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Release Notes for Apache OpenOffice 4.2.0

Translations:  Dutch (nl) | German (de) | French (fr)


General Remarks


Improvements/Enhancements

  • Bug Fixes
  • Update for the English dictionaries

Bug Fixes

Highlighted Improvements/Enhancements


For a complete overview of all resolved issues please see the list in Bugzilla.

Language Support

Updated translations

There are no new or updated Languages

Updated Dictionaries

English (en-GB)


For a complete list of available languages and language packs see the download webpage (click the language drop-down-box).

Platform Support

Binaries are still provided for the same platforms as for the previous OpenOffice 4.x releases:

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux 32-bit (RPM and DEB)
  • Linux 64-bit (RPM and DEB)

Known Issues

For macOS users

  • Apache OpenOffice 4.1.6 will be flagged by the Gatekeeper facility in macOS. This is a feature to help guard against malware on macOS systems.
    • For OS X up to 10.11 "El Capitan": There is a procedure laid out at the following link to allow applications not installed from the Mac App store to run. See the Mac support article.
    • For macOS 10.12 "Sierra": In Finder, Control-click or right click the icon of the app. Select Open from the top of contextual menu that appears. Click Open in the dialog box. If prompted, enter an administrator name and password. This is needed just the first time you launch Apache OpenOffice.
    • Due to a known bug in Oracle Java installations of Apache OpenOffice on macOS that do not have the legacy Apple Java 6 installed will not be able to recognize Oracle Java 7 and 8. If not able to upgrade to Java 9 than install the legacy version of Apple Java from the following link: Legacy Apple Java 6. This will allow the portions of AOO that require Java to run properly.

For Windows Users

  • Apache OpenOffice 4.1.6 supports Java 8, which is the recommended configuration; but (especially on 64-bit Windows) you might receive warnings about the Java version being defective. In that case, download and install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package.

For Developers

  • The OpenOffice SDK won't build with Java 8. Either build with --disable-odk or see the dev list archives for possible solutions.

Installation Information

Installation instructions can be found at: https://www.openoffice.org/download/common/instructions.html

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