Howdy, Kind of late here but if that hasn't been used yet I think the Base changes for 6.1, changed.
So this section Base isn't how 6.1 will release; "In Base, the embedded Firebird engine is now available by default. Embedded HSQLDB is deprecated, although it's still available in this release, and a migration assistant helps you to switch between the two engines." and is rather actually this and one suggestion for a way to say it: "In Base, an automated migration assistant is added to the experimental embedded Firebird support. Both features are planned as default with the 6.2 release early next year and as a first step to deprecating embedded HSQL support." Best wishes, Drew On Mon, Jul 9, 2018 at 4:43 AM Mike Saunders < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > So I'm working on a video to showcase the new features in the upcoming > release. The draft script is below -- all feedback welcome! This time, > I'll put credits (ie who created the new features) directly alongside > them in the video, rather than at the end... > > > LibreOffice 6.1 introduces many powerful new features, and improves > existing ones. > > > General > > A new icon theme, Colibre, has been added and is the default on Windows. > > Image handling has been improved, so documents with many images will > load and display more smoothly. > [https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Doc-image-lazy-load-perf.png] > > It's now possible to sign ODF documents with ECDSA keys on Linux and > macOS. [Lock] > > For shapes and backgrounds, a new set of fill gradients is now available > [https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Gradients-61.png], while the > background images dialog has been redesigned to be easier to use. > > The online help system has been extended with example files, to help you > see how features in the suite work. > [https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Collateral_files.png] > > It's now even easier to customize toolbars and menus, thanks to the new > gear button in the Customize dialog. > [https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Gear-Menu-on-Custom-Menu.png] > > The experimental Notebookbar user interface design has been updated with > better layouts and icons. > > And thanks to our worldwide community, the user interface has been > translated into additional languages, while dictionaries and > auto-correct tools have been improved for many languages as well > [spinning world] > > > Writer > > In the header and footer menus, new options let you quickly add page > numbers and page counts. > [ > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:LO_Writer_Insert_page_options_in_drop-down_menu_of_Header.png > ] > > The EPUB export feature has been improved, and gives you more options > for customising metadata. > [https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Epub-improved-metadata.png] > > It's now possible to generate a signature line using Insert > Signature > Line. [https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Gen-sig-line.png] > > New chapter numbering styles, which spell out cardinal and ordinal > numbers, are now available. > [https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Spelloutnumberingstyles.png] > > Finally, performance when converting documents to XHTML has been greatly > improved. [https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Odt-xhtml-perf.png] > > > Calc > > In Calc, the word processor, images that are anchored to cells can now > be sorted. [https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Calc-image-sort.gif] > > In addition, there are now three anchor types: to a cell, as usual; to a > cell with resizing when the cell size changes; and to a page. > > The options dialog lets you customise cell highlight colours. > [https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Colors2.png] > > When you're merging cells, the dialog box now shows a graphical > depiction of the process in advance. > [https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:MergeCells.png] > > When linking a sheet to external data, CSV files can now be used as data > sources. > > Parallel formula compiling on the CPU is now supported, for a > significant performance boost. > [https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Calc-cpu-threading.png] > > > Impress, Draw and Base > > New drawing styles have been added, while existing ones have been > cleaned up. [https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:DrawingStyles.png] > > The menu in Draw was reorganised to be more intuitive, and a new Page > menu was added. > > In Base, the embedded Firebird engine is now available by default. > Embedded HSQLDB is deprecated, although it's still available in this > release, and a migration assistant helps you to switch between the two > engines. > > > LibreOffice Online > > In LibreOffice Online, the cloud-based version of the suite, many new > dialog boxes have been added, including spelling and grammar > [https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:SpellingDialog.png], cell > formatting > [https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:FormatCellDialog.png], and > area fill [https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:AreaDialog.png]. > > In Calc, it's now possible to collapse or expand any group of columns or > rows with a simple click. > [ > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Collabora-Online-Calc-Grouping-01.png > ] > > Finally, performance and security has been improved as well, making > LibreOffice Online a great complement to the desktop version of the suite. > > > But there's more to come - help us with LibreOffice 6.2! > > We're already working on the next release - join our worldwide > community, help to add and test new features - they're made by people > like you! etc. > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
