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Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 10:17 pm Post subject: Patch and Release Announcements
Welcome to NeoOffice! This topic will be updated with notes on each patch and major release of the NeoOffice application. As we are continually fixing bugs users find in NeoOffice, it is strongly recommended that you install the latest patch to ensure you get all bug fixes for NeoOffice.
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NeoOffice 2.2.2 contains all of the following features that were introduced in NeoOffice 2.2.1:
- Support for the native Mac OS X spellchecker
- Support for the native Mac OS X address book
- Support for high resolution printing
- Opening, editing, and saving of most Microsoft Office 2007 Word,
Excel, and PowerPoint documents
In addition, NeoOffice 2.2.2 contains many performance improvements and bug fixes including:
- Faster text layout, kerning, and drawing
- More compact print output
- Faster, less CPU-intensive drawing of Aqua controls
Below is a list of the bugs that we fixed in NeoOffice 2.2.2:
2603 - Horizontal scroll bar / resize box conflict
2606 - Crash on Closing Query in Design View
2610 - Cannot print GIFs in documents
2613 - Color .jpg images in CMYK now show up with inverted colors
2617 - Printing in NeoOffice Calc with word wrap and bold
2618 - Scaling mode does not work in Calc
2620 - Hanging on machine with OpenOffice.org 1.1.x
2621 - Calc extraordinarily slow
2627 - Freeze on start on machine with OpenOffice.org 1.1.x
2628 - Unable to save spredsheets as .xlsx with Calc
2629 - Font ligature rendering bug in NeoOffice >=2.x
2631 - Neooffice returns wrong GuiType in Basic
2639 - "Could not create backup copy" error
2642 - Excessive Flickering in Customize Toolbar Window
2645 - Cannot use Thunderbird address book
2647 - Cannott print full document with test patch 11
2650 - Patch and language pack installer's fail with Leopard build 9A559
2652 - Offset autospell check underlining
2657 - Crashes on 10.3.9 when creating new Impress from Template
2658 - Will not print underline or Calc lines
In addition, we are pleased to announce the release of RetroOffice 2.2.2.
RetroOffice is an X11 application based on OpenOffice.org that has integrated many of the native Mac OS X features from NeoOffice. For those interested in an X11 application like RetroOffice, please visit the RetroOffice home page at the following URL:
Please note that since NeoOffice is developed by volunteers and tested by
users, we expect that users will find crashing or other serious bugs. We
strongly recommend that you save your work frequently so that if you
encounter a crashing bug, you will not lose much data. If you feel that
you need software that has been heavily tested, we recommend that you use a commercially-supported product like Microsoft Office or Apple iWork.
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Since we released NeoOffice 2.2.2 a month ago, we have been busily fixing any significant bugs reported by users and so we have just released NeoOffice 2.2.2 Patch 1.
Below is a list of the bugs that we fixed in NeoOffice 2.2.2 Patch 1:
2497 - MathType objects created on Windows not rendered correctly
2499 - Save as Word 97 crashes with large documents
2504 - Error saving a new file to iDisk
2661 - MathType objects created on Mac not rendered correctly
2663 - Crashes when trying to save .xlsx document as .xls
2669 - Hangs when opening spreadsheet
2670 - Crash on Remove Autofilter
2671 - Visible buttons view on Formatting Toolbar scrolling option lost
2673 - Large grouping symbols in formulas print distorted
2674 - Certain documents print incompletely or fail to print entirely
2682 - Spacing incorrect between normal and some bold text in PDF export
2683 - Radio buttons in Position/Size dialogue distorted
2686 - Spellchecker fallback does not fallback to OpenOffice.org dictionaries
2691 - "Optima Regular" font is changed to Bold
2692 - Some Impress forms display invisible borders
2697 - Unable to connect to database when using an .odb file
2702 - Start NeoOffice on Leopard with a Chinese input method will use wrong input method
2710 - Bullets will not display after upgrading to Leopard
Below is a list of the bugs that we fixed in RetroOffice 2.2.2 Patch 1:
2504 - Error saving a new file to iDisk
2663 - Crashes when trying to save .xlsx document as .xls
2670 - Crash on Remove Autofilter
2686 - Spellchecker fallback does not fallback to OpenOffice.org dictionaries
2697 - Unable to connect to database when using an .odb file
Please note that since NeoOffice is tested by the NeoOffice user community, it may still have some undiscovered bugs that may cause NeoOffice to crash. If you feel that you need software that has been heavily tested, we recommend that you use a commercially-supported product like Microsoft Office or Apple iWork.
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Immediately after we released NeoOffice 2.2.2 Patch 1 last week, our users found several bugs that occur when NeoOffice is run on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. Additionally, two significant bugs were found in Patch 1 that
caused problems for users who have mathematical formulae or certain types of images in their documents.
Although these bugs only affect a small percentage of users, they were significant bugs so we put all of our effort into fixing them and have released our fixes in NeoOffice 2.2.2 Patch 2.
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Below is a list of the bugs that we fixed in NeoOffice 2.2.2 Patch 2:
2711 - NeoOffice documents do not preview in Leopard Finder's Cover View
2722 - NeoOffice freezing on startup
2724 - Export creates corrupt PNG files
2726 - Cannot print embedded EPS files in Writer
2728 - Javascript (Rhino) debugger does not start
2733 - After rebooting Leopard, quit and relaunch is required to display some math symbols
2741 - Crash after clicking the Promote One Level button in Writer
2744 - Docked documents cannot be opened
Below is a list of the bugs that we fixed in RetroOffice 2.2.2 Patch 2:
2711 - NeoOffice documents do not preview in Leopard Finder's Cover View
2728 - Javascript (Rhino) debugger does not start
Please note that since NeoOffice is tested by the NeoOffice user community, it may still have some undiscovered bugs that may cause NeoOffice to crash. If you feel that you need software that has been heavily tested, we recommend that you use a commercially-supported product like Microsoft Office or Apple iWork.
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Since our last patch was released, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard users have found a few more bugs on Leopard. Also, we have seen a large increase in new Mac OS X 10.3.9 Panther users who have also found some bugs on Panther. We have fixed these bugs as well as all of the critical bugs that have been reported to date and we have released these fixes in NeoOffice 2.2.2 Patch 3.
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Below is a list of the bugs that we fixed in NeoOffice 2.2.2 Patch 3:
2677 - Frequent crash during save / autosave
2678 - Unchecking "show changes" causes hang
2698 - Shortcut for non breaking hyphen does not work with German keyboard
2731 - Trackpad tap-click in Apple menubar glitch
2740 - Font problem
2752 - Crash on opening Mac OS X address book data source
2753 - Printing problem when printing HTML source
2755 - Cannot print again after initial print command on Panther
2757 - Arabic glyphs will not render when using an OpenType font
2763 - Selecting with numbers while using Simplified Chinese input method editor hangs NeoOffice
2764 - Wrong space between symbols
2769 - Floating toolbar position not saved on Leopard
2770 - Crashing when accessing MySQL database on Leopard
2772 - Uncommon layout of punctuation marks in Japanese text with Western fonts
2773 - New file popup menu displayed on wrong monitor
2777 - Cannot set printer scaling using File :: Printer Settings menu
Below is a list of the bugs that we fixed in RetroOffice 2.2.2 Patch 3:
2677 - Frequent crash during save / autosave
2678 - Unchecking "show changes" causes hang
2752 - Crash on opening Mac OS X address book data source
2770 - Crashing when accessing MySQL database on Leopard
Please note that since NeoOffice is tested by the NeoOffice user community, it may still have some undiscovered bugs that may cause NeoOffice to crash. If you feel that you need software that has been heavily tested, we recommend that you use a commercially-supported product like Microsoft Office or Apple iWork.
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Since our last patch was released, we have been hard at work adding the following improvements to NeoOffice and we have released these improvements in NeoOffice 2.2.2 Patch 4:
- Improved Microsoft 2007 file handling
- Improved Asian text input and layout
- Closed a security hole in NeoOffice Base's underlying HSQLDB database engine
Below is a list of the bugs that we fixed in NeoOffice 2.2.2 Patch 4:
2196 - Multi-byte spaces cannot be typed
2677 - Frequent crash during save / autosave
2752 - Crash on opening Mac OS X address book data source
2668 - Changing the corner radius rectangle in Draw disabled
2783 - Character disappears when type arrow key
2789 - Dialogue Boxes on Dual Monitors
2793 - OpenOffice.org plugs Base security vulnerability
2794 - Upgrade to odf-converter version 1.1
2795 - A semicolon is entered unexpectedly in switching the input method
2802 - Command-D doesn't trigger cell content validity dropdown in English version
Below is a list of the bugs that we fixed in RetroOffice 2.2.2 Patch 4:
2668 - Changing the corner radius rectangle in Draw disabled
2677 - Frequent crash during save / autosave
2752 - Crash on opening Mac OS X address book data source
2793 - OpenOffice.org plugs Base security vulnerability
2794 - Upgrade to odf-converter version 1.1
2802 - Command-D doesn't trigger cell content validity dropdown in English version
Please note that since NeoOffice is tested by the NeoOffice user community, it may still have some undiscovered bugs that may cause NeoOffice to crash. If you feel that you need software that has been heavily tested, we recommend that you use a commercially-supported product like Microsoft Office or Apple iWork.
Unfortunately, after we released NeoOffice 2.2.2 Patch 4 a few days ago, a few of our users found that the updated HSQLDB code that closed a security hole in NeoOffice Base did not run on Mac OS X 10.3.9 Panther. Fortunately, Panther support was easily restored by recompiling HSQLDB with a version of Java that is common to all versions of Mac OS X so we have released NeoOffice 2.2.2 Patch 5.
In addition, we have expanded our Asian text input and layout enhancements to include Chinese, Japanese, and Korean punctuation. The previous patch only included support for spaces.
Below is a list of the bugs that we fixed in NeoOffice 2.2.2 Patch 5:
2196 - Multi-byte punctuation cannot be typed
2808 - Table of Contents gets corrupted when saved in Word format
2810 - Crash when selecting OS X Address Book
2812 - Problem opening .odb files on Panther
2813 - Kerning issues when using Export to PDF
Below is a list of the bugs that we fixed in RetroOffice 2.2.2 Patch 5:
2808 - Table of Contents gets corrupted when saved in Word format
2810 - Crash when selecting OS X Address Book
2812 - Problem opening .odb files on Panther
Please note that since NeoOffice is tested by the NeoOffice user community, it may still have some undiscovered bugs that may cause NeoOffice to crash. If you feel that you need software that has been heavily tested, we recommend that you use a commercially-supported product like Microsoft Office or Apple iWork.
Earlier this week we released NeoOffice 2.2.2 Patch 5 with some Asian text input and layout changes that were intended to better handle input and layout of full-width Chinese, Japanese, and Korean spaces, punctuation, and numbers.
While these changes were implemented to work around some Apple Java input method bugs, the initial feedback we have seen is that roughly half like the new Asian text features but half find the features to be difficult to work with.
Since we have found that the new Asian text features can cause difficulty for some users, we decided that the safest course of action was to remove the new Asian text features and release NeoOffice 2.2.2 Patch 6.
Please note that since NeoOffice is tested by the NeoOffice user
community, it may still have some undiscovered bugs that may cause
NeoOffice to crash. If you feel that you need software that has been
heavily tested, we recommend that you use a commercially-supported
product like Microsoft Office or Apple iWork.
Since our last patch was released, we have been continued to fix any severe bugs that have been reported by our users. In addition to several small bug fixes, we have fixed the following three issues that have affected a large number of NeoOffice users for quite some time and we have released these fixes in NeoOffice 2.2.2 Patch 7:
- Incorrect line spacing
- Misrendering of font ligatures when font style changes in the middle of a ligature
- Incorrect printer settings when printing with some printers
Warning: the first two fixes may affect layout of your documents so if positioning of text or images in your document is critical, we highly recommend reading the following NeoWiki article before you install the patch:
Below is a list of the bugs that we fixed in NeoOffice 2.2.2 Patch 7:
2823 - Impress crash when adding pictures
2828 - Impress Page background not exported
2841 - Arabic medial characters rendered as final characters when color is changed
2846 - Some print dialog settings not respected when printing
2847 - Incorrect pagination
2848 - Crashes when importing PNG file
2854 - Crashes on startup
2865 - Crashes when adding hyperlink on Leopard
Please note that since NeoOffice is tested by the NeoOffice user community, it may still have some undiscovered bugs that may cause NeoOffice to crash. If you feel that you need software that has been heavily tested, we recommend that you use a commercially-supported product like Microsoft Office or Apple iWork.
Two days ago we released NeoOffice 2.2.2 Patch 7 with some fixes for
several printing bugs. Unfortunately, while that patch did fix the
intended printing bugs, our bug fixes caused two very old Java printing
bugs to reappear. Since Patch 7 has only been out a very short time and
the printing bugs that reappeared are very annoying to those that print
frequently, we have restored our fixes for the following bugs that
reappeared and have released Patch 8:
- Printing will always print only 1 uncollated copy
- Printing will always go to the default printer
Please note that since NeoOffice is tested by the NeoOffice user
community, it may still have some undiscovered bugs that may cause
NeoOffice to crash. If you feel that you need software that has been
heavily tested, we recommend that you use a commercially-supported
product like Microsoft Office or Apple iWork.
As part of our ongoing efforts to continually improve NeoOffice, we have added the ability to import images from scanners and cameras and we have included this new feature in NeoOffice 2.2.2 Patch 9. Details about this new feature are available in the following NeoWiki article:
Also, we would like announce our plan to release NeoOffice 2.2.3 in the first half of March 2008. If you want to help test the new QuickTime video support and other new features for the NeoOffice 2.2.3 release, please visit the following NeoWiki article for links to the most current test patch and discussion forum topics:
Below is a list of the bugs that we fixed in NeoOffice 2.2.2 Patch 9:
2881 - Cardo Font not displaying correctly in Hebrew and English
2882 - MS PowerPoint images not accurately rendered
2886 - Conflicting info about non-breaking-spaces menu shortcut
2889 - Patch 8 changes Hebrew and Arabic digits into characters
2892 - Logo image no longer prints correctly
2900 - Unable to print on a non default printer on Panther
If you have any support questions, please visit the NeoWiki or post a question in the NeoOffice Support forum:
Please note that since NeoOffice is tested by the NeoOffice user community, it may still have some undiscovered bugs that may cause NeoOffice to crash. If you feel that you need software that has been heavily tested, we recommend that you use a commercially-supported product like Microsoft Office or Apple iWork.
Unfortunately, one of our volunteer testers found a bug in Patch 9 shortly after it was released. The bug - which causes a Calc window to be hidden after inserting a new chart - occurs due to a typographical error. As a result of this typo, we did not correctly disable one of the new features that is in development for NeoOffice 2.2.3.
Although this bug would only affect a small percentage of NeoOffice users, Patch 9 has only been out for a few hours so we have correctly disabled the development code and released Patch 10.
Patch 10 can be downloaded from the following URL:
If you are helping test the NeoOffice 2.2.3 new features, you do not need to install Patch 10 but we do recommend that you download the latest Patch 10 test patch from the testing forum topics listed in the following NeoWiki article:
We really do not like to inconvenience our users by releasing a new patch so soon after our last patch, but after we released Patch 10 we noticed a sudden increase in the number of users experiencing crashes due to system hacks on their machine. We really hate crashing bugs no matter the cause and since it appears that the number of machines with system hacks is increasing, we have released Patch 11 as it contains a change that protects NeoOffice from crashing on machines that have certain system hacks installed.
Patch 11 can be downloaded from the following URL:
For those that are curious, we found that the system hacks causing these recent crashes do some GUI initialization steps earlier than NeoOffice's code does and these system hacks do such initialization steps on the wrong thread. Using the wrong thread causes certain Mac OS X functions to behave very differently than expected and this causes large multi-threaded applications like NeoOffice to eventually crash. Fortunately, we were able to protect NeoOffice from these system hacks by moving our GUI initialization code earlier in the startup process before the system hacks invoke their own code.
Also, we are still on track to release NeoOffice 2.2.3 in the first half
of March 2008 so if you want to help test the new QuickTime video support
and other new features for the NeoOffice 2.2.3 release, please visit the
following NeoWiki article for links to the most current test patch and
discussion forum topics:
Below is a list of the bugs that we fixed in NeoOffice 2.2.2 Patch 11:
2907 - Splashscreen appears on wrong screen when secondary screen
is to the left of the primary screen
2908 - Can only print to default printer on Mac OS X 10.4.x and higher
2912 - NeoOffice crashes at start with SaftLoader and 1PasswdIM
system hacks
If you have any support questions, please visit the NeoWiki
or post a question in the NeoOffice Support forum:
Please note that since NeoOffice is tested by the NeoOffice user
community, it may still have some undiscovered bugs that may cause
NeoOffice to crash. If you feel that you need software that has been
heavily tested, we recommend that you use a commercially-supported
product like Microsoft Office or Apple iWork.
NeoOffice 2.2.3 includes all of the features in OpenOffice.org 2.2.1 and includes many of the features that Microsoft Office 2008 includes. Key features in NeoOffice 2.2.3 are listed below:
* Handles Most Microsoft Office 2007 Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Files
* Handles Most Excel VBA Macros
* QuickTime video support (Mac OS X 10.4.x and higher only)
* Menus available when no documents are open
* Import images from scanners and cameras
* Command-clicking on window titlebar
* Mac OS X Leopard grammar checking support (Mac OS X 10.5.x only)
Please visit the following URL for details about each of these key features:
In addition, we are pleased to announce the release of RetroOffice 2.2.3. RetroOffice is an X11 application based on OpenOffice.org that has integrated many of the native Mac OS X features from NeoOffice. For those interested in an X11 application like RetroOffice, please visit
the RetroOffice home page at the following URL:
Since we released NeoOffice 2.2.3 a week ago, we have been busily fixing any significant bugs reported by users and so we have released NeoOffice 2.2.3 Patch 1.
NeoOffice 2.2.3 Patch 1 can be downloaded from the following URL:
Please note that since NeoOffice is tested by the NeoOffice user community, it may still have some undiscovered bugs that may cause NeoOffice to crash. If you feel that you need software that has been heavily tested, we recommend that you use a commercially-supported product like Microsoft Office or Apple iWork.
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