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Hi, i have install ms word on wine in my machine. I;m having trouble with running the word application. When i run the word, it prompts me for my name ...
  1. 12-30-2007 #1
    vitalstrike82
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    Anyone can use ms Word on wine? I need some help

    Hi,
    i have install ms word on wine in my machine. I;m having trouble with running the word application. When i run the word, it prompts me for my name and initials. Next it displays the error: Microsoft word has not been installed for this current user. Please run setup to install the application.

    I have change the RegisteredOrganization & RegisteredOwner in the system.reg found in .wine/system.reg

    What are the extra steps i must do to get it working?
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    That is tricky, MS makes nothing easy.

    try Frank's Corner, Running Windows applications and games on Linux

    Seems to have lots of wine solutions I don't know if they work I don't use wine

    Google is your friend.....search wine Linux
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    OpenOffice Writer is just as good and free.
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    Quote Originally Posted by vitalstrike82 View Post
    Hi,
    i have install ms word on wine in my machine. I;m having trouble with running the word application. When i run the word, it prompts me for my name and initials. Next it displays the error: Microsoft word has not been installed for this current user. Please run setup to install the application.

    I have change the RegisteredOrganization & RegisteredOwner in the system.reg found in .wine/system.reg

    What are the extra steps i must do to get it working?
    You need to be logged in as the user and then install office - if you have three users then you need to install it three times or setup an 'Office user' that everyone can use. I ditched Word for OpenOffice on Linux - it reads & writes Word documents ... actually I think I needed to use crossover office to get it to work properly anyway ... but that was on version 9.0 of SUSE.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kr4ey View Post
    OpenOffice Writer is just as good and free.
    I second this suggestion. Why not just use OpenOffice? It's Linux native and you can open and save Microsoft Word documents in it.
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  6. 01-01-2008 #6
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    it is because i want to get it work. Just trying for some experience gaining.
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    wel if u read the wine documentation u would know that not all ms programs work with wine some work and some dont
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  8. 01-02-2008 #8
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    If you do want to run it, I think MS Word 97 and MS Word 2000 are supposed to run pretty well under CrossOver:

    Compatibility - View App - Word 97

    Compatibility - View App - Word 2000
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