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asked 2012-12-04 16:41:34 +0200

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The characters were crisp on the Retina display with NeoOffice and OpenOffice. Then I set the main display to the external display (1920.1080). Of course, LO characters were blurry on the Retina display. But a difference appeared between OO and NO when windows were moved to the Retina display. So I made a bug report found here but running LibreOffice 7.0.3.1 in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 on my MacBook Pro 13' results in the text being blurry when running through my Retina display (doesn't happen on TB display). Anyone else seeing this? I encourage whoever is experiencing this to add their device to the bug report and CC. Hopefully, we can get this resolved soon because it makes LO very.

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2. So I made a bug report found here but running LibreOffice 7.0.3.1 in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 on my MacBook Pro 13' results in the text being blurry when running through my Retina display (doesn't happen on TB display). Anyone else seeing this?

I am using Libre Writer 3.5.6.2 with a Mac Book Pro Retina display. Text on the page starts OK and then selectively becomes blurry. Often it in on paragraph boundaries, but not always. If I scroll the text out of view and then back, the text is clear again. The line or lines where I am typing are sharp, but other lines not in my 'focus of operation' slowly become blurry.

This happens on no other programs. Where is the setting to turn this 'feature' off?

Thank you

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I have had the same kind of problem for months on Mac OS X, from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion, on a non-retina MacBook. I now know that the source of the problem is that LibreOffice and OpenOffice use the old text layout engine ATSUI instead of Core Text, but there is no real solution yet…

@CyanCG -- That's really bizarre. Why would the text become progressively worse using the old API? (sounds like some kind of redraw issue) Do you know if there's a bug filed against this problem?

I don't know if a bug has been filed and I am unfamiliar with the bug filing system. Guess I should check it out and learn how to use it, as I believe there are a number of Mac-specific issues that have not been adressed for some time and I don't know to what extent the developers are aware of them.

As for text layout getting worse over time, maybe OO/LibO in particular use it in a non-conventional way which would account for it. What I know is that there are many layout and rendering bugs (characters appearing strange, columns not showing until the cursor has been moved, badly-named fonts etc)

@CyanCG -- Thanks, it's great have someone familiar with OSX take a look at this bug. Is there a specific tag I can put on any mac-related q's so that the mac users on this site can zero-in on them quickly? I think it would great for us to be able to play to our strengths.

Bugzilla selection: fdo#36448 · fdo#44887 · fdo#56932 · maybe more onfdo#42082(Depends on:)

One of the comments on Bug 36448 states that it would be difficult to solve the issue by using the most recent text rendering API on OS X, because that would compromise OS X 10.4, 10.5 and 10.6 support. As for the OS X-specific tags to use for questions, I'd say mac, osx, macosx and macbook.

Could you please improve this text fuzziness? It's been years, after all. Other apps have solved this (NeoOffice). Please implement Core Text, or whatever it takes, to resolve this issue.

Just to clarify, this fuzziness affects non-retina Mac users as well as retina.

I didn't notice this was a problem until yesterday when I upgraded to the latest version of LibreOffice (4.3.5.2). The text, both on the page itself and in dialog boxes and such is very fuzzy compared to all the other applications running on my Mac. So if this has been fixed once it's broken again.

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[edit] Current Version

The latest version of NeoOffice is NeoOffice 2017.27.

NeoOffice 2017.27 requires an Intel or Silicon Mac running macOS 10.12 Sierra - macOS 11 Big Sur.

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(NeoOffice 2015 is still available for users with Intel Macs running OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion - macOS 10.12 Sierra; NeoOffice 2015 is not compatible with macOS 10.13 High Sierra or later.)

You can find the MD5SUMs for current NeoOffice downloads on the NeoOffice MD5 Checksums page.

[edit] Updates

If you want to receive announcements whenever a patch or new release of NeoOffice is available, there are several options available:

• NeoOffice has built-in update checking, which by default checks for updates once a week.
• Users can also follow NeoOffice on Twitter for update announcements.

2017.27: This version fixes the following bugs:

• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when opening certain .docx files.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash while editing certain Writer and Calc documents with unexpectedly null attributes.

2017.26: This version fixes the following bugs:

• NeoOffice would crash if a modal alert dialog is displayed while launching.
• NeoOffice would fail to create autorecovery files for certain password protected documents due to LibreOffice bugs #93389 and #118639.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when changing the text direction while editing a cell in a Calc document.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when connecting to the macOS Contacts possibly due to LibreOffice bug #111634.
• When running on a Mac with Retina display, NeoOffice would scale the resolution of some images with an alpha channel down to the resolution of a non-Retina display.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash due to RedHat bug #1301346.
• When pasting to a Calc sheet that is completely selected, NeoOffice would sometimes freeze due to LibreOffice bugs #60021 and #96568.

2017.25: This version fixes the following bugs:

• When running on macOS Big Sur, NeoOffice would sometimes freeze for a few seconds when clicking on the menubar or pressing menu shortcut keys.
• When 'Prefer tabs when opening documents' is set to 'Always' in the macOS System Preferences application, NeoOffice would fail to release a native tab's memory when closing the last two native tabs within a window.
• When 'Prefer tabs when opening documents' is set to 'Always' in the macOS System Preferences application, NeoOffice would sometimes move and/or resize an existing window after opening a document in a new native tab.
• NeoOffice would crash when changing the page style in certain text documents due to LibreOffice bug #107126.
• NeoOffice would crash when deleting certain combinations of spreadsheet rows and columns due to LibreOffice bug #108788.
• Certain .doc and .docx files would show blinking text when opened in NeoOffice due to LibreOffice bug #92045.

2017.24: This version fixes the following bugs:

• When running on macOS Big Sur, NeoOffice would freeze for several seconds when switching to a different document window.
• After each automatic backup of a Writer document, NeoOffice would automatically scroll back to the cursor.
• When running on macOS Big Sur, NeoOffice would fail to load many extensions that worked in earlier versions of NeoOffice.

2017.23: This version fixes the following bugs:

• When running on macOS Big Sur, NeoOffice would crash on launch.

2017.22: This version fixes the following bugs:

• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when connecting or disconnecting a display due to our fix for LibreOffice bug 85499.

2017.21: This version fixes the following bugs:

• NeoOffice windows originally opened on a non-Retina display would not display at full resolution when moved to a Retina display due to LibreOffice bug #85499.
• NeoOffice would display Reiwa era dates as Heisei era dates when using a Japanese date format.

2017.20: This version fixes the following bugs:

• NeoOffice would fail to load many extensions that worked in earlier versions of NeoOffice.
• NeoOffice would fail to print or export to PDF nested tables in Writer documents due to LibreOffice bug #88453.

2017.19: This version fixes the following bugs:

• NeoOffice would crash due to LibreOffice bugs #97879, #101821, #103063, #108123, and #113230.

2017.18: This version fixes the following bugs:

• NeoOffice would crash due to LibreOffice bugs #98868, #106131, and #104162.
• NeoOffice would crash when dragging text within a spreadsheet.
• NeoOffice would crash when closing a spreadsheet document.
• NeoOffice would crash when moving a table in a footnote in a word processing document.

2017.17: This version fixes the following bugs:

• NeoOffice would crash when saving a .docx file that contains complex tables.
• NeoOffice would not catch many common grammar errors that Apple's TextEdit application catches.
• NeoOffice would crash when executing certain macros attached to spreadsheet cells.

2017.16: This version fixes the following bugs:

• While another application was using a lot of CPU, NeoOffice would freeze for several seconds when saving some Calc documents.
• If the 'jump to the spot that's clicked' preference was selected in the System Preferences application, clicking on a scrollbar in NeoOffice would only jump to the next page.
• While running on macOS Mojave, NeoOffice would crash when switching into or out of Dark Mode while redrawing native controls.
• While running on macOS Mojave, NeoOffice would crash when closing the popover attached to a document window's titlebar.
• NeoOffice would crash due to LibreOffice bug #102233.

2017.15: This version fixes the following bugs:

• NeoOffice would crash due to LibreOffice bugs #57550 and #66496.
• NeoOffice would crash when selecting the Load Styles option in the Styles and Formatting panel in a Writer document.
• NeoOffice would crash printing a Writer document if printing comments had been enabled in the Comments section of the Printer Options dialog.
• NeoOffice would crash quitting if a database that uses Calc files for its tables was open.

2017.14: This version fixes the following bugs:

• When running in macOS Dark Mode, NeoOffice would display text in a selected tab in an inactive window as white instead of dark gray.
• NeoOffice would crash when printing certain documents in Writer.

2017.13: This version fixes the following bugs:

• When running on macOS Mojave, NeoOffice would freeze when dragging.
• NeoOffice would not display any of the Command-Option menu shortcuts that are in NeoOffice's underlying LibreOffice 4.4 code.
• When running in macOS Dark Mode, NeoOffice would display the incorrect text color while editing a comment in a Calc document that was previous saved by LibreOffice, by OpenOffice, or by NeoOffice not running in Dark Mode.

2017.12: This version fixes the following bugs:

• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when printing a lengthy document in Writer.
• NeoOffice would display the incorrect color in numerous cases when running on macOS Mojave.

2017.11: This version fixes the following bugs:

• NeoOffice would draw some native controls (such as checkboxes, radio buttons, comboboxes, and listboxes) as active when NeoOffice was not the active application when running on macOS Mojave.
• NeoOffice would use white as the background color for toolbars and popup menus instead of light gray when running on macOS Mojave.
• NeoOffice would crash due to LibreOffice bugs #94225, #103359, #103788, and #108124.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when displaying the Navigator window in Writer.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when starting a slideshow in Impress.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when opening or editing Writer documents.
• NeoOffice would leak memory due to several LibreOffice bugs.

2017.10: This version fixes the following bugs:

• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when opening and saving Impress documents.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when scrolling in a Calc document.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when quitting.
• NeoOffice would display a native save dialog that would default to saving to a .odt, .ods, or .odp file when saving .docx, .xlsx, and .pptx files.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when copying a table in a Writer document.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when building the list of available fonts for display in a popup window.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when loading a chart with the GL3D style in a Calc document.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when closing an Impress document.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when selecting the Format > Paragraph menu item in an Impress document.
• NeoOffice would fail to draw native buttons and listboxes when running on macOS Mojave.
• NeoOffice would would draw partially transparent system colors incorrectly when running on macOS Mojave.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when saving Writer documents.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when editing the page header or footer in Calc documents.
• NeoOffice would crash due to LibreOffice bug #90357.
• NeoOffice would leak memory due to several LibreOffice bugs.
• NeoOffice Professional Edition would fail to resume failed or cancelled update downloads.

2017.9: This version fixes the following bugs:

• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when pasting HTML tables into a Writer document.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when moving the cursor in a Writer document.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when clicking on a video while in a slideshow.
• NeoOffice needed three LibreOffice security patches for security vulnerabilities that affect several types of documents.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when closing a Calc document.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when Arabic text is set to full width alignment.
• NeoOffice would not display any kashida glyphs when Arabic text is set to full width alignment.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when opening SVG image files.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when selecting the Format > Page menu item.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when pasting content copied from NeoOffice.
• NeoOffice would sometimes leave thin horizontal lines in a Calc document when running on a Retina display after moving the selected cell back and forth off the right or left edges of the window.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when printing.
• NeoOffice would open a new Writer document when pressing the Command-N keys instead of opening the document type checked in the NeoOffice > Open at Launch menu.
• NeoOffice would leak memory due to several LibreOffice bugs.
• NeoOffice Professional Edition could not load Oracle's Java Development Kit (JDK) 9 or 10.

2017.8: This version fixes the following bugs:

• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when opening a word processing document.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when opening a .docx document.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when printing.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when opening HWP word processing files.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when selecting an image in a Writer document.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when loading your locale preferences.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when closing the Printer Options dialog.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when editing sections in a Writer document.
• NeoOffice would leak memory due to several LibreOffice bugs.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when repaginating a Writer document.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when saving a Writer document.

2017.7: This version fixes the following bugs:

• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when loading extensions that have been imported from older versions of NeoOffice.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when opening WPG drawing files.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when scrolling using a mouse wheel.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when dragging a table in a presentation document.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when printing.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when undoing or redoing changes in a Writer document.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when deleting a form field.
• NeoOffice needed a LibreOffice security patch for a security vulnerability that affects Calc documents.
• NeoOffice would leak memory due to several LibreOffice bugs.
• NeoOffice would crash due to LibreOffice bug #108887.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when dragging comments in a presentation document.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when opening a spreadsheet document.
• NeoOffice would not allow editing of comments in presentation documents.

2017.6: This version fixes the following bugs:

• NeoOffice would leak memory due to LibreOffice bug #88006
• NeoOffice would crash due to LibreOffice bug #71097
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when undoing or redoing changes in cells that contain comments in a Calc document
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when autosaving documents.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when opening T602 image files.
• NeoOffice would crash due to LibreOffice bug #73294.
• NeoOffice would sometimes fail to save .docx files due to LibreOffice bugs #99273 and #102479.
• NeoOffice would crash due to LibreOffice bug #108612.
• NeoOffice would not display bullets instead of spaces when the View > Non-printing Characters menu item is checked in Writer.

2017.5: This version fixes the following bugs:

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• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when copying bookmarks in a Writer document.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when a popup menu closed.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when opening a document that contains remote images.
• NeoOffice would crash due to LibreOffice bug #113591.
• NeoOffice would crash due to LibreOffice bug #92963.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when copying cells that contain comments in a Calc document.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when scrolling using a mouse wheel.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when selecting the File > Open menu item in a Writer document.

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2017.4: This version fixes the following bugs:

• NeoOffice would crash while editing Writer and Calc documents in 3 different places in NeoOffice's underlying LibreOffice 4.4 code.
• NeoOffice would crash due to RedHat bug #1409634.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when importing PDF documents.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when scrolling within a popup menu.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when editing a table in a Writer document.
• NeoOffice would crash due to LibreOffice bug #107975.

2017.3: This version fixes the following bugs:

• NeoOffice would would sometimes crash when quitting.
• NeoOffice would horizontally stretch grayscale images when exporting to PDF.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when saving JPEG images.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when entering text using some of the macOS Asian keyboard layouts.
• NeoOffice would crash when expanding a list of macros in some of the macro dialogs.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash when closing a window after dragging text or other objects within the window.
• NeoOffice would sometimes crash during execution of a timer in the application's native event dispatching thread.

2017.2: This version fixes the following bugs:

• Dragging a slide within a presentation's 'Slides' panel would fail.
• None of the buttons in the Line Spacing toolbar button's popup window could be selected.

2017.1: This version fixes the following bugs:

• If the 'Always save as' preference had been changed to .docx, .xlsx, or .pptx before upgrading to NeoOffice 2017, NeoOffice could not save files after upgrading to NeoOffice 2017.
• When exporting as PDF, NeoOffice 2017.1 would use the incorrect symbol font for bullets and other symbols in the PDF file.

[edit]New Features

This version is a new version of NeoOffice that is based on LibreOffice. While previous versions of NeoOffice were based on the OpenOffice code, NeoOffice 2017 is based on the LibreOffice 4.4 code.

We switched to the LibreOffice 4.4 code because the LibreOffice code is able to open and save Microsoft Office .docx, .xlsx, and .pptx documents with fewer errors than the OpenOffice code.

[edit] Archived Release Notes