MS Office 2007 and wine, word works, but Power Point and outlook do not

sdowney717 · 03-31-2018, 10:33 AM

Following an online guide, I was able to install.
I followed the instructions but PP still will not load.
Word seems to work fine.

https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/1325

any ideas about the PP?

I did this here.

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Under 'Libraries' select 'riched20' and set it to 'Native (Windows). This makes all the apps in this wineprefix use the 'riched20' library that has been installed by MS-Office instead of the default wine version. If you don't do this, Powerpoint and some other things do not work.

I am using wine 3.4

Code:

boat-mint183@boatmint183 ~ $ wine --version
wine-3.4
boat-mint183@boatmint183 ~ $

PP has been crashing but now it is hanging..

ar124official · 03-31-2018, 02:06 PM

I would recommand you to change your choice about OFFICE. When you left Windows, why cannot you left MS OFFICE. As far as I used office, I think Libre Office is closest replacment of MS OFFICE as well it is included in most of distribution. Wine and such utilities are very irritating. It is better to use Linux Native Office suits or multiboot Linux and Windows instead of using utilities like WINE.

Remeber: You can manipulate MS OFFICE files in LIBRE OFFICE as well as you can export Libre Office document to MS OFFICE Formates like .ppt and .docx.

sdowney717 · 03-31-2018, 02:24 PM

Lots of people still use office, if linux can make it work, then all the better.

My wife uses MS office a lot and she wont use Linux partly because office won't run.

I set her up with a win10 PC, and it has been ok.

I don't personally care about any particular word processor, this is just me learning.

I wonder if wine 3.4 since it is pre release is the problem.

TB0ne · 03-31-2018, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by sdowney717

Lots of people still use office, if linux can make it work, then all the better.

My wife uses MS office a lot and she wont use Linux partly because office won't run. I set her up with a win10 PC, and it has been ok. I don't personally care about any particular word processor, this is just me learning. I wonder if wine 3.4 since it is pre release is the problem.

I would suggest you think about what the situation is. Again, Libreoffice can open/read/write Word, Excel, and Powerpoint files just fine...nothing special needed. Click File->Open. And aside from menu differences, you'd be hard pressed to find a feature that MS Word has that Libreoffice doesn't. Yes, there are SOME, but they are pretty esoteric features, not used by 98%+ of users.

There is NO NEED for MS Office on Linux, past just WANTING MS Word.

Mill J · 03-31-2018, 05:10 PM

And for M$ Office user who think LibreOffice doesn't cut it, try WPS Office, it runs natively on Linux and claims full M$ compatibility.

And Word is available cloud based via a web browser, right?

sdowney717 · 03-31-2018, 05:22 PM

She works as a teacher at a high school, and she is expected by everyone to use MS Word, as most people do at that school.
It is what most people are used to using there. They did try to get people using Libre office, but did not gain any traction.

Some people use google docs, and a few other programs.

This version of MS office 2007 is a student version, which my daughter used in university.
The version the school has is word 2010.

So not much help getting PP to work in wine?

I have an ubuntu 18.04 PC, I could try and setup and see if it works using wine 3.0

Mill J · 03-31-2018, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by sdowney717

So not much help getting PP to work in wine?

I have an ubuntu 18.04 PC, I could try and setup and see if it works using wine 3.0

You have to realize wine is unpredictable(trust me on that one), it's just like asking about a total different OS

On second thought, wine does have its own forums and everything, that's where I'd start. Good Luck, let us know if you figure it out.

TB0ne · 03-31-2018, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by sdowney717

She works as a teacher at a high school, and she is expected by everyone to use MS Word, as most people do at that school.
It is what most people are used to using there. They did try to get people using Libre office, but did not gain any traction.

Some people use google docs, and a few other programs.

Again, Libreoffice has the ability to read/write MS Office files. You can save a Libreoffice write document as an MS Word document with zero problems. Same with Libreoffice Calc/Excel and Libreoffice Impress/Powerpoint. File->Save as. Don't have to tell ANYONE you're using Libreoffice, period...they'll never know. Sorry, but there is just no reason to use MS Office on Linux.

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This version of MS office 2007 is a student version, which my daughter used in university. The version the school has is word 2010. So not much help getting PP to work in wine? I have an ubuntu 18.04 PC, I could try and setup and see if it works using wine 3.0

Wine 3.0 is the latest stable version, so using it would be the best course of action, if you see fit to.

MS Word is rated Silver, but Obsolete on the WineHQ Database. Excel 2010 is Bronze (a good number of issues), and is also obsolete. 2007 versions are even worse.

fido_dogstoyevsky · 03-31-2018, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by sdowney717

She works as a teacher at a high school, and she is expected by everyone to use MS Word, as most people do at that school.
It is what most people are used to using there. They did try to get people using Libre office, but did not gain any traction...

Sticking my oar in to help muddy the waters

When I was an active high school teacher I used Open- or Libre- Office under Linux exclusively. Never had a problem swapping "word" or "excel" files with anyone (although I never needed to swap presentation files). And the only people who knew were the three IT support staff and anybody who looked over my shoulder and asked about the different look.

dave@burn-it.co.uk · 04-01-2018, 06:53 AM

Curiously as an IT teacher, I found Powerpoint files the most difficult to port.

Habitual · 04-02-2018, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by sdowney717

She works as a teacher at a high school, and she is expected by everyone to use MS Word, as most people do at that school.
It is what most people are used to using there. They did try to get people using Libre office, but did not gain any traction.

Some people use google docs, and a few other programs.

This version of MS office 2007 is a student version, which my daughter used in university.
The version the school has is word 2010.

So not much help getting PP to work in wine?

I have an ubuntu 18.04 PC, I could try and setup and see if it works using wine 3.0

Virtualbox+Windows+Office

dave@burn-it.co.uk · 04-02-2018, 10:37 AM

If you don't need the other office apps, just install Word under Wine, or you could, as a last resort, use the online version, though that DOES need to be a last resort.
Word 2003 seems to be the better one to use if you don't need the later crap.

TB0ne · 06-04-2020, 08:09 AM

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