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Page: AOO 3.4 Release Notes (https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OO=
OUSERS/AOO+3.4+Release+Notes)


Edited by Armin Le Grand:
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h2. General Remarks
h2. New Features

h3. Support for Line Cap Property
Now you can add a cap to the ends of a line. Such caps are not only known i=
n the ODF1.2 standard but in HTLM5 and SVG too. Also other Office Sites pro=
vide caps in different styles to be added to thick lines.

Three styles exist
* without a cap, called 'Butt' in programming and 'Flat' in UI (as in MS Of=
fice)
* with a round cap, called 'Round'
* with a rectangle cap, called 'Square'
The property value 'Flat' corresponds to the old behavior and is now the de=
fault.

!LineCap_PureLines.png!

The caps are added to the lines, so that the total length of the lines incr=
eases with two-times a half line width.

Select the value from a drop-down-list in the line property dialog, just be=
side the settings for corner style. The new property is only available in c=
ontexts, where the corner style is active too.

!LineCap_Dialog.png!

If a line is dashed, the single dashes get caps too. Hereby a dot is treate=
d as dash. You can style not only pure lines and curves, but the border of =
graphic objects as well.

!LineCap_BorderlineDotted.png! !LineCap_CurveDashed.png!
=09
The next example shows the new property applied to a connector. Left side w=
ithout cap, in the middle with 'round' cap, and on the right side with 'squ=
are' cap.

!LineCap_CapOnConnectors.png!

The caps are available for 3D-objects too, when you turn on lines and make =
them thick. The example shows lines, which are styled to look =E2=80=9Cdott=
ed=E2=80=9D.

!LineCap_SphereDotted.png! and a zoom=E2=80=A6 !LineCap_SphereZoom.png!

Linecaps defined in svg-graphics are supported, so that those graphics look=
 like in modern browsers.

h3. ODF 1.2 support
cryptography: ODF 1.2 supports BlowFish encryption and SHA1 hashes

h3. Better UI Defaults for Draw and Impress
[http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/BetterDefaults_BulletsColorsShort=
cuts_workout Better Bullet UI]
[http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Specification_BetterDefaults_Grid=
handling#Detailed_Specification Better Grid Handling UI]

h3. ODF Formula learns new Conditional Functions
Support conditional functions COUNTIFS, SUMIFS, AVERAGEIF and AVERAGEIFS

h3. Chart now supports Time Axis

h3. Dynamic Resolution for Exported Images
When exporting images the resolution can be adjusted

h3. PDF File Size Reduction
PDFs containing monochrome bitmaps are smaller now

h3. DataPilot has been extended
The DataPilot is no longer limited in the number of fields for page/column/=
row/data

h3. Improved CSV export
Better interoperability with other applications supporting the import of CS=
V (Comma Separated Values) files as the style for exporting strings is now =
configurable

h3. Improved Printing on Unix
Printing via PDF (if the system supports it) allows object transparency to =
be handled directly by the printer subsystem

h3. Support for shear transformations for GraphicObjects
GraphicObjects which get created when inserting graphics in Draw/Impress an=
d Calc support now not only rotation but also shear, slant and distort. The=
 visualization during interactions got improved, also the break for vector-=
based GraphicObjects to draw objects was improved. Writer has it's own Grap=
hicObjects, the ones from the other applications can be copied to it as wor=
karound.

h3. Support for attributes and transformations for OLEObjects
OLEObjects (OLE is for Object Linking and Embedding) in Draw/Impress and Ca=
lc support now all draw attributes and geometrical transformations. They ca=
n have line style, fill style, shadow and text. They support all kinds of t=
ransformations, e.g. rotations and shear. This is handy for e.g. having a m=
athematical formula shown rotated by 90 degrees or adding a border to a cha=
rt. Break to draw objects is also enhanced.

h3. Enhanced crop support for GraphicalObjects
Crop for GraphicObjects now works correctly together with horizontal and/or=
 vertical mirroring in all applications.

h3. Support for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
Svg is now supported as content for GraphicObjects in all applications. The=
 new implemented generic Svg interpreter supports Svg format 1.1. The geome=
tric content is internally processed as vector data in all usages, e.g. PDF=
 export and printing, which guarantees good visualization quality. Svg grap=
hics can be broken to draw objects and be processed further.

h3. Support for MultiImage in ODF
For Svg support it was necessary to allow multiple images to be present in =
the ODF file format, e.g. a pixel graphic and the original Svg is written i=
n case of a GraphicObject with Svg content. This allows to stay compatible =
with other and older ODF supporting applications.

h3. Enhanced chart visualisation
The visualization quality of charts has been enhanced by using a new mechan=
ism for more direct visualisation. This increases speed, reduces memory usa=
ge and enhances chart visualisation in all visualisations, including PDF ex=
port and printing.


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