
| <P><FONT COLOR="#000000"><IMG SRC="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/attachments/27835830/LineCap_PureLines.png?version=1&modificationDate=1326743596000" NAME="graphics2" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=75 HEIGHT=38 BORDER=1></FONT></P> |
| <P>The caps are added to the lines, so that the total length of the |
| lines increases with two-times a half line width.</P> |
| <P>Select the value from a drop-down-list in the line property |
| dialog, just beside the settings for corner style. The new property |
| is only available in contexts, where the corner style is active too.</P> |
| <P><FONT COLOR="#000000"><IMG SRC="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/attachments/27835830/LineCap_Dialog.png?version=1&modificationDate=1326743596000" NAME="graphics3" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=75 HEIGHT=38 BORDER=1></FONT></P> |
| <P>If a line is dashed, the single dashes get caps too. Hereby a dot |
| is treated as dash. You can style not only pure lines and curves, but |
| the border of graphic objects as well.</P> |
| <P><FONT COLOR="#000000"><IMG SRC="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/attachments/27835830/LineCap_BorderlineDotted.png?version=1&modificationDate=1326743596000" NAME="graphics4" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=75 HEIGHT=38 BORDER=1></FONT> |
| <FONT COLOR="#000000"><IMG SRC="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/attachments/27835830/LineCap_CurveDashed.png?version=1&modificationDate=1326743596000" NAME="graphics5" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=75 HEIGHT=38 BORDER=1></FONT></P> |
| <P>The next example shows the new property applied to a connector. |
| Left side without cap, in the middle with 'round' cap, and on the |
| right side with 'square' cap.</P> |
| <P><FONT COLOR="#000000"><IMG SRC="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/attachments/27835830/LineCap_CapOnConnectors.png?version=1&modificationDate=1326743595000" NAME="graphics6" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=75 HEIGHT=38 BORDER=1></FONT></P> |
| <P>The caps are available for 3D-objects too, when you turn on lines |
| and make them thick. The example shows lines, which are styled to |
| look “dotted”.</P> |
| <P><FONT COLOR="#000000"><IMG SRC="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/attachments/27835830/LineCap_SphereDotted.png?version=1&modificationDate=1326743638000" NAME="graphics7" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=75 HEIGHT=38 BORDER=1></FONT> |
| and a zoom… |
| <FONT COLOR="#000000"><IMG SRC="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/attachments/27835830/LineCap_SphereZoom.png?version=1&modificationDate=1326743638000" NAME="graphics8" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=75 HEIGHT=38 BORDER=1></FONT></P> |
| <P>Linecaps defined in svg-graphics are supported, so that those |
| graphics look the same as they do in modern browsers.</P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-SupportforsheartransformationsforGraphicObjects%28Blogentry%29https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.apache.org%2FOOo%2Fentry%2Ffeaturesforgraphicobjectsandoleobjects"></A> |
| Support for shear transformations for GraphicObjects <A HREF="https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/features_for_graphicobjects_and_oleobjects">(Blog |
| entry)</A></H3> |
| <P>GraphicObjects which get created when inserting graphics in |
| Draw/Impress and Spreadsheet support now not only rotation but also |
| shear, slant and distort. The visualization during interactions was |
| improved, also the break for vector-based GraphicObjects to draw |
| objects was improved. Writer has its own GraphicObjects; the ones |
| from the other applications can be copied to it as workaround.</P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-SupportforattributesandtransformationsforOLEObjects%28Blogentry%29https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.apache.org%2FOOo%2Fentry%2Ffeaturesforgraphicobjectsandoleobjects"></A> |
| Support for attributes and transformations for OLEObjects <A HREF="https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/features_for_graphicobjects_and_oleobjects">(Blog |
| entry)</A></H3> |
| <P>OLEObjects (OLE is for Object Linking and Embedding) in |
| Draw/Impress and Spreadsheet support now all draw attributes and |
| geometrical transformations. They can have line style, fill style, |
| shadow and text. They support all transformations, e.g. rotations and |
| shear. This is handy for e.g. having a mathematical formula shown |
| rotated by 90 degrees or adding a border to a chart. Break to draw |
| objects is also enhanced.</P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-EnhancedcropsupportforGraphicalObjects"></A> |
| Enhanced crop support for GraphicalObjects</H3> |
| <P>Crop for GraphicObjects now works correctly together with |
| horizontal and/or vertical mirroring in all applications.</P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-SupportforScalableVectorGraphics%28SVG%29%28Blogentry%29https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.apache.org%2FOOo%2Fentry%2Fnativesvgsupportforapache"></A> |
| Support for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) <A HREF="https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/native_svg_support_for_apache">(Blog |
| entry)</A></H3> |
| <P>SVG is now supported as content for GraphicObjects in all |
| applications. The new implemented generic SVG interpreter supports |
| SVG format 1.1. The geometric content is internally processed as |
| vector data in all usages, e.g. PDF export and printing, which |
| guarantees good visualization quality. SVG graphics can be broken to |
| draw objects and be processed further.</P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-SupportforMultiImageinODF"></A> |
| Support for MultiImage in ODF</H3> |
| <P>For SVG support it was necessary to allow multiple image |
| representations for one GraphicObject to be present in the ODF file |
| format, e.g. a pixel graphic and the original SVG is written in case |
| of a GraphicObject with SVG content. This allows it to stay |
| compatible with other and older ODF supporting applications. The |
| number of images for one GraphicObject is not limited: applications |
| using this may choose the image with the format which supports its |
| purpose best, e.g, prefer to use a pixel graphic for ODF viewers. |
| OpenOffice 3.4 uses a weighting function which prefers pixel images |
| with transparency over such without and vector formats over pixel |
| formats.</P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-Enhancedchartvisualization"></A> |
| Enhanced chart visualization</H3> |
| <P>The visualization quality of charts has been enhanced by using a |
| new mechanism for more direct visualization. This increases speed, |
| reduces memory usage and enhances chart visualization in all |
| visualizations, including PDF export and printing.</P> |
| <P><FONT COLOR="#000000"><IMG SRC="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/attachments/27835830/aoo340-charts.png?version=1&modificationDate=1336337745300" NAME="graphics9" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=75 HEIGHT=38 BORDER=1></FONT></P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-Writer%3AAsianLanguageWordCount"></A> |
| Writer: Asian Language Word Count</H3> |
| <P>The word count of Asian languages is now correct. Previous |
| releases were counting terms instead of words when counting words of |
| Asian language text. Notice that file word count will not be |
| automatically updated for existing text documents. You need to make a |
| change to the document in order to force an update of the file word |
| count.</P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-Newregularexpressions%28regexp%29engine"></A> |
| New regular expressions (regexp) engine</H3> |
| <P>The existing regular expression engine has been replaced by the |
| ICU engine. This solves several bugs in "Find and Replace" |
| with the old implementation and speeds up the search.</P> |
| <P>The new engine also offers better standards compliance especially |
| regarding Unicode, which also means that some non-standard syntax |
| extensions like <TT CLASS="western">\<</TT> and <TT CLASS="western">\></TT> |
| for word boundary matching are now deprecated. For the convenience of |
| a smooth upgrade experience they get emulated by the <TT CLASS="western">\b</TT> |
| operator though.</P> |
| <P>See <A HREF="http://userguide.icu-project.org/strings/regexp#TOC-Regular-Expression-Metacharacters">ICU |
| regex syntax</A> for expressions supported in the new regular |
| expression engine. It is recommended to stay on the common ground |
| though and <A HREF="http://www.regular-expressions.info/refflavors.html">regex |
| flavors</A> gives an overview where this common ground is. The |
| modified syntax applies to macros too: regular expressions in macros |
| that were relying on the deprecated syntax should be converted to use |
| widely supported regex expressions.</P> |
| <P>Users of Japanese scripts should be aware that several non-trivial |
| transliterations could behave slightly differently, especially when |
| transliteration rules like "ProlongedSoundMark", |
| "IterationMark", "Ignore-Width", "BaFa", |
| "SeZe", "HyuByu", "IandEfollowedByYa" |
| or "KiKuFollowedBySa" might be involved.</P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-NewColorPickerdialog"></A> |
| New Color Picker dialog</H3> |
| <P>The old color picker which is used in the office code for over a |
| decade has been replaced by a new, more intuitive one which offers a |
| wide variety of color selection possibilities. This feature was |
| developed by Christian Lippka; kudos to him for offering it under |
| Apache License. A picture says more than words.</P> |
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| <TH> |
| <P>Old |
| </P> |
| </TH> |
| <TH> |
| <P>New |
| </P> |
| </TH> |
| </TR> |
| <TR> |
| <TD> |
| <P><A HREF="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/attachments/27835830/ColorPicker_Old.png"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><IMG SRC="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/thumbnails/27835830/ColorPicker_Old.png" NAME="graphics10" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=200 HEIGHT=117 BORDER=1></FONT></A> |
| </P> |
| </TD> |
| <TD> |
| <P><A HREF="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/attachments/27835830/ColorPicker_New.png"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><IMG SRC="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/thumbnails/27835830/ColorPicker_New.png" NAME="graphics11" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=200 HEIGHT=131 BORDER=1></FONT></A> |
| </P> |
| </TD> |
| </TR> |
| </TABLE> |
| <P><BR><BR> |
| <H2 CLASS="western"><A NAME="AOO3.4ReleaseNotes-Removed/RetiredFeatures"></A>Removed/Retired Features</H2> |
| <h3>WordPerfect</h3> |
| <p>WordPerfect support has been removed due to licensing and security issues.</p> |
| |
| <h3>Crash/Error Reporting Tool</h3> |
| <p>The automatic Crash/Error Reporting feature is no longer supplied with binary distributions. </p> |
| |
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