Dear friends:
Below is the official word on installing Word97 or MicrosoftOffice in Linux
using Wine, in this case, Codeweavers Wine. See below.
It would appear that if Codeweavers thinks it can't be done, then it can't be
done.
I have to accept his judgment on this score.
Just wondering: Has ANYONE gotten MSWord97 to work and to work
satisfactorily in Linux using Wine, any version of Wine? Some people have
written to tell me that they have. So, is the representative from Codeweavers
right? Or is there a workaround? What's the last word on this subject,
please?
(Please see my long letter on this subject yesterday).
Thank you so very much.
Benjamin
Benjamin Sher
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ben,
You shouldn't waste a lot of time attempting to get office to install via
Wine. It simply doesn't work due to the installer that it uses. If you
want to get office to work under wine, install it to a windows partition
first, and just run it from there. Also keep in mind that very little of
office actually works under wine. Refer to the newsgroup or mailing lists
for more detail.
-Jim
