New Features 2.4

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New Features in OpenOffice.org 2.4

Note - this list is based on the full list in Feature_Freeze_Testing_2.4 Full list is available below.

Chart

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Writer

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Calc

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Base

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Draw

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Impress

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Language Support

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Extensions

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Other

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Release notes

Known issues

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See list of regressions found in OpenOffice.org version 2.4.0.

Full list

General

Feature Description Specs/Issue
Extensible Help System cws ab38 adds support for help content inside extensions. Extension help content is provided together with the OpenOffice.org installed help content. It's also possible to extend the help index. The implementation supports extended tool tips and accessing extension help content by pressing F1 in UNO dialogs and menus. 20164 Announc. Spec
please support https, too OOo is now able to connect WebDAV servers via HTTPS 31053 Announc. Spec
Tools/Customize/Toolbars: Really import custom icon With the "Change Icon" dialog users can select from a list of custom icons and they also can add icons to the icon collection by importing them persistently into a user-icon list. Clicking "import" opens a file picker. The File picker points by default to the icon directory of OpenOffice.org. Icons for import shall be in PNG format and shall have a size of 16x16 or 26 by 26 pixel. To remove icons from the persistent user-icon list the dialog now has a "Remove" button. Only user-defined icons can be removed! Icons which are already in the user-icon list are overwritten after acknowledge from the user. 73357 Announc. Spec
Rework ODF File Names in Filter Box see feature announcement ... 80206 Announc. Spec
extensions should have a display name An extension may have a display name. This is a name which the developer defines in the descripion.xml. This name is localized. That is, the extension may provide the display names in multiple languages. The Extension Manager will choose the language which matches most closely the locale of the office. If no display name is provided then the file name of Extension will be displayed. 81326 Announc. Spec
Additional information about the publisher of an extension and release notes in the update dialog It is now possible to see additional information for an available update of an extension in the “Update Extensions” dialog (Extension Manager Dialog -> Button “Updates”). This is first the name of the publisher and second a link to the release notes. Also the publisher name is a link. Clicking on these links will open an browser and navigate to the respective web sites. 81502 Announc. Spec
Remove GUI option "Automatic file name extension" from File-Save dialog (Office Dlg) With integration of SRC680/as6 CWS the 'automatic file extension'-check-box in the fie save dialog will be gone. In internal (OOo file dialog) and in external dialogs (native file picker like GNOME or Windows file file dialog). 81651 Announc. Spec
Flaws in print logic The Print dialog in Calc gets extended by a new possibility to define what part of the spreadsheet has to be printed. In older versions the print setting "print only selected sheets" is located in the Options dialog of the Print dialog and got defaulted for OOo 2.3. This raised several new issues around print output is empty when the corresponding table was not selected in the spreadsheet and the setting itself was overseen/unknown in the Options dialog. Furthermore the "Sort" option is defaulted to on and is always enabled in all OOo Print dialogs. This makes it easier to print multiple copies of a document. 82071 Announc. Spec
Support of web based extension update The Extension Manager online update feature now also supports web-based updates. That is, the “Update Extensions” dialog shows available updates which one can only obtain through a particular website and which the Extension Manager cannot automatically download. When the user installs the updates, web browser will be started which navigate to the websites where the user can manually download the update. 82775 Announc. Spec
Check for updates should look for extension updates, too When the office is configured to check for office updates automatically, the office will look for updates for the installed extensions, too. When any updates are found, the user will be notified via the menu bar about these updates. 82851 Announc. Spec
Add master password/ password configuration dialog to /tools/options The security tabpage in the tools/options dialog contains now possibility to control password-storing ( the passwords for specific URL-sites could be stored there ) that happens using the service com.sun.star.task.PasswordContainer. By default the storing is not allowed. 82892 Announc. Spec
Asynchronous callback service required Due to developer demand a new asynchronous callback service has been added to UNO awt toolkit. The asynchronous callback service works internally with PostUserMessage. Therefore can only work when the message loop is running. 83233 Announc. Spec
allow to set a wallpaper property for dialogs Due to developer demand a new property for dialogs and tab pages has been added to uno awt toolkit. It addresses an image URL which is used to display as a background image. The property can be used with the property browsers of the dialog editor within the Basic IDE. You can find more information in the specification. 83238 Announc. Spec
Give warning if document contains features from new ODF version A new dialog to push online update by the user is shown if an ODF file is loaded written in a newer file format version (i.e. ODF 1.2) than the version supported by the currently installed OpenOffice.org version (i.e. ODF 1.1). 83653 Announc. Spec
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Localisation

Feature Description Specs/Issue
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Calc

Feature Description Specs/Issue
Equations for regression curves The equation of trend lines and the R² value now can be displayed in the chart. 7998 Announc. Spec
Reverse axes It is possible now to change the direction of axes. Thus the user can choose where the lower values and where the higher values are displayed at an axis. 24614 Announc. Spec
Display bars on different axes next to each other In bar charts with two y axes it is now also possible to display all the bars next to each thus they don't hide each other anymore. 26795 Announc. Spec
Number format for data labels For data labels in charts it is now possible to choose a number format for the display of values and percentage values. Thus the precision of the displayed values can be changed for example. 37792 Announc. Spec
Display both in the data point label: value and percentage For data labels in charts it is now possible to display the value and the percentage value at the same time. 43489 Announc. Spec
Allow to display each part of a data label in a separate line The different parts of a data label now can be displayed in separate lines. 82051 Announc. Spec
More flexible placement of labels on data points It is now possible to manipulate the placement of the data point labels relative to the data point. For example for symbol charts the labels can be placed above, below, left, right or centered on the symbol. 63857 Announc. Spec
Automatic positions for labels on pie segments There is an automatism now which tries to avoid the overlapping of data point labels on pie charts. 4039 Announc. Spec
Remove data point labels with delete key It is now possible to remove selected data point labels with pressing the delete key. 83344 Announc.


Writer

Feature Description Specs/Issue
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Chart

Feature Description Specs/Issue
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Impress

Feature Description Specs/Issue
Slide titles should be bookmarks when exported to PDF. With CWS beppec56pdflinks the PDF export filter will be able to export documents with links made relative on request. 40318 Announc.
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Draw

Feature Description Specs/Issue
Author-defined logical navigation of page objects in presentations This enhancement makes the shape navigation order independent from the paint order. Drag and drop in the Navigator can be used to reorder shapes. 68097 Announc. Spec
Reduce complexity: Remove unnecessary display options Removing some unnecessary display options. These options were historically added to very early office versions due to at that time limited ressources (16bit times). These options were switched off in the configuration for a long time. The following features are affected: ... 80528 Announc. Spec


Base/DBA

Feature Description Specs/Issue
numeric(n) data from jdbc/oracle rendered as currency and not as number The Advanced Settings dialog now has a property to disable the currency return value from the ResultSetMetaData. 11746 Announc. Spec
wrong default table name in "Copy table" With the integration of CWS dba24a (680m228 or m229, probably), when you paste table-like data (a Calc range, a Writer table, an HTML table, a database table, whatever) to OOo Base, while a table object is currently selected, then this table's name, along with the option "Append data", is pre-selected in the "Copy Table" wizard. 18907 Announc.
allow to edit a view's design (underlying statement) in HSQLDB With the integration of CWS dba24c, you will be able to edit views in embedded HSQL databases. ... 49183 Announc.
property browser: invoke query designer for all properties which allow entering a SQL command With the integration of CWS dba24c, you will be able to invoke the query designer not only for the "Content" property of a database form (if it's content type is "SQL command"), but also for the list content of a list box control (or grid column), if its list content type is "SQL". The SQL command which you design in the query designer will, when saving it, be set as the respective property at the list box. 66624 Announc.
The relation design is now accessible for MySQL databases as well. The relation design is now accessible for MySQL databases as well 68858 Announc.
API: Add ability to find which table(s) or query(s) are currently selected in the main Base window The controller of the database application window now supports the com.sun.star.view.XSelectionSupplier interface. The method getSelection return an Any which contains a Sequence of NamedValue. ... 69740 Announc.
Allow query designer to be called in SQL view From within the property browser for a database form, you can open the query designer, to graphically design the SQL command underlying the form. ... 77492 Announc.
[RFE] UI for the FormsCheckRequiredFields data source setting For databases, there exists a per-database setting which controls whether forms check for required fields when entering data. 80930 Announc.
Connection "Microsoft Access" doesn`t work with Access 2007 (accdb) The new file format for MS Access 2007 accdb files is now also supported by the OpenOffice.org Base. When creating a new database, she can now select "MS Access 2007" as type to connect to. On the next page when opening the file dialog only the extension accdb is available. 81043 Announc. Spec


XML-Forms

Feature Description Specs/Issue
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API / programming

Feature Description Specs/Issue
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Few of the bug Fixes

Feature Description Specs/Issue
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Performance improvements

See Integrated_Performance_Improvements

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