Sometimes LibreOffice, OpenOffice and other office suites won't work exactly as you want with Microsoft Office . When that happens you can either choose to work on a Windows system or you can install Microsoft Office on Linux. This article will teach you how to install Microsoft Office 2007 on Linux using Wine.
Steps
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1Install Wine . Wine is a compatibility layer for running Windows applications on non-Windows POSIX-compliant operating systems.
- If you're using Ubuntu, learn how to install Wine on Ubuntu.
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Open Wine configuration. Configuration needs to be performed in order for Microsoft PowerPoint to work.Advertisement
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Select Libraries tab.
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Override riched20 DLL. Select dropbox under "New override for library" label, search for and select riched20 .
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Edit riched20 DLL. Select
riched20under "Existing overrides" label and press Edit... button. -
Select native load order. Select
Native (Windows)load order radio button and press OK button. -
Apply load order change. Press Apply button to save and apply change to DLL load order.
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Run installation executable. Locate your installation files and double-click
setup.exe.- If double-clicking doesn't work, right click the executable file and select
Open with Wine Windows Program Loader. - If it still doesn't work, make sure it has permission to run. Right-click the executable file, select
Propertiesand checkAllow executing file as programunderPermissions.
- If double-clicking doesn't work, right click the executable file and select
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Install Microsoft Office 2007 . Install the office suite as if you were running Windows machine. Following the installation wizard will leave you with a functional Microsoft Office 2007 installation.Advertisement
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Tips
- If it is Home and Student Edition you will need to activate it, but this can be done over the internet even in Linux.Thanks
- Keep default installation directory for best results.Thanks
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Warnings
- Visual Basic rarely works unless you're using CrossOver Office.Thanks
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