NeoOffice 2.2.4 Release Notes

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Current Version

The latest version of NeoOffice is: 2.2.4.

NeoOffice 2.2.4 requires a PPC Macintosh running Mac OS X 10.3.9, 10.4.11, or 10.5.4, or an Intel Macintosh running Mac OS X 10.4.11 or 10.5.4. Some Aqua features will appear differently depending on your version of Mac OS X.

You can find the MD5SUMs for current NeoOffice downloads (main binary, language packs, and patches) on the NeoOffice MD5 Checksums page.

Patches

If you want to receive announcements whenever a patch or new release of NeoOffice is available, subscribe to the NeoJUpdate mailing list. To subscribe to the NeoJUpdate mailing list, send an e-mail to neojupdate-subscribe@heapsys.com.

If you prefer feeds to email, there is now an RSS feed for patch announcements.

Current Patch

2.2.4 Patch-17 is now available.

The new changes included in this patch are listed below:

  • Fixed a bug that caused background images to be rendered as black rectangles when exporting to image
  • Fixed a problem where EPS images were not rendered when running slideshows
  • Fixed an issue where light transparent objects appear dark when running slideshows
  • Fixed a bug that caused the last character to be clipped when typing in Calc header dialog
  • Fixed a bug that could allow document-modal dialogs to lose focus

Note: 2.2.4 Patch-17 requires a full installation of NeoOffice 2.2.4 or NeoOffice 2.2.3 with NeoOffice 2.2.4 Patch 0 and will not install on any version of NeoOffice 2.2.2. Patch-17 includes all fixes and additions of previous patches.

Older Patches

2.2.4 Patch-4: The new changes included in this patch are listed below:

  • Significant (up to 33%) performance improvements in presentation slideshows
  • Fixed a bug where File or other menus were displayed when launching NeoOffice with the "nodefault" option
  • Fixed a crash that could happen at startup when the home folder is on a remote volume

2.2.4 Patch-3: The new changes included in this patch are listed below:

2.2.4 Patch-2: The new changes included in this patch are listed below:

  • Fixed an issue where pressing Command-' set the focus to the wrong window
  • Fixed an issue where the active cursor jumped to the floating toolbar when the cursor was moved to tables or lists
  • Fixed an issue where the default Arabic font rendered incorrectly in Calc

2.2.4 Patch-1: The new changes included in this patch are listed below:

  • Fixed an issue where clipping of background images failed when printing
  • Fixed a problem where Fontwork was missing or banded when printing
  • Fixed possible crashes at startup or when editing a form in Base due to preferences corruption

2.2.4 Patch-0: The new changes included in this patch are listed below:

  • Fixed the font used for user interface text when using the Japanese UI.

New Features in NeoOffice 2.2.4

If you have not downloaded a release of NeoOffice since version 2.2.3, there are several new features in NeoOffice 2.2.4. Some of the most significant include:

  • Media Browser for accessing media from iLife applications (Mac OS X 10.4 and higher)
  • Native floating palettes (Mac OS X 10.4 and higher)
  • Support for horizontal scrolling
  • Support for zoom and page up/down on multi-touch trackpads

Archived Release Notes


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