diff --git a/ROADMAP.md b/ROADMAP.md index ba4fef30ed..3eb7a1deec 100644 --- a/ROADMAP.md +++ b/ROADMAP.md @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ **Stage: alpha** · next: beta, ~15 points (60% → 75% ready for real work) and ~150–230 h away -> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-11-01 · **Change:** trivial (progress log: ODT at ~90%); previously trivial (progress log: ODT read and written nearly whole); previously trivial (progress log: ODT text boxes); previously trivial (progress log: ODT layout settings); previously trivial (progress log: ODT character styles); previously trivial (progress log: ODT custom styles); previously trivial (progress log: ODT equations saved); previously trivial (progress log: ODT floating pictures); previously trivial (progress log: ODT paragraph borders); previously trivial (progress log: ODT heading numbering); previously trivial (progress log: ODT table borders); previously trivial (progress log: ODT heading styles); previously trivial (progress log: ODT tab stops); previously trivial (progress log: ODT character formatting); previously trivial (progress log: ODT lists); previously trivial (progress log: ODT comments); previously trivial (progress log: ODT footnotes and endnotes); previously trivial (progress log: ODT headers, footers and fields); previously trivial (progress log: ODT paragraph spacing); previously trivial (progress log: a paragraph naming an undefined style is formatted as Normal, #5077); previously trivial (progress log: TOC page numbers as PAGEREF fields, #5097); previously trivial (progress log: Backstage keytips, #4960); previously trivial (Progress log: only the printer's PDF leaves out links; Save these pages as PDF keeps them, #4734); previously trivial (progress log: Chinese and Japanese text counts a word per character, #4547; previously trivial: aligned-copy review fixes retain the document axis through scrolling and include secondary selections (#4764)); previously trivial (connector rerouting indexes laid-out object positions once per batch (#3631); previously trivial (progress log: corporate authors in bibliographies, #4848); previously trivial (custom-property bookmark-link preservation, #4767); previously trivial (progress log: Table Properties follows the selection, #4857); previously trivial (Relative font-size commands preserve mixed sizes in the selection (#4903); existing button steps and one-point shortcuts are unchanged; readiness estimates unchanged); previously trivial (Arabic Backspace removes one combining mark and keeps its base letter (#4757); previously trivial (note conversion walks reference offsets and formatting runs together, #4750); previously trivial (DOCX comment-ID save lookups); previously trivial (progress log: RTF pictures stored as Windows or Enhanced Metafiles are imported, #4259); previously trivial (#4658 bounds nested Markdown reference-label work); previously trivial (HTML import keeps preformatted lines with CR or CRLF input newlines, #4810); previously trivial (progress log: Insert › Shapes icon grid, #4349); previously trivial (progress log: AutoCorrect Options with no document open, #4585); previously trivial (progress log: window fallback geometry and equation symbol tooltips); previously trivial (progress log: window titles omit NUL characters, #3634); previously trivial (Recipient labels continue across product-sized sheets instead of stopping after the first sheet (#4880)); previously trivial (progress log: Custom document properties dialog, #2982; previously trivial: progress log: View › New Window; previously trivial: progress log: interface translations come from storytold/craft-i18n through the `craft-i18n` crate; previously trivial: progress log: disabled-control reasons translated in every interface language, #2678; previously trivial: progress log: mail merge record navigation and record ranges for printing, #3028; previously trivial: selection bar for right-to-left paragraphs and table rows; previously trivial: group connector rerouting preserves rotated and flipped free or unresolved endpoints under nonuniform group scaling; readiness estimates unchanged; previously trivial: progress log: a word with no break opportunity in it no longer makes the layout quadratic, #3412; previously trivial: progress log: a relationship the markup names without the prefix is read as it wrote, and an ordinary `id` names no part; previously trivial: progress log: a document with many relationships opens in the time its part takes, and an id the text only mentions is not a reference, #3411; previously trivial: progress log: read only and comments-only protection grey out edits; previously trivial: progress log: an empty paragraph with a hidden mark shows nothing, not even its list number, #3982; previously trivial: progress log: "NaN" in the Font dialog's Size box no longer closes the app, #3663; previously trivial: progress log: a table cell span from a `.json` file no longer overflows, #3637; previously trivial: progress log: a click in the footer while editing the header moves there; previously trivial: explicit documents keep the editor when recovery discovery finishes; readable recovery controls; previously trivial: Slovenian interface catalog, 2,614 entries; previously trivial: Insert Table of Figures dialog for any caption label, #3013; previously trivial: progress log: Home › Underline drop-down, #2738; previously trivial: personal templates in File › New and Save as Word Template, #2852; previously trivial: progress log: the scrollbar page tip stays on one line, #3341; previously trivial: progress log: forms protection greys out the control buttons; previously trivial: progress log: a document with many content controls saves in the time the controls take, #13; previously trivial: progress log: Word signature lines kept on save; previously trivial: a Thai run with Latin finds one installed font covering it all on Linux too, #1549; previously trivial: progress log: closing the header returns to the body selection, #3331; previously trivial: progress log: saving to a NAS share mounted by GVFS, #3003; previously trivial: progress log: a picture dragged near the bottom of a page lands there, #3169; previously trivial: centred list labels after leading page breaks, #2964; previously trivial: progress log: inline pictures drag to an insertion cursor and stay inline, #2233, #2234; previously trivial: progress log: a text file saved over itself closes without asking, #2376; previously trivial: progress log: a text frame in the paragraph defaults frames nothing, #2360; previously trivial: fixed font inputs in four layout controls; previously trivial: typing no longer starts render threads on every repaint, #3027; previously trivial: a right, centre or decimal tab whose text doesn't fit, or a left tab past the right indent, goes to the next line with its text, #1840; previously trivial: progress log: banded rows shade as in Word, #3415; previously trivial: progress log: the table handles show while the caret is in the table, #2428; previously trivial: progress log: a click below a floating table reaches the text after it, #2038; previously trivial: progress log: Delete on selected table cells leaves one empty paragraph in each, #2802; previously trivial: progress log: lam-alef in exported PDFs extracts whole with fonts that draw it as two glyphs, #2310; previously trivial: Bullets and Numbering toggle off style-inherited lists at their effective level, including basedOn chains and numbered ListParagraph styles; other paragraphs and list definitions stay unchanged (related to #3459); previously trivial: Russian sorting keeps ё with е and recognises decomposed ё/й; previously trivial: progress log: a text box that keeps the keyboard no longer resets the input method every frame, #2986; previously trivial: progress log: recovery copies and .json files store pictures as base64, #586 follow-up; previously trivial: progress log: legacy menu keys, #1697; previously trivial: progress log: shape gradients and transparency, #1500; previously trivial: progress log: Focus fills the screen, and Full Screen View shows the pages alone, #1678; previously trivial: progress log: text above a float's anchor wraps around it, #2048; previously trivial: progress log: File › Recover follows the app theme, #3243; previously trivial: progress log: formatting toolbar with the text context menu, #2959; previously trivial: progress log: caret inside ligatures, #1974; previously trivial: text typed into a content control takes the control's formatting; localized placeholder styles recognised; previously trivial: forms protection keeps its content controls: no inserting, Properties or Remove Content Control; previously trivial: long navigation headings wrap onto further lines within the pane, #3015; previously trivial: clearing a no-match font query keeps the recent heading visible, #2068; previously trivial: a word after a slash wraps whole, like Word, #2963; previously trivial: progress log: a header-cell picture watermark sits behind the text, #1775; previously trivial: symbols keep their font when the text font changes, #2036; previously trivial: opening a DOCX no longer copies its pictures; previously trivial: Add Font imports every selected font file, #1789); previously trivial (RTF export writes sections (gap 19); previously trivial: ODT export writes sections (gap 19); previously trivial: Read Aloud speaks each sentence in its own language, #1843; previously trivial: hint-reliant CJK outlines; previously trivial: Ctrl+wheel zoom no longer scrolls the document, #1743; previously trivial: progress log: Turkish case mapping in AutoCorrect, #1923; previously trivial: a mouse drag on a table leaves the view where it is, #1738; previously trivial: progress log: Hebrew field results and smart quotes, #1670; previously trivial: Backspace removes a selected table, rows or columns, #1844; previously trivial: progress log: mixed Hebrew/Latin text keeps its order in Word, #1543; previously trivial: progress log: web typing in non-Latin text no longer repeats, #1480; previously trivial: progress log: font family caches bounded and math font lookups follow font changes, #1354; previously trivial: `-->` AutoCorrect replacement, #2223; previously trivial: numbered headings, #1793; previously trivial: Navigation Find exposes Results, #2096; previously trivial: progress log: Columns on selected text, #2024; previously trivial: progress log: legacy outline, shadow, emboss and imprint text effects drawn, #2534; previously trivial: progress log: Indonesian proofing, #498; previously trivial: progress log: DOCX glossary documents (building blocks); previously trivial: progress log: Read Mode keeps the keyboard and shows whole, unobscured columns, #1772); previously trivial: progress log: font list entries of tall-ascent fonts no longer cut off, #2570); previously trivial: progress log: Split Cells and Convert Text to Table dialogs follow the Word check, #2592; previously trivial: a new source's Tag is made like Word's, three letters of the author and two digits of the year with a number added when taken, and an edit keeps the Tag, #2094; previously trivial: Web Layout fills the window width, #1876; previously trivial: progress log: Different First Page headers reachable from page 1, #2826; previously trivial: Language dialog keeps inherited proofing language and no-proof choices (#2717); previously trivial: progress log: web preferences kept between visits, #2132; previously trivial: progress log: undrawable private-use list bullets show the level's default bullet, #1683; previously trivial: progress log: `w:eastAsianLayout` kept on save; previously trivial: table style editor formats every part, #714); previously trivial: VML freeforms read and kept on save; previously trivial: progress log: consistent preferred cell widths; previously trivial: multi-paragraph field instructions no longer add blank lines; previously trivial: page-break-only list paragraphs hide their labels; previously trivial: progress log: grouped `flowChartOr` shapes draw their circle and crossing spokes; previously trivial: progress log: copies keep their formatting in other programs, #1523; previously trivial: progress log: privacy options on save, #1062; previously trivial: progress log: equation pictures in theme colours on Windows, #1002; previously trivial: symbol fonts, #776; previously trivial: the save prompt answers from the keyboard, #861; previously trivial: table column and row markers on the rulers, #700; previously trivial: table borders and the resize handle drag on the page, #217; previously trivial: formatting revisions landed, #41; previously trivial: Draw tab ink, #307, and Draw Table and Eraser, #303, landed: catalog 402/434; previously minor: readiness table with hours per audience; full number back to the additive weighted sum, 60%; mainstream and essentials numbers added; alpha gate checked; previously major: full re-measure against Word for Mac 16.113.4; progress docs restructured) · **Target:** Microsoft Word (Microsoft 365) for Mac 16.113.4 +> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-11-02 · **Change:** trivial (progress log: ODT checked against LibreOffice's templates); previously trivial (progress log: ODT at ~90%); previously trivial (progress log: ODT read and written nearly whole); previously trivial (progress log: ODT text boxes); previously trivial (progress log: ODT layout settings); previously trivial (progress log: ODT character styles); previously trivial (progress log: ODT custom styles); previously trivial (progress log: ODT equations saved); previously trivial (progress log: ODT floating pictures); previously trivial (progress log: ODT paragraph borders); previously trivial (progress log: ODT heading numbering); previously trivial (progress log: ODT table borders); previously trivial (progress log: ODT heading styles); previously trivial (progress log: ODT tab stops); previously trivial (progress log: ODT character formatting); previously trivial (progress log: ODT lists); previously trivial (progress log: ODT comments); previously trivial (progress log: ODT footnotes and endnotes); previously trivial (progress log: ODT headers, footers and fields); previously trivial (progress log: ODT paragraph spacing); previously trivial (progress log: a paragraph naming an undefined style is formatted as Normal, #5077); previously trivial (progress log: TOC page numbers as PAGEREF fields, #5097); previously trivial (progress log: Backstage keytips, #4960); previously trivial (Progress log: only the printer's PDF leaves out links; Save these pages as PDF keeps them, #4734); previously trivial (progress log: Chinese and Japanese text counts a word per character, #4547; previously trivial: aligned-copy review fixes retain the document axis through scrolling and include secondary selections (#4764)); previously trivial (connector rerouting indexes laid-out object positions once per batch (#3631); previously trivial (progress log: corporate authors in bibliographies, #4848); previously trivial (custom-property bookmark-link preservation, #4767); previously trivial (progress log: Table Properties follows the selection, #4857); previously trivial (Relative font-size commands preserve mixed sizes in the selection (#4903); existing button steps and one-point shortcuts are unchanged; readiness estimates unchanged); previously trivial (Arabic Backspace removes one combining mark and keeps its base letter (#4757); previously trivial (note conversion walks reference offsets and formatting runs together, #4750); previously trivial (DOCX comment-ID save lookups); previously trivial (progress log: RTF pictures stored as Windows or Enhanced Metafiles are imported, #4259); previously trivial (#4658 bounds nested Markdown reference-label work); previously trivial (HTML import keeps preformatted lines with CR or CRLF input newlines, #4810); previously trivial (progress log: Insert › Shapes icon grid, #4349); previously trivial (progress log: AutoCorrect Options with no document open, #4585); previously trivial (progress log: window fallback geometry and equation symbol tooltips); previously trivial (progress log: window titles omit NUL characters, #3634); previously trivial (Recipient labels continue across product-sized sheets instead of stopping after the first sheet (#4880)); previously trivial (progress log: Custom document properties dialog, #2982; previously trivial: progress log: View › New Window; previously trivial: progress log: interface translations come from storytold/craft-i18n through the `craft-i18n` crate; previously trivial: progress log: disabled-control reasons translated in every interface language, #2678; previously trivial: progress log: mail merge record navigation and record ranges for printing, #3028; previously trivial: selection bar for right-to-left paragraphs and table rows; previously trivial: group connector rerouting preserves rotated and flipped free or unresolved endpoints under nonuniform group scaling; readiness estimates unchanged; previously trivial: progress log: a word with no break opportunity in it no longer makes the layout quadratic, #3412; previously trivial: progress log: a relationship the markup names without the prefix is read as it wrote, and an ordinary `id` names no part; previously trivial: progress log: a document with many relationships opens in the time its part takes, and an id the text only mentions is not a reference, #3411; previously trivial: progress log: read only and comments-only protection grey out edits; previously trivial: progress log: an empty paragraph with a hidden mark shows nothing, not even its list number, #3982; previously trivial: progress log: "NaN" in the Font dialog's Size box no longer closes the app, #3663; previously trivial: progress log: a table cell span from a `.json` file no longer overflows, #3637; previously trivial: progress log: a click in the footer while editing the header moves there; previously trivial: explicit documents keep the editor when recovery discovery finishes; readable recovery controls; previously trivial: Slovenian interface catalog, 2,614 entries; previously trivial: Insert Table of Figures dialog for any caption label, #3013; previously trivial: progress log: Home › Underline drop-down, #2738; previously trivial: personal templates in File › New and Save as Word Template, #2852; previously trivial: progress log: the scrollbar page tip stays on one line, #3341; previously trivial: progress log: forms protection greys out the control buttons; previously trivial: progress log: a document with many content controls saves in the time the controls take, #13; previously trivial: progress log: Word signature lines kept on save; previously trivial: a Thai run with Latin finds one installed font covering it all on Linux too, #1549; previously trivial: progress log: closing the header returns to the body selection, #3331; previously trivial: progress log: saving to a NAS share mounted by GVFS, #3003; previously trivial: progress log: a picture dragged near the bottom of a page lands there, #3169; previously trivial: centred list labels after leading page breaks, #2964; previously trivial: progress log: inline pictures drag to an insertion cursor and stay inline, #2233, #2234; previously trivial: progress log: a text file saved over itself closes without asking, #2376; previously trivial: progress log: a text frame in the paragraph defaults frames nothing, #2360; previously trivial: fixed font inputs in four layout controls; previously trivial: typing no longer starts render threads on every repaint, #3027; previously trivial: a right, centre or decimal tab whose text doesn't fit, or a left tab past the right indent, goes to the next line with its text, #1840; previously trivial: progress log: banded rows shade as in Word, #3415; previously trivial: progress log: the table handles show while the caret is in the table, #2428; previously trivial: progress log: a click below a floating table reaches the text after it, #2038; previously trivial: progress log: Delete on selected table cells leaves one empty paragraph in each, #2802; previously trivial: progress log: lam-alef in exported PDFs extracts whole with fonts that draw it as two glyphs, #2310; previously trivial: Bullets and Numbering toggle off style-inherited lists at their effective level, including basedOn chains and numbered ListParagraph styles; other paragraphs and list definitions stay unchanged (related to #3459); previously trivial: Russian sorting keeps ё with е and recognises decomposed ё/й; previously trivial: progress log: a text box that keeps the keyboard no longer resets the input method every frame, #2986; previously trivial: progress log: recovery copies and .json files store pictures as base64, #586 follow-up; previously trivial: progress log: legacy menu keys, #1697; previously trivial: progress log: shape gradients and transparency, #1500; previously trivial: progress log: Focus fills the screen, and Full Screen View shows the pages alone, #1678; previously trivial: progress log: text above a float's anchor wraps around it, #2048; previously trivial: progress log: File › Recover follows the app theme, #3243; previously trivial: progress log: formatting toolbar with the text context menu, #2959; previously trivial: progress log: caret inside ligatures, #1974; previously trivial: text typed into a content control takes the control's formatting; localized placeholder styles recognised; previously trivial: forms protection keeps its content controls: no inserting, Properties or Remove Content Control; previously trivial: long navigation headings wrap onto further lines within the pane, #3015; previously trivial: clearing a no-match font query keeps the recent heading visible, #2068; previously trivial: a word after a slash wraps whole, like Word, #2963; previously trivial: progress log: a header-cell picture watermark sits behind the text, #1775; previously trivial: symbols keep their font when the text font changes, #2036; previously trivial: opening a DOCX no longer copies its pictures; previously trivial: Add Font imports every selected font file, #1789); previously trivial (RTF export writes sections (gap 19); previously trivial: ODT export writes sections (gap 19); previously trivial: Read Aloud speaks each sentence in its own language, #1843; previously trivial: hint-reliant CJK outlines; previously trivial: Ctrl+wheel zoom no longer scrolls the document, #1743; previously trivial: progress log: Turkish case mapping in AutoCorrect, #1923; previously trivial: a mouse drag on a table leaves the view where it is, #1738; previously trivial: progress log: Hebrew field results and smart quotes, #1670; previously trivial: Backspace removes a selected table, rows or columns, #1844; previously trivial: progress log: mixed Hebrew/Latin text keeps its order in Word, #1543; previously trivial: progress log: web typing in non-Latin text no longer repeats, #1480; previously trivial: progress log: font family caches bounded and math font lookups follow font changes, #1354; previously trivial: `-->` AutoCorrect replacement, #2223; previously trivial: numbered headings, #1793; previously trivial: Navigation Find exposes Results, #2096; previously trivial: progress log: Columns on selected text, #2024; previously trivial: progress log: legacy outline, shadow, emboss and imprint text effects drawn, #2534; previously trivial: progress log: Indonesian proofing, #498; previously trivial: progress log: DOCX glossary documents (building blocks); previously trivial: progress log: Read Mode keeps the keyboard and shows whole, unobscured columns, #1772); previously trivial: progress log: font list entries of tall-ascent fonts no longer cut off, #2570); previously trivial: progress log: Split Cells and Convert Text to Table dialogs follow the Word check, #2592; previously trivial: a new source's Tag is made like Word's, three letters of the author and two digits of the year with a number added when taken, and an edit keeps the Tag, #2094; previously trivial: Web Layout fills the window width, #1876; previously trivial: progress log: Different First Page headers reachable from page 1, #2826; previously trivial: Language dialog keeps inherited proofing language and no-proof choices (#2717); previously trivial: progress log: web preferences kept between visits, #2132; previously trivial: progress log: undrawable private-use list bullets show the level's default bullet, #1683; previously trivial: progress log: `w:eastAsianLayout` kept on save; previously trivial: table style editor formats every part, #714); previously trivial: VML freeforms read and kept on save; previously trivial: progress log: consistent preferred cell widths; previously trivial: multi-paragraph field instructions no longer add blank lines; previously trivial: page-break-only list paragraphs hide their labels; previously trivial: progress log: grouped `flowChartOr` shapes draw their circle and crossing spokes; previously trivial: progress log: copies keep their formatting in other programs, #1523; previously trivial: progress log: privacy options on save, #1062; previously trivial: progress log: equation pictures in theme colours on Windows, #1002; previously trivial: symbol fonts, #776; previously trivial: the save prompt answers from the keyboard, #861; previously trivial: table column and row markers on the rulers, #700; previously trivial: table borders and the resize handle drag on the page, #217; previously trivial: formatting revisions landed, #41; previously trivial: Draw tab ink, #307, and Draw Table and Eraser, #303, landed: catalog 402/434; previously minor: readiness table with hours per audience; full number back to the additive weighted sum, 60%; mainstream and essentials numbers added; alpha gate checked; previously major: full re-measure against Word for Mac 16.113.4; progress docs restructured) · **Target:** Microsoft Word (Microsoft 365) for Mac 16.113.4 > **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-29 · **Change:** trivial (Recipient labels continue across product-sized sheets instead of stopping after the first sheet (#4880)); previously trivial (English dialects in proofing, #1281; previously trivial: triple borders draw three lines, #1740; previously trivial: progress log: double-clicking a later page's footer no longer scrolls up, #2103; previously trivial: long navigation headings wrap onto further lines within the pane, #3015; previously trivial: clearing a no-match font query keeps the recent heading visible, #2068; previously trivial: a word after a slash wraps whole, like Word, #2963; previously trivial: RTF export writes sections (gap 19); previously trivial: ODT export writes sections (gap 19); previously trivial: progress log: pasted blockquotes are indented paragraphs, #1270; previously trivial: progress log: print-area strings translated in every catalog; previously trivial: progress log: comments readable in the dark theme, #2045; previously trivial: progress log: ODT sections, #1379; previously trivial: progress log: table deletes, Change Case and Unlink Fields respect Track Changes and locked content controls, #1329; previously trivial: progress log: rounded rectangle corners, #1476; previously trivial: progress log: Save As type list, #1399; previously trivial: progress log: privacy options on save, #1062; previously trivial: progress log: equation pictures in theme colours on Windows, #1002; previously trivial: symbol fonts, #776; previously trivial: the save prompt answers from the keyboard, #861; previously trivial: table column and row markers on the rulers, #700; previously trivial: table borders and the resize handle drag on the page, #217; previously trivial: formatting revisions landed, #41; previously trivial: Draw tab ink, #307, and Draw Table and Eraser, #303, landed: catalog 402/434; previously minor: readiness table with hours per audience; full number back to the additive weighted sum, 60%; mainstream and essentials numbers added; alpha gate checked; previously major: full re-measure against Word for Mac 16.113.4; progress docs restructured) · **Target:** Microsoft Word (Microsoft 365) for Mac 16.113.4 > **Printing update:** 2026-10-12 · direct desktop printing through craft-print; details below. @@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ Ranked, to beta (detail and remaining milestones in [docs/roadmap.md](docs/roadm ## Progress log +- 2026-11-02: ODT checked against LibreOffice's own 78 bundled templates (letters, faxes, agendas, reports, CVs), all of which now open and round-trip (gap 19): placeholders ("") open as content controls you click and type over; a "First Page" style followed by another is a different first page; pages without a size take the regional default and LibreOffice's 2 cm margins; WMF and EMF logos are kept; template dates show the day; USERNAME shows your name; hidden form controls and `.ott` templates (open and save, with a password too) are kept. Readiness unchanged. - 2026-11-01: ODT at ~90% (gap 19): custom shapes LibreOffice draws from formulas (hexagons, smileys, cans, block arcs…) are drawn from their own geometry instead of as rectangles; table cell formulas open as formula fields that Update Field recalculates, and are saved as formulas LibreOffice calculates; macros and other package parts WordCraft doesn't read are kept on save; text turned down or up in table cells and text boxes stays turned; form controls keep their size, and buttons survive as buttons. Every change checked against LibreOffice by round trips compared page by page and against the ODF 1.3 schema. Readiness unchanged. - 2026-11-01: ODT read and written nearly whole (gap 19, ~82%): drawing shapes, groups, rotation, arrowheads, dashes, gradients, polygons and paths; tables of contents and indexes (with their marks, so Update Index rebuilds them); bookmarks over text; dates in their formats, sequences, captions, chapters and references; page settings (page colour, borders, note numbering, line numbering); flat `.fodt`; drop caps; tracked formatting changes; charts, opened as editable charts and saved as LibreOffice charts; embedded spreadsheets and OLE objects kept whole (they were lost); form controls as content controls; password-protected files (LibreOffice's AES encryption) opened and saved; ruby; page breaks after paragraphs, kept lines, widow control, hyphenation, table alignment and row heights. Layout: in-line pictures move with their run's raise or lowering, and text in a turned text box turns with it. Every change checked against LibreOffice by round trips compared page by page and against the ODF 1.3 schema. Readiness unchanged. - 2026-11-01: ODT: text boxes keep their text on open (it was dropped) and save as text boxes (gap 19). Readiness unchanged. @@ -1085,6 +1086,7 @@ Footer page-table height and body wrapping are corrected. Other pagination gaps | 2026-10-23 | trivial | Progress log: "NaN" in the Font dialog's Size box no longer closes the app (#3663) | | 2026-10-23 | trivial | Progress log: a table cell span from a `.json` file no longer overflows (#3637) | | 2026-10-28 | trivial | Progress log: chart and SmartArt text the font lacks is drawn in a fallback face (#4720) | +| 2026-11-02 | trivial | Progress log: ODT checked against LibreOffice's templates (gap 19) | | 2026-11-01 | trivial | Progress log: ODT at ~90% (gap 19) | | 2026-10-29 | trivial | Progress log: corporate authors in bibliographies (#4848) | | 2026-10-29 | trivial | Progress log: Table Properties follows the selection (#4857) | diff --git a/docs/gaps.md b/docs/gaps.md index ea36a843b2..cd0f081111 100644 --- a/docs/gaps.md +++ b/docs/gaps.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Where WordCraft falls short of Word -> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-11-01 · **Change:** trivial (#19: ODT at ~90%: custom shapes, cell formulas, macros kept, turned text, control sizes and buttons); previously trivial (#19 narrowed: ODT read and written nearly whole; estimate 18–27 h → 10–16 h); previously trivial (#10 narrowed: text in a turned text box is drawn turned with it); previously trivial (gap 19 narrowed: ODT heading numbering read and written); previously trivial (gap 19 narrowed: ODT table borders and padding read and written); previously trivial (gap 19 narrowed: ODT heading style looks read and written); previously trivial (gap 19 narrowed: ODT tab stops read and written); previously trivial (gap 19 narrowed: ODT character formatting read and written); previously trivial (gap 19 narrowed: ODT list formats read and written); previously trivial (gap 19 narrowed: ODT comments read and written); previously trivial (gap 19 narrowed: ODT footnotes and endnotes read and written); previously trivial (gap 19 narrowed: ODT headers and footers written, text fields and paragraph spacing read and written); previously trivial (only the PDF sent to the printer leaves out link annotations; Save these pages as PDF keeps them, #4734; no ranked gap changed); previously trivial (documents with links print: the print job leaves out link annotations, #4734; no ranked gap changed; previously trivial: aligned-copy review fixes retain the document axis through scrolling and include secondary selections (#4764)); previously trivial (connector rerouting indexes laid-out object positions once per batch (#3631); previously trivial (custom-property bookmark-link preservation, #4767); previously trivial (Relative font-size commands preserve mixed sizes in the selection (#4903); existing button steps and one-point shortcuts are unchanged; readiness estimates unchanged); previously trivial (Arabic Backspace removes one combining mark and keeps its base letter (#4757); previously trivial (note conversion reference-run membership uses one ordered walk, #4750); previously trivial (DOCX comment-ID save lookups); previously trivial (gap 19: RTF reads and writes WMF and EMF pictures, #4259); previously trivial (#4658 bounds nested Markdown reference-label work); previously trivial (HTML import keeps preformatted lines with CR or CRLF input newlines, #4810); previously trivial (Recipient labels continue across product-sized sheets instead of stopping after the first sheet (#4880)); previously trivial (View windows: several open documents and Switch Windows in the engine; previously trivial: explicit documents keep the editor when recovery discovery finishes; readable recovery controls; previously trivial: text mini toolbar available with the right-click menu, #2959; previously trivial: personal templates in File › New and Save as Word Template, #2852; previously trivial: tracked table/row/cell/section property changes record in WordCraft, narrowing gap 5; previously trivial: a document with many content controls saves in the time the controls take, #13; previously trivial: Format Page Numbers dialog carries Word's number formats and Continue from previous section / Start at, #1113; previously trivial: centred list labels after leading page breaks, #2964; previously trivial: fixed font inputs in four layout controls; previously trivial: a right, centre or decimal tab whose text doesn't fit, or a left tab past the right indent, goes to the next line with its text, #1840; previously trivial: Bullets and Numbering toggle off style-inherited lists at their effective level, including basedOn chains and numbered ListParagraph styles; other paragraphs and list definitions stay unchanged (related to #3459); previously trivial: Russian sorting keeps ё with е and recognises decomposed ё/й; previously trivial: #8: English dialects — en-GB, en-CA, en-AU… flag each other's spellings, #1281; previously trivial: #1: shape gradients and transparency, #1500; previously trivial: text typed into a content control takes the control's formatting; localized placeholder styles recognised; previously trivial: forms protection keeps its content controls: no inserting, Properties or Remove Content Control; previously trivial: clearing a no-match font query keeps the recent heading visible, #2068; previously trivial: line breaking: a slash opening a word travels whole to the next line, #2963; previously trivial: recipient list search and merged-only view, #1576; previously trivial: #2 impact restated: only ink rendering and OLE editing remain; previously trivial: #2 narrowed: native ink nested in groups and drawing canvases kept on save; previously trivial: opening a DOCX no longer copies its pictures; previously trivial: RTF export writes sections (gap 19); previously trivial: ODT export writes sections (gap 19); previously trivial: automatic Asian/Latin and Asian/number spacing laid out, #2358; previously trivial: hint-reliant CJK outlines; previously trivial: numbered headings, #1793; previously trivial: legacy outline, shadow, emboss and imprint text effects drawn, #2534; previously trivial: #8 narrowed: Indonesian proofing from the installed Hunspell dictionary, #498; previously trivial: glossary/building blocks closed; previously trivial: Split Cells and Convert Text to Table follow the Word check, #2592; previously trivial: Language dialog keeps inherited proofing language and no-proof choices (#2717); previously trivial: #29: a copied equation also goes in the MathML clipboard formats, #1297; previously trivial: #24: the Spike, Ctrl+F3 and Ctrl+Shift+F3; previously trivial: VML freeforms read and kept on save; previously trivial: consistent preferred cell widths; previously trivial: multi-paragraph field instructions no longer add blank lines; previously trivial: page-break-only list paragraphs hide their labels; previously trivial: floating-table overlap ignores empty line-break lines; previously trivial: copies keep their formatting on the clipboard as HTML, #1523; previously trivial: sample-text formulas on Enter, #1067; previously trivial: #29: copied equations as MathML, OMML open as #1297, #816; previously trivial: the Font list no longer keeps every previewed font in memory, #848; previously trivial: table column and row markers on the rulers, #700; previously trivial: table borders and the resize handle drag on the page, #217; previously trivial: formatting revisions landed, #41; previously trivial: Draw Table and Eraser landed, #303; previously minor: beta distance restated: ~15 points, ~150–230 h; previously: first version; every known shortfall from the 2026-10-10 re-measure, ranked) · **Target:** Microsoft Word (Microsoft 365) for Mac 16.113.4 +> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-11-02 · **Change:** trivial (#19: ODT checked against LibreOffice's own templates: placeholders, first-page styles, unsized pages, metafile logos, `.ott`); previously trivial (#19: ODT at ~90%: custom shapes, cell formulas, macros kept, turned text, control sizes and buttons); previously trivial (#19 narrowed: ODT read and written nearly whole; estimate 18–27 h → 10–16 h); previously trivial (#10 narrowed: text in a turned text box is drawn turned with it); previously trivial (gap 19 narrowed: ODT heading numbering read and written); previously trivial (gap 19 narrowed: ODT table borders and padding read and written); previously trivial (gap 19 narrowed: ODT heading style looks read and written); previously trivial (gap 19 narrowed: ODT tab stops read and written); previously trivial (gap 19 narrowed: ODT character formatting read and written); previously trivial (gap 19 narrowed: ODT list formats read and written); previously trivial (gap 19 narrowed: ODT comments read and written); previously trivial (gap 19 narrowed: ODT footnotes and endnotes read and written); previously trivial (gap 19 narrowed: ODT headers and footers written, text fields and paragraph spacing read and written); previously trivial (only the PDF sent to the printer leaves out link annotations; Save these pages as PDF keeps them, #4734; no ranked gap changed); previously trivial (documents with links print: the print job leaves out link annotations, #4734; no ranked gap changed; previously trivial: aligned-copy review fixes retain the document axis through scrolling and include secondary selections (#4764)); previously trivial (connector rerouting indexes laid-out object positions once per batch (#3631); previously trivial (custom-property bookmark-link preservation, #4767); previously trivial (Relative font-size commands preserve mixed sizes in the selection (#4903); existing button steps and one-point shortcuts are unchanged; readiness estimates unchanged); previously trivial (Arabic Backspace removes one combining mark and keeps its base letter (#4757); previously trivial (note conversion reference-run membership uses one ordered walk, #4750); previously trivial (DOCX comment-ID save lookups); previously trivial (gap 19: RTF reads and writes WMF and EMF pictures, #4259); previously trivial (#4658 bounds nested Markdown reference-label work); previously trivial (HTML import keeps preformatted lines with CR or CRLF input newlines, #4810); previously trivial (Recipient labels continue across product-sized sheets instead of stopping after the first sheet (#4880)); previously trivial (View windows: several open documents and Switch Windows in the engine; previously trivial: explicit documents keep the editor when recovery discovery finishes; readable recovery controls; previously trivial: text mini toolbar available with the right-click menu, #2959; previously trivial: personal templates in File › New and Save as Word Template, #2852; previously trivial: tracked table/row/cell/section property changes record in WordCraft, narrowing gap 5; previously trivial: a document with many content controls saves in the time the controls take, #13; previously trivial: Format Page Numbers dialog carries Word's number formats and Continue from previous section / Start at, #1113; previously trivial: centred list labels after leading page breaks, #2964; previously trivial: fixed font inputs in four layout controls; previously trivial: a right, centre or decimal tab whose text doesn't fit, or a left tab past the right indent, goes to the next line with its text, #1840; previously trivial: Bullets and Numbering toggle off style-inherited lists at their effective level, including basedOn chains and numbered ListParagraph styles; other paragraphs and list definitions stay unchanged (related to #3459); previously trivial: Russian sorting keeps ё with е and recognises decomposed ё/й; previously trivial: #8: English dialects — en-GB, en-CA, en-AU… flag each other's spellings, #1281; previously trivial: #1: shape gradients and transparency, #1500; previously trivial: text typed into a content control takes the control's formatting; localized placeholder styles recognised; previously trivial: forms protection keeps its content controls: no inserting, Properties or Remove Content Control; previously trivial: clearing a no-match font query keeps the recent heading visible, #2068; previously trivial: line breaking: a slash opening a word travels whole to the next line, #2963; previously trivial: recipient list search and merged-only view, #1576; previously trivial: #2 impact restated: only ink rendering and OLE editing remain; previously trivial: #2 narrowed: native ink nested in groups and drawing canvases kept on save; previously trivial: opening a DOCX no longer copies its pictures; previously trivial: RTF export writes sections (gap 19); previously trivial: ODT export writes sections (gap 19); previously trivial: automatic Asian/Latin and Asian/number spacing laid out, #2358; previously trivial: hint-reliant CJK outlines; previously trivial: numbered headings, #1793; previously trivial: legacy outline, shadow, emboss and imprint text effects drawn, #2534; previously trivial: #8 narrowed: Indonesian proofing from the installed Hunspell dictionary, #498; previously trivial: glossary/building blocks closed; previously trivial: Split Cells and Convert Text to Table follow the Word check, #2592; previously trivial: Language dialog keeps inherited proofing language and no-proof choices (#2717); previously trivial: #29: a copied equation also goes in the MathML clipboard formats, #1297; previously trivial: #24: the Spike, Ctrl+F3 and Ctrl+Shift+F3; previously trivial: VML freeforms read and kept on save; previously trivial: consistent preferred cell widths; previously trivial: multi-paragraph field instructions no longer add blank lines; previously trivial: page-break-only list paragraphs hide their labels; previously trivial: floating-table overlap ignores empty line-break lines; previously trivial: copies keep their formatting on the clipboard as HTML, #1523; previously trivial: sample-text formulas on Enter, #1067; previously trivial: #29: copied equations as MathML, OMML open as #1297, #816; previously trivial: the Font list no longer keeps every previewed font in memory, #848; previously trivial: table column and row markers on the rulers, #700; previously trivial: table borders and the resize handle drag on the page, #217; previously trivial: formatting revisions landed, #41; previously trivial: Draw Table and Eraser landed, #303; previously minor: beta distance restated: ~15 points, ~150–230 h; previously: first version; every known shortfall from the 2026-10-10 re-measure, ranked) · **Target:** Microsoft Word (Microsoft 365) for Mac 16.113.4 > **Highlight update:** 2026-10-25 · Highlight shortcut toggles the last chosen colour off when the whole selection has it; explicit colour commands remain setters (#4085). Readiness estimates unchanged. > **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-29 · **Change:** trivial (aligned-copy review fixes retain the document axis through scrolling and include secondary selections (#4764)); previously trivial (#15: bibliography sources keep a corporate author, #4848); previously trivial (Table Properties applies to the selected rows, columns and cells, #4857); previously trivial (Relative font-size commands preserve mixed sizes in the selection (#4903); existing button steps and one-point shortcuts are unchanged; readiness estimates unchanged); previously trivial (Arabic Backspace removes one combining mark and keeps its base letter (#4757); previously trivial (Recipient labels continue across product-sized sheets instead of stopping after the first sheet (#4880)); previously trivial (#7: Custom Document Properties dialog, #2982; previously trivial: egui 0.37 migration: the interface catalogs stay shared and pinned by `craft-i18n.rev` at `9205108cfdced5177706264038848b68b2422d2b` (27 languages, English fallback); input-method handling has new regressions but managed CI passed, and native IME acceptance plus native-speaker catalog review remain open; previously trivial: Markdown code spans keep line-broken text literal, #3738; previously trivial: small follow-ups from the field, table and AutoFormat batch, #4232; previously trivial: highlight target includes selected paragraph marks, #4085; previously trivial: full-target highlight check beyond 10,000 runs, #4085; previously trivial: Exact-spacing table contact uses the specified line height rather than paragraph-mark metrics (#3977); previously trivial: cu20we: restrict pre-spacing float origins to paragraph anchors; document cap helpers and regressions; previously trivial: a command that changes nothing is not an edit: no undo step, no unsaved changes, no relayout, and the redo stack survives it; previously minor: #8 narrowed: Spanish proofing (Spain, Mexico, Latin America, Uruguay) from the installed Hunspell dictionaries, #3360, #3553; previously trivial: gap 10: group connector rerouting preserves transformed free and unresolved endpoints under nonuniform scaling; obstacle routing still missing; readiness estimates unchanged; previously trivial: a word with no break opportunity in it no longer makes the layout quadratic, #3412; previously trivial: the ranked gap list held two rows each for #19, #20 and #21; each gap appears once now; a document with many relationships opens in the time its part takes, #3411; previously trivial: the file commands that change the document are checked on a protected document, the protection of a protected document needs an explicit stop, the session author can't change through `file.setAuthor` under protection (the CLI's `--author` uses the same protection check), and the post-check compares the settings and the metadata; previously trivial: explicit documents keep the editor when recovery discovery finishes; readable recovery controls; previously trivial: text mini toolbar available with the right-click menu, #2959; previously trivial: personal templates in File › New and Save as Word Template, #2852; previously trivial: tracked table/row/cell/section property changes record in WordCraft, narrowing gap 5; previously trivial: a document with many content controls saves in the time the controls take, #13; previously trivial: Format Page Numbers dialog carries Word's number formats and Continue from previous section / Start at, #1113; previously trivial: centred list labels after leading page breaks, #2964; previously trivial: fixed font inputs in four layout controls; previously trivial: a right, centre or decimal tab whose text doesn't fit, or a left tab past the right indent, goes to the next line with its text, #1840; previously trivial: Bullets and Numbering toggle off style-inherited lists at their effective level, including basedOn chains and numbered ListParagraph styles; other paragraphs and list definitions stay unchanged (related to #3459); previously trivial: Russian sorting keeps ё with е and recognises decomposed ё/й; previously trivial: #8: English dialects — en-GB, en-CA, en-AU… flag each other's spellings, #1281; previously trivial: #1: shape gradients and transparency, #1500; previously trivial: text typed into a content control takes the control's formatting; localized placeholder styles recognised; previously trivial: forms protection keeps its content controls: no inserting, Properties or Remove Content Control; previously trivial: clearing a no-match font query keeps the recent heading visible, #2068; previously trivial: line breaking: a slash opening a word travels whole to the next line, #2963; previously trivial: recipient list search and merged-only view, #1576; previously trivial: #2 impact restated: only ink rendering and OLE editing remain; previously trivial: #2 narrowed: native ink nested in groups and drawing canvases kept on save; previously trivial: opening a DOCX no longer copies its pictures; previously trivial: RTF export writes sections (gap 19); previously trivial: ODT export writes sections (gap 19); previously trivial: automatic Asian/Latin and Asian/number spacing laid out, #2358; previously trivial: hint-reliant CJK outlines; previously trivial: numbered headings, #1793; previously trivial: legacy outline, shadow, emboss and imprint text effects drawn, #2534; previously trivial: #8 narrowed: Indonesian proofing from the installed Hunspell dictionary, #498; previously trivial: glossary/building blocks closed; previously trivial: Split Cells and Convert Text to Table follow the Word check, #2592; previously trivial: Language dialog keeps inherited proofing language and no-proof choices (#2717); previously trivial: #29: a copied equation also goes in the MathML clipboard formats, #1297; previously trivial: #24: the Spike, Ctrl+F3 and Ctrl+Shift+F3; previously trivial: VML freeforms read and kept on save; previously trivial: consistent preferred cell widths; previously trivial: multi-paragraph field instructions no longer add blank lines; previously trivial: page-break-only list paragraphs hide their labels; previously trivial: floating-table overlap ignores empty line-break lines; previously trivial: copies keep their formatting on the clipboard as HTML, #1523; previously trivial: sample-text formulas on Enter, #1067; previously trivial: #29: copied equations as MathML, OMML open as #1297, #816; previously trivial: the Font list no longer keeps every previewed font in memory, #848; previously trivial: table column and row markers on the rulers, #700; previously trivial: table borders and the resize handle drag on the page, #217; previously trivial: formatting revisions landed, #41; previously trivial: Draw Table and Eraser landed, #303; previously minor: beta distance restated: ~15 points, ~150–230 h; previously: first version; every known shortfall from the 2026-10-10 re-measure, ranked) · **Target:** Microsoft Word (Microsoft 365) for Mac 16.113.4 @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Text context menus now include the existing formatting mini toolbar (#2959), inc | 15 | **References depth**: no EndNote/Mendeley desktop integration (bibliography sources are saved in DOCX, #790; Zotero landed, #189; Word's own `Sources.xml` master list imports into Manage Sources, #2640) | | #790 stores sources in `customXml` and reads them back; `crates/zotero`; `references.sources` `import` reads a Word bibliography file (`b:Sources`) | Students and researchers | 3–6 | [target-app-parity.md](target-app-parity.md) | | 16 | **Right-to-left completeness**: kashida, RTL in HTML/ODT/RTF; six still-open older RTL bug reports to re-verify after #207 (#211, #199, #66, #63, #48, #19; #215 is closed). RTL tables and sections landed (#362); PDF export's Hebrew and Arabic text copies and searches as whole words (#1383) | | [layout-parity.md](layout-parity.md) | Arabic, Persian, Hebrew writers | 7–11 | [layout-parity.md](layout-parity.md) | | 17 | **East Asian typography**: hint-reliant DFKai-SB contours repaired (local Windows regression; no readiness estimate change); Asian Typography options (Phonetic Guide landed, #288; Enclose Characters landed, #297; document grid landed, #391; vertical text landed, #491) | | `para.asianTypography` is live (Paragraph dialog Asian Typography tab, #323), automatic Asian/Latin and Asian/number spacing is laid out (#2358), and no East Asian item is left in the catalog's missing list; the remaining depth is not measured | Chinese, Japanese and Korean documents | 11–19 | [layout-parity.md](layout-parity.md) | -| 19 | **RTF and ODT depth**: notes, comments, revisions (RTF and ODT insertions and deletions done; RTF paragraph-mark and character/paragraph formatting revisions done; ODT formatting revisions done; RTF section/table revisions left), sections (RTF and ODT import and export done, #1378, #1379), RTL. ODT is read and written nearly whole (~90%, see [file-format-parity.md](file-format-parity.md)): sections, headers and footers, page setup, styles (named paragraph and character styles), character and paragraph formatting, lists and heading numbering, tab stops, tables (borders, padding, alignment, width, row heights, header rows), notes, comments, tracked changes, fields (dates, sequences, chapters, references, index marks), bookmarks, tables of contents and indexes, pictures, text boxes, shapes, groups, rotation, strokes and gradients, equations, charts, embedded objects kept whole, form controls, ruby, drop caps, password protection, flat `.fodt`; checked against LibreOffice by round trips compared page by page and the ODF 1.3 schema. Left in ODT: emphasis marks, turned characters (`style:text-rotation-angle`; turned cells and text boxes done), conditional and variable fields as fields (user fields and custom properties done), hidden form controls and control looks (sizes and buttons done), drawing embedded spreadsheets' contents (custom shapes, cell formulas and macros done); RTF export writes every section (`\sect`, `\sectd`); RTF reads and writes WMF and EMF pictures (#4259) | | ~2,100 (RTF) and ~11,000 (ODT, plus ~7,000 of tests) lines in `crates/formats`; RTF code pages (#896) and page setup (#902) landed; open PRs: RTF notes and comments (#1056) | Users exchanging with LibreOffice or older tools | 10–16 | [file-format-parity.md](file-format-parity.md) | +| 19 | **RTF and ODT depth**: notes, comments, revisions (RTF and ODT insertions and deletions done; RTF paragraph-mark and character/paragraph formatting revisions done; ODT formatting revisions done; RTF section/table revisions left), sections (RTF and ODT import and export done, #1378, #1379), RTL. ODT is read and written nearly whole (~90%, see [file-format-parity.md](file-format-parity.md)): sections, headers and footers, page setup, styles (named paragraph and character styles), character and paragraph formatting, lists and heading numbering, tab stops, tables (borders, padding, alignment, width, row heights, header rows), notes, comments, tracked changes, fields (dates, sequences, chapters, references, index marks), bookmarks, tables of contents and indexes, pictures, text boxes, shapes, groups, rotation, strokes and gradients, equations, charts, embedded objects kept whole, form controls, ruby, drop caps, password protection, flat `.fodt`; checked against LibreOffice by round trips compared page by page and the ODF 1.3 schema. Left in ODT: emphasis marks and turned characters (no WordCraft model for either), conditional and variable fields as fields (user fields and custom properties done), control looks, drawing embedded spreadsheets' contents, tables wider than the margins (LibreOffice lets them overhang; WordCraft fits them), what a character style turns off (done for paragraph styles). Checked against LibreOffice's 78 bundled templates as well as synthetic documents: all open and round-trip; placeholders, first-page styles, unsized pages, WMF/EMF logos and `.ott` templates done; RTF export writes every section (`\sect`, `\sectd`); RTF reads and writes WMF and EMF pictures (#4259) | | ~2,100 (RTF) and ~11,000 (ODT, plus ~7,000 of tests) lines in `crates/formats`; RTF code pages (#896) and page setup (#902) landed; open PRs: RTF notes and comments (#1056) | Users exchanging with LibreOffice or older tools | 10–16 | [file-format-parity.md](file-format-parity.md) | | 18 | **Screen-reader access** to the document canvas: exposed, not yet tried with real screen readers | | The canvas describes paragraphs, headings, lists, tables, links, pictures and the caret to AccessKit (#488), tested headlessly; the ribbon's font name and size boxes, and the dropdown arrows beside them, say what they are (#3172); Windows Magnifier follows the caret, onto a new line too (#1119); no NVDA, VoiceOver or Orca run yet | Blind and low-vision users; public-sector procurement | 3–6 | [ui-parity.md](ui-parity.md) | | 20 | **Performance on large real-world documents** unmeasured (500+ pages, many pictures) | | DOCX comment saves avoid repeated paragraph-ID and durable-ID reservation searches; large threaded-comment fixtures retain metadata through save/reopen. Only the 188-page sample benchmark; scrolling a 1,096-page one-table document went from ~600 ms to ~2–5 ms a frame (#811), but opening it still lays out for seconds; opening a document with pictures no longer copies them (92 MB with 20 pictures: about 90 MB less); opening a document with many relationships now costs the size of its part and not that size times the number of relationships (1024 relationships and a 64 MiB part: 224 s → 0.2 s, #3411); a word with no break opportunity in it no longer lays out quadratically (1 MiB: 29.4 s → 0.35 s, #3412); saving a document with many content controls now costs the time the controls take (32,000 controls: 3.6 s → 0.1 s, #13) | Thesis and book authors | 10–20 | [layout-parity.md](layout-parity.md) | | 21 | **Mail merge data sources**: no Outlook/Contacts, Access or database sources, no email merge; CSV, typed lists (#247) and Excel/OpenDocument spreadsheets (#334, legacy .xls #778) only | | Select Recipients reads .csv/.tsv/.txt in any common encoding (UTF-8/16, GBK, Big5, Shift_JIS…), .xlsx/.xlsm, .xls and .ods; Edit Recipient List filters and sorts (#778), finds records and can show only the merged ones (#1576) | Office administrators | 4–8 | [target-app-parity.md](target-app-parity.md) | @@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ Recipient label generation (#4880) now includes all selected recipients across a | 2026-10-12 | trivial | #811: large-table scrolling fixed; performance gap (#20) narrowed | | 2026-10-12 | trivial | #13: radar, stock and other undrawn chart types show a placeholder instead of blank space (#998) | | 2026-10-19 | trivial | Personal templates in File › New and Save as Word Template (#2852); no gap entry tracked it | +| 2026-11-02 | trivial | #19 narrowed: ODT round-trips all 78 of LibreOffice's bundled templates; placeholders as content controls, first-page page styles, unsized pages and LibreOffice's default margins, WMF/EMF pictures, hidden form controls and `.ott` templates done | | 2026-11-01 | trivial | #19 narrowed: ODT custom shapes drawn from their own geometry, table cell formulas as formula fields, macros and unknown package parts kept, turned text in cells and text boxes, form control sizes and buttons kept (~90%) | | 2026-10-29 | trivial | #15 narrowed: a Word bibliography source with a corporate author keeps it (read, saved, cited and listed whole), and Create Source has the Corporate Author box (#4848) | | 2026-10-29 | trivial | Table Properties: row, column and cell settings apply to the selected rows, columns and cells, not only the caret's (#4857); no gap entry tracked it |