Microsoft Word
From Wine-Wiki
Microsoft Word is one of the largest and most well-known word processing software currently available. Commercial companies and non technical users may prefer the Codeweavers commercial version of Wine, which provides support for Microsoft Word and apparently lets you install as easily as on Windows.
This wiki is mainly collecting unofficial tips and suggestions from the forums and does not replace the application database.
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[edit] Wine application database
- http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?appId=10 Word (main entry on WineHq appdb)
- Please consider submitting your test results for running this software under Wine.
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[edit] Current Status and Forum Comments
Be aware that this software may be covered in the wiki entry for MS Office
- [Jun 06] Recently I've been trying to make MS Word work on my box, and just now I've finally managed to do that without resorting to winetools etc. (thanks to the work of msi.dll people). wine archive
- Further Details currently Unknown
[edit] Tips and tricks
[edit] Wine 20050423
- Use an older release of Wine
- Further tips are Unknown. Feel free to add them here
[edit] Troubleshooting
- Feel free to add suggestions here, but remember to add to the application database. If you can, please become a maintainer for this software.
[edit] Word Viewer 97
D. Kegel [wine bugs July 07]: you have to get rid of the Z drive for a few apps like this. [It is] Not a wine bug, it's braindamage back from the days when it was right to assume that you could actually scan the whole hard drive quickly.
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