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| <h1>AOO 3.4.1 (build 1372282) Release Notes</h1> |
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| <p> |
| <em>Translations: |
| <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/zh-cn/releases/3.4.1_rn.html">Chinese (simplified)</a> | |
| <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/hu/aoo341.html">Hungarian</a> | |
| <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/it/stampa/comunicati/aoo341-rn.html">Italian</a> | |
| <a href="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=29689150">Spanish</a> |
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| <h2 id="AOO3.4.1ReleaseNotes-GeneralRemarks">General Remarks</h2> |
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| <p>The Apache OpenOffice 3.4.1 is a maintenance release, intended to fix critical issues and improve |
| the overall quality of the application.</p> |
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| <p>General areas of improvement include: additional language support, bug fixes, performance |
| improvements and Windows 8 compatibility enhancements. Further details on each of these areas |
| are below.</p> |
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| <p>For a more comprehensive overview of the changes from the 3.3.X OpenOffice.org releases and |
| earlier; please see the Release Notes for |
| <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/development/releases/3.4.0.html">Apache OpenOffice 3.4.0</a></p> |
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| <h2 id="AOO3.4.1ReleaseNotes-AdditionalLanguageSupport">Additional Language Support</h2> |
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| <h4 id="AOO3.4.1ReleaseNotes-NewtranslationsavailableinApacheOpenOffice3.4.1include%3A"> |
| New translations available in Apache OpenOffice 3.4.1 include:</h4> |
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| <ul> |
| <li>Finnish</li> |
| <li>British English</li> |
| <li>Khmer</li> |
| <li>Slovak</li> |
| <li>Slovenian</li> |
| </ul> |
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| <h4 id="AOO3.4.1ReleaseNotes-UpdatedtranslationsavailableinApacheOpenOffice3.4.1include%3A"> |
| Updated translations available in Apache OpenOffice 3.4.1 include:</h4> |
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| <ul> |
| <li>Dutch</li> |
| <li>Spanish</li> |
| <li>Italian</li> |
| <li>Hungarian</li> |
| </ul> |
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| <h4 id="AOO3.4.1ReleaseNotes-Foracompletelistofavailablelanguagesandlanguagepackssee%3A"> |
| For a complete list of available languages and language packs see: |
| <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/download/other-341.html"> |
| http://www.openoffice.org/download/other-341.html</a></h4> |
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| <h2 id="AOO3.4.1ReleaseNotes-PlatformSupport">Platforms Supported</h2> |
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| <p>The following platforms continue to be available as official releases from Apache OpenOffice: |
| Microsoft Windows, MacOS (Intel), Linux (32 bit), Linux (64 bit).</p> |
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| <p>Additionally, a number of community members are working on ports for Solaris, FreeBSD, and OS/2 |
| and live/portable versions. You can learn more from our Ports and Distributions page at: |
| <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/porting/">http://www.openoffice.org/porting/ </a>.</p> |
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| <h2 id="AOO3.4.1ReleaseNotes-BugFixes">Bug Fixes</h2> |
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| <p>As of 2012/08/16, there were 69 verified issues that have been resolved.</p> |
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| <p>This list can be found at: <a href="http://s.apache.org/Huv">http://s.apache.org/Huv</a></p> |
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| <p>You will need an OpenOffice Bugzilla login to view it.</p> |
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| <p>(An <a href="https://issues.apache.org/ooo/">OpenOffice Bugzilla</a> login will enable you to |
| search for any bugs that may interest you.)</p> |
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| <p>Important bug fixes have been made in these areas:</p> |
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| <ul> |
| <li>"quickstarter" problems</li> |
| <li>extension cleanup</li> |
| <li>auto update check now re-enabled by default</li> |
| <li>"undo" issues in Calc</li> |
| <li>"redo" issues in Calc</li> |
| <li>"freeze" problem with Calc and Writer when LanguageTool is installed</li> |
| <li>non-detection of java. "Oracle" as a java provider was added to aid in JVM identification. |
| Previously, the vendor was Sun.</li> |
| </ul> |
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| <p>The QA team has been tracking additional fixes as well. See their complete reports at:</p> |
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| <p><a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/QA/Report/WeeklyReport"> |
| http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/QA/Report/WeeklyReport</a></p> |
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| <p>Additionally, starting with version 3.4.1, Apache OpenOffice now has the benefit of static |
| analysis provided by <a href="http://www.coverity.com/">Coverity</a> to detect software defects |
| before the code is even released. Special thanks to Coverity for providing access to their award |
| winning tool!</p> |
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| <h2 id="AOO3.4.1ReleaseNotes-PerformanceImprovements%2FEnhancements"> |
| Performance Improvements/Enhancements</h2> |
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| <ul> |
| <li>Cleanup of temporary areas used by extensions installations. This will reduce the |
| per-user disk footprint for multi-user installations.</li> |
| <li>Keeping only one English dictionary for US-en installations instead of 5. This will save |
| user space. Users will be able to add other English dictionaries (Canadian, Australian, |
| New Zealand) as desired</li> |
| <li>Hunspell library upgraded to version 1.3.2 from 1.2.9. This version contains several |
| improvements especially for Dutch, German and other Germanic languages with extended compound |
| word usage.</li> |
| </ul> |
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| <h2 id="AOO3.4.1ReleaseNotes-MicrosoftWindows8Compatibility">Microsoft Windows 8 Compatibility</h2> |
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| <p>With this release we have tested with Windows 8. So far it looks good. We are in |
| the process of going through the official Windows 8 Certification checklist and some minor |
| issues still remain. See the wiki document below.</p> |
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| <p><a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Windows_App_Certification_Kit_-_Test_Results_for_Apache_OpenOffice_3.4"> |
| http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Windows_App_Certification_Kit_-_Test_Results_for_Apache_OpenOffice_3.4</a></p> |
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| <p>Note: the improvements made in Apache OpenOffice 3.4.1 to better support Windows 8 will also |
| benefit Windows 7 users.</p> |
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| <h2 id="AOO3.4.1ReleaseNotes-KnownIssues">Known Issues</h2> |
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| <ul> |
| <li>Apache OpenOffice 3.4.0 and 3.4.1 manage the user profile differently than previous |
| versions. The old user profile is automatically converted so that users can keep their |
| extensions and settings. In a minority of cases, especially with highly customized profiles |
| (many extensions or customizations) the conversion doesn't succeed. Common symptoms are: |
| frequent application crashes, problems with dictionaries or thesaurus, OpenOffice starting |
| and crashing after a few seconds. To solve this, just reset/rename your user profile as |
| explained in the official OpenOffice forum. |
| <a href="http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12426"> |
| http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12426</a></li> |
| <li>Apache OpenOffice 3.4.0 and 3.4.1 will be flagged by the new Gatekeeper facility in OS X |
| Mountain Lion. This is a new feature to help guard against malware on Mac systems. There is |
| a procedure laid out at the following link to allow applications not installed from the Mac |
| App store to run. See the article at Mac support at |
| <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5290">http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5290</a>.</li> |
| <li>Apache OpenOffice 3.4.0 and 3.4.1 support Java 7, which is the recommended configuration; |
| but (especially on 64-bit Windows) you might receive warnings about the Java version being |
| defective. In that case, download and install the |
| <a href="http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/B/C/5BC5DBB3-652D-4DCE-B14A-475AB85EEF6E/vcredist_x86.exe"> |
| Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package</a>. If you still have problems, install |
| <a href="http://www.java.com/java6download/">the most current JRE 6 version</a>. Make sure |
| you get the file "Windows x86 Offline (32-bit)". Then configure OpenOffice to use it at |
| "Tools - Options - OpenOffice.org - Java". See |
| <a href="http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=54974"> |
| this forum topic</a> for more information.</li> |
| <li>The Apache OpenOffice 3.4.1 installation package for Windows will expand the installation |
| files and immediately start the installation wizard. In rare circumstances, probably because |
| of incompatibilities with other installed software, the installation wizard might not start |
| automatically. In that case, just locate the "OpenOffice Installation Files" folder on your |
| Desktop, open it and double-click on the file named "setup.exe" to start the installation |
| procedure.</li> |
| <li>On recent versions of Mac OS X it might happen, especially after a "Force quit", that |
| the following error message appears: "Restore Windows - The application OpenOffice.org |
| was forced to quit while trying to restore its windows. Do you want to try to restore its |
| windows again?". If you cannot get rid of it: Option-click the "Go" menu; choose "Library" |
| from the menu to open the folder in the Finder; click on the folder "Saved Application State"; |
| delete the file "org.openoffice.script.savedState". See <a |
| href="https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=119006">bug 119006</a> for more |
| information.</li> |
| </ul> |
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| Stay informed about Apache OpenOffice</h2> |
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| <p>You are encouraged to subscribe to the Apache OpenOffice announcement mailing list, to be |
| receive important notifications such as product updates and security patches. To subscribe |
| you can send an email to:<a href="mailto:announce-subscribe@openoffice.apache.org"> |
| announce-subscribe@openoffice.apache.org</a>.</p> |
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| <p>You can also follow the project on <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/apacheoo">Twitter</a>, |
| <a href="http://www.facebook.com/ApacheOO">Facebook</a> and |
| <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/114598373874764163668/posts">Google+</a>.</p> |
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