Word Viewer

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Word Viewer is (according to Microsoft-see links below), freeware that allows those who do not own Microsoft Work to view and print the many versions of Microsoft Word Documents.

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  • [July 05] After installing IE6, I thought installing WordView (the Word97 word view program) would be a snap. But instead winetools failed to install it in several attempts. It started, downloaded the file and tried to install it. But at the end it informed me that the installation had failed. I checked the .wine directory just to make sure and, yes, WordView was not installed. I also tried to run it with "wine wordview". It's not installed.
    • Another user reported that it installed after removing the z: symbolic link in dos devices. Wine Archive

[edit] Installing Word Viewer 97

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[From the user Forum] With a current version of wine, the only problem I had with the WordView97 installer was that it would apparently get stuck "checking the installed files" or some such thing (I forget the exact message). I removed the z: symbolic link in ~/.wine/dosdevices, and the installer ran fine for me. Wine Archive

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