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-=== Current Version ===+=== Archived Release Notes for NeoOffice 2015 ===
-The latest version of [[NeoOffice]] is '''[http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/download.php NeoOffice {{NeoVer}}]'''.+
-NeoOffice {{NeoVer}} requires an Intel Macintosh running OS X 10.8 - macOS 10.12.+These are archived release notes for an '''older version''' of [[NeoOffice]]. If you want to see the release notes for the '''current version''' of NeoOffice, please visit the [[NeoOffice Release Notes]].
-([[NeoOffice 3.4.1 Release Notes|NeoOffice 3.4.1]] is still available for users with Intel Macs running 10.6.8 to 10.7.5; NeoOffice 3.4.1 is not compatible with OS X 10.11 El Capitan or later.)+To '''download the the latest version''' of NeoOffice, visit the '''[http://download.neooffice.org/neojava/download.php NeoOffice Downloads]''' page.
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-You can find the MD5SUMs for current NeoOffice downloads on the [[NeoOffice MD5 Checksums]] page.+
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-''Release Notes for beta versions of NeoOffice available for testing can be found [[NeoOffice 2015 Classic Edition Beta Release Notes|here]].''+
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=== Updates === === Updates ===
-''If you want to receive announcements whenever a patch or new release of NeoOffice is available, there are several options available:''+'''2015.12''': This version fixes the following bugs:
- +* NeoOffice would crash if you started printing a document and then immediately closed the document before the print job finished.
-*''NeoOffice has built-in update checking, which by default checks for updates once a week.''+* When running NeoOffice on macOS Sierra, NeoOffice would crash when printing documents that contain EPS images.
-* ''Users can also follow [http://twitter.com/NeoOffice NeoOffice] on Twitter for update announcements.''+* NeoOffice would freeze during installation of any OpenOffice extensions that use Java AWT classes.
-'''2015.11 Classic Edition''': This version fixes the following bugs:+'''2015.11''': This version fixes the following bugs:
* NeoOffice would fail to change the fill color of a shape in a Writer document after changing the fill color in the toolbar. * NeoOffice would fail to change the fill color of a shape in a Writer document after changing the fill color in the toolbar.
* NeoOffice would sometimes crash when dragging a table within an Impress document. * NeoOffice would sometimes crash when dragging a table within an Impress document.
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* When opening a document that contains linked OLE objects, NeoOffice would fail to display the "Update all links?" dialog and would automatically reload all linked OLE objects. * When opening a document that contains linked OLE objects, NeoOffice would fail to display the "Update all links?" dialog and would automatically reload all linked OLE objects.
-'''2015.10 Classic Edition''': This version fixes the following bugs:+'''2015.10''': This version fixes the following bugs:
* When selecting a menu item while running auto-spellcheck, NeoOffice would sometimes freeze until auto-spellcheck finished spellchecking the entire document. * When selecting a menu item while running auto-spellcheck, NeoOffice would sometimes freeze until auto-spellcheck finished spellchecking the entire document.
* NeoOffice would crash or hang when opening some '''.rtf''' files that contain data that does not conform to Microsoft's Rich Text Format specification. * NeoOffice would crash or hang when opening some '''.rtf''' files that contain data that does not conform to Microsoft's Rich Text Format specification.
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* When running NeoOfice on macOS Sierra, macOS would display an internal error dialog on some computers after selecting a menu item in NeoOffice. * When running NeoOfice on macOS Sierra, macOS would display an internal error dialog on some computers after selecting a menu item in NeoOffice.
-'''2015.9 Classic Edition''': This version fixes the following bugs:+'''2015.9''': This version fixes the following bugs:
* When opening a document that contains linked images or files while in full screen mode, NeoOffice would display a modal dialog behind the full screen window and would appear to be frozen. * When opening a document that contains linked images or files while in full screen mode, NeoOffice would display a modal dialog behind the full screen window and would appear to be frozen.
* When displaying a presentation document while in full screen mode, NeoOffice would sometimes not use the whole screen and would leave an unused blank space on the screen. * When displaying a presentation document while in full screen mode, NeoOffice would sometimes not use the whole screen and would leave an unused blank space on the screen.
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* NeoOffice would leak a small amount of memory when dragging text or images. * NeoOffice would leak a small amount of memory when dragging text or images.
-'''2015.8 Classic Edition''': This version fixes the following bugs:+'''2015.8''': This version fixes the following bugs:
* NeoOffice would sometimes crash when quitting. * NeoOffice would sometimes crash when quitting.
* NeoOffice would sometimes crash when changing the shape of a poly polygon object. * NeoOffice would sometimes crash when changing the shape of a poly polygon object.
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* NeoOffice would crash when using any Java-based features with Oracle's most recent versions of Java (version 1.8.0_100 or later) * NeoOffice would crash when using any Java-based features with Oracle's most recent versions of Java (version 1.8.0_100 or later)
-'''2015.7 Classic Edition''': This version fixes the following bugs that would occur when running on macOS Sierra:+'''2015.7''': This version fixes the following bugs that would occur when running on macOS Sierra:
* NeoOffice would draw default buttons as unpressed, non-default buttons. * NeoOffice would draw default buttons as unpressed, non-default buttons.
* NeoOffice would hang when selecting the {{menu|File}} > {{menu|Browse All Versions}} menu item. * NeoOffice would hang when selecting the {{menu|File}} > {{menu|Browse All Versions}} menu item.
-'''2015.6 Classic Edition''': This version fixes the following bugs:+'''2015.6''': This version fixes the following bugs:
* NeoOffice would hang when dragging a pivot table onto a chart. * NeoOffice would hang when dragging a pivot table onto a chart.
* NeoOffice would crash when double-clicking on a cell in a pivot table. * NeoOffice would crash when double-clicking on a cell in a pivot table.
-'''2015.5 Classic Edition''': This version fixes the following bug:+'''2015.5''': This version fixes the following bug:
* When opening OpenOffice or LibreOffice documents, NeoOffice would display the wrong fonts for light and semi-bold text. For light text, NeoOffice would use the correct font but with the font's regular variant. For semi-bold text, NeoOffice would also use the correct font but with the font's bold variant. * When opening OpenOffice or LibreOffice documents, NeoOffice would display the wrong fonts for light and semi-bold text. For light text, NeoOffice would use the correct font but with the font's regular variant. For semi-bold text, NeoOffice would also use the correct font but with the font's bold variant.
-'''2015.4 Classic Edition''': This version fixes the following bugs:+'''2015.4''': This version fixes the following bugs:
* When pressing and holding a vowel key, NeoOffice would repeatedly enter the unaccented character even after OS X displayed a list of accented characters. * When pressing and holding a vowel key, NeoOffice would repeatedly enter the unaccented character even after OS X displayed a list of accented characters.
* NeoOffice would draw native progress bars significantly slower on OS X El Capitan than on older OS X versions. * NeoOffice would draw native progress bars significantly slower on OS X El Capitan than on older OS X versions.
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* When printing envelopes, NeoOffice would incorrectly rotate the envelope 90 degrees. * When printing envelopes, NeoOffice would incorrectly rotate the envelope 90 degrees.
-'''2015.3 Classic Edition''': This version fixes the following bugs:+'''2015.3''': This version fixes the following bugs:
*When exporting a document to PDF, NeoOffice would not include any characters that use the Apple Color Emoji font. *When exporting a document to PDF, NeoOffice would not include any characters that use the Apple Color Emoji font.
*In compressed and stretched horizontal text, NeoOffice would compress or stretch the text less than the text's {{prefName|Scale width}} setting. *In compressed and stretched horizontal text, NeoOffice would compress or stretch the text less than the text's {{prefName|Scale width}} setting.
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*When using an 800 x 600 or smaller monitor, NeoOffice would cut off the buttons at the bottom of tall dialogs. *When using an 800 x 600 or smaller monitor, NeoOffice would cut off the buttons at the bottom of tall dialogs.
-'''2015.2 Classic Edition''': This version fixes the following bugs:+'''2015.2''': This version fixes the following bugs:
*When running in full screen mode on OS X El Capitan, NeoOffice would display some dialogs and dropdown lists behind the current document. *When running in full screen mode on OS X El Capitan, NeoOffice would display some dialogs and dropdown lists behind the current document.
* NeoOffice would draw any text that has its {{prefName|scaling the width}} setting set to greater than 100% wider than normal. * NeoOffice would draw any text that has its {{prefName|scaling the width}} setting set to greater than 100% wider than normal.
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* NeoOffice would hang for a minute or longer when updating links in spreadsheets. * NeoOffice would hang for a minute or longer when updating links in spreadsheets.
-'''2015.1 Classic Edition''': This version fixes the following bugs:+'''2015.1''': This version fixes the following bugs:
* NeoOffice would ignore most keystrokes when typing many common Indic language words. * NeoOffice would ignore most keystrokes when typing many common Indic language words.
* Any color settings for changes in Writer documents that were set to {{prefName|By author}} or {{prefName|[None]}} would be unset when quitting NeoOffice. * Any color settings for changes in Writer documents that were set to {{prefName|By author}} or {{prefName|[None]}} would be unset when quitting NeoOffice.
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* NeoOffice would crash when rendering Indic characters using the "Arial Unicode MS" font. * NeoOffice would crash when rendering Indic characters using the "Arial Unicode MS" font.
-'''2015 Classic Edition''': This version fixes the following bugs:+'''2015''': This version fixes the following bugs:
* After starting a slide show from a presentation document that is in full screen mode, exiting the slide show would disable the OS X menubar until the presentation document was closed. * After starting a slide show from a presentation document that is in full screen mode, exiting the slide show would disable the OS X menubar until the presentation document was closed.
* When opening a document while in full screen mode that contains linked but not embedded images or OLE objects, NeoOffice would shrink the newly opened full screen mode window. * When opening a document while in full screen mode that contains linked but not embedded images or OLE objects, NeoOffice would shrink the newly opened full screen mode window.
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* NeoOffice would crash when opening certain Microsoft Word '''.doc''' documents. * NeoOffice would crash when opening certain Microsoft Word '''.doc''' documents.
-===New Features in NeoOffice 2015 Classic Edition===+===New Features in NeoOffice 2015===
-If you have not downloaded a release of NeoOffice since version 3.4.1, there are several [http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/features.php?fragment=newfeatures new features] in NeoOffice 2015 Classic Edition. Some of the most significant include:+If you have not downloaded a release of NeoOffice since version 3.4.1, there are several [http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/features.php?fragment=newfeatures new features] in NeoOffice 2015. Some of the most significant include:
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Archived Release Notes for NeoOffice 2015

These are archived release notes for an older version of NeoOffice. If you want to see the release notes for the current version of NeoOffice, please visit the NeoOffice Release Notes.

To download the the latest version of NeoOffice, visit the NeoOffice Downloads page.

Updates

2015.12: This version fixes the following bugs:

  • NeoOffice would crash if you started printing a document and then immediately closed the document before the print job finished.
  • When running NeoOffice on macOS Sierra, NeoOffice would crash when printing documents that contain EPS images.
  • NeoOffice would freeze during installation of any OpenOffice extensions that use Java AWT classes.

2015.11: This version fixes the following bugs:

  • NeoOffice would fail to change the fill color of a shape in a Writer document after changing the fill color in the toolbar.
  • NeoOffice would sometimes crash when dragging a table within an Impress document.
  • NeoOffice would sometimes crash when running a print job on OS X Yosemite.
  • NeoOffice would sometimes crash when cancelling both dialogs that appear after selecting the File > Printer Settings menu item in a Writer document.
  • When opening a document that contains linked OLE objects, NeoOffice would fail to display the "Update all links?" dialog and would automatically reload all linked OLE objects.

2015.10: This version fixes the following bugs:

  • When selecting a menu item while running auto-spellcheck, NeoOffice would sometimes freeze until auto-spellcheck finished spellchecking the entire document.
  • NeoOffice would crash or hang when opening some .rtf files that contain data that does not conform to Microsoft's Rich Text Format specification.
  • NeoOffice would take 20 - 30 minutes to open spreadsheet documents that contain thousands of unique cell styles.
  • NeoOffice would sometimes freeze when unlocking a Dropbox or iCloud document in the document's titlebar popup window.
  • When running NeoOffice on macOS Sierra, both horizontal and vertical scrolling using the trackpad was several times more sensitive than on earlier versions of OS X.
  • When running NeoOffice on macOS Sierra, NeoOffice would crash when creating a database using the Database Wizard.
  • NeoOffice would crash if you pressed the ⌘-W keys while a print dialog was displayed.
  • When running NeoOfice on macOS Sierra, macOS would display an internal error dialog on some computers after selecting a menu item in NeoOffice.

2015.9: This version fixes the following bugs:

  • When opening a document that contains linked images or files while in full screen mode, NeoOffice would display a modal dialog behind the full screen window and would appear to be frozen.
  • When displaying a presentation document while in full screen mode, NeoOffice would sometimes not use the whole screen and would leave an unused blank space on the screen.
  • When running a slideshow while in full screen mode, NeoOffice would exit full screen mode at the end of the slideshow.
  • NeoOffice would sometimes crash when selecting a menu item.
  • NeoOffice would leak a small amount of memory when dragging text or images.

2015.8: This version fixes the following bugs:

  • NeoOffice would sometimes crash when quitting.
  • NeoOffice would sometimes crash when changing the shape of a poly polygon object.

Also, NeoOffice 2015.8 Classic Edition Patch 1 fixes the following bug:

  • NeoOffice would crash when using any Java-based features with Oracle's most recent versions of Java (version 1.8.0_100 or later)

2015.7: This version fixes the following bugs that would occur when running on macOS Sierra:

  • NeoOffice would draw default buttons as unpressed, non-default buttons.
  • NeoOffice would hang when selecting the File > Browse All Versions menu item.

2015.6: This version fixes the following bugs:

  • NeoOffice would hang when dragging a pivot table onto a chart.
  • NeoOffice would crash when double-clicking on a cell in a pivot table.

2015.5: This version fixes the following bug:

  • When opening OpenOffice or LibreOffice documents, NeoOffice would display the wrong fonts for light and semi-bold text. For light text, NeoOffice would use the correct font but with the font's regular variant. For semi-bold text, NeoOffice would also use the correct font but with the font's bold variant.

2015.4: This version fixes the following bugs:

  • When pressing and holding a vowel key, NeoOffice would repeatedly enter the unaccented character even after OS X displayed a list of accented characters.
  • NeoOffice would draw native progress bars significantly slower on OS X El Capitan than on older OS X versions.
  • NeoOffice would display the Find dialog with a larger than normal height.
  • NeoOffice would hang when opening an .odb file from an icon in the OS X Dock.
  • When printing envelopes, NeoOffice would incorrectly rotate the envelope 90 degrees.

2015.3: This version fixes the following bugs:

  • When exporting a document to PDF, NeoOffice would not include any characters that use the Apple Color Emoji font.
  • In compressed and stretched horizontal text, NeoOffice would compress or stretch the text less than the text's Scale width setting.
  • In compressed and stretched vertical text, NeoOffice would compress or stretch Chinese, Japanese, and Korean characters horizontally instead of vertically.
  • In fontwork objects that have multiple lines of text, NeoOffice would draw all but the first line of text too far to the right.
  • NeoOffice would sometimes hang when opening .odb files.
  • When using an 800 x 600 or smaller monitor, NeoOffice would cut off the buttons at the bottom of tall dialogs.

2015.2: This version fixes the following bugs:

  • When running in full screen mode on OS X El Capitan, NeoOffice would display some dialogs and dropdown lists behind the current document.
  • NeoOffice would draw any text that has its scaling the width setting set to greater than 100% wider than normal.
  • NeoOffice would generate an empty mail merge if you select the From: field in the Mail Merge dialog.
  • NeoOffice would hang for a minute or longer when updating links in spreadsheets.

2015.1: This version fixes the following bugs:

  • NeoOffice would ignore most keystrokes when typing many common Indic language words.
  • Any color settings for changes in Writer documents that were set to By author or [None] would be unset when quitting NeoOffice.
  • NeoOffice would crash when opening LibreOffice HTML files that contain images.
  • NeoOffice would crash when rendering Indic characters using the "Arial Unicode MS" font.

2015: This version fixes the following bugs:

  • After starting a slide show from a presentation document that is in full screen mode, exiting the slide show would disable the OS X menubar until the presentation document was closed.
  • When opening a document while in full screen mode that contains linked but not embedded images or OLE objects, NeoOffice would shrink the newly opened full screen mode window.
  • When saving certain documents that contain embedded images or OLE objects, NeoOffice would would fail to save one or more of the embedded images or OLE objects.

This version also fixes the following bug. Special thanks go to the engineers at LibreOffice.org who identified and provided a fix for this bug:

  • NeoOffice would crash when opening certain Microsoft Word .doc documents.

New Features in NeoOffice 2015

If you have not downloaded a release of NeoOffice since version 3.4.1, there are several new features in NeoOffice 2015. Some of the most significant include:

  • NeoOffice is now a 64-bit application instead of a 32-bit application so it does not have any of issues that we found when running NeoOffice 3.4.1 on OS X El Capitan Beta.
  • NeoOffice now uses Oracle's Java SE Development Kit (JDK) so Base users can view and edit NeoOffice, OpenOffice, and LibreOffice database files without having to install Apple's obsolete version of Java.

Archived Release Notes

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