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LibreOffice 7.0: Release Notes

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Writer

  • Actually not limited to lists; e.g., page numbering may also use padding (ODT only).
  • Padded numbering in Writer
    Padded numbering in Writer
  • Bookmarks and Fields can now be protected to prevent accidental changes to them (See Tools ▸ Protect Document) (Katarina Behrens, Michael Stahl, Samuel Mehrbrodt; CIB)
  • Fix in Mail merge: progress is not updated during export of many files (Serge Krot, CIB) tdf#133270
  • Improved rotated text handling in Writer's table rows with automatic height. More info in this blog post (Miklos Vajna, Collabora)
  • Implemented support for semi-transparent text in Writer. More info in this blog post (Miklos Vajna, Collabora)
  • Semi-transparent text in Writer
    Semi-transparent text in Writer
  • Bookmarks can now be displayed in-line in the text, controlled by Standard Toolbar ▸ Toggle Formatting Marks and Tools ▸ Options... ▸ LibreOffice Writer ▸ Formatting Aids ▸ Bookmarks (Michael Stahl, CIB) tdf#45589 4ce8120f1 04405edc3
  • Bookmark positions in the text
    Bookmark positions in the text
  • Empty input fields were completely invisible and now they are highlighted with grey background too (Serge Krot, CIB) tdf#101830
  • An option added to create encrypted PDF files with mail merge (Gülşah Köse, Collabora) 983db96a
  • Hidden paragraphs are no longer shown by default, to match the print layout (Samuel Mehrbrodt, CIB) ac14ed9f26582701032a28cb424f2b6bf35ca7fd

Navigator

Writer's Navigator got many improvements by Jim Raykowski:

  • Navigator's categories are gray if they don't have any items (the same for Calc's Navigator) tdf#129625
  • All objects in Navigator (Headings, Tables, Frames, Images, etc.) have own context menu items like Go To, Edit, Delete, Rename tdf#128814
  • Headings in Navigator have Promote/Demote level and Promote/Demote chapter context menu items tdf#128814
  • Table's context menu in Navigator now has Insert caption item tdf#128814
  • Added Outline tracking for Headings in Navigator. It can be in three states: Default, Focus, Off. Try clicking with your mouse in several places in your big text document with many headings. You'll see that Headings in Navigator will be selected automatically according to text cursor position tdf#108766
  • Replaced the navigation toolbox with the navigate by elements control tdf#89566
  • Added Navigator section tooltip word and character count tdf#63967