Hi,
dan moylan writes:
> using cups at localhost:631 add printer i find:
>
> Discovered Network Printers: HP ENVY 4500 series [D449B0]
>
> then clicking on that i get:
>
> Add Printer HP_ENVY_4500_series_D449B0 Error
> Unable to get list of printer drivers:
> Success
> HP ENVY
Hello, all.
I painfully conclude that I must install Word on my Ubuntu 16.04 machine. I
need to be able to handle Word files consistently.
So I opened Synaptic Package Manager and searched for Microsoft Word. No
luck.
What do I do? How do I get it installed?
I know, it pains me! But I don't see
On 12/11/2017 10:05 PM, Nancy Allison wrote:
Hello, all.
I painfully conclude that I must install Word on my Ubuntu 16.04 machine. I
need to be able to handle Word files consistently.
So I opened Synaptic Package Manager and searched for Microsoft Word. No
luck.
What do I do? How do I get it i
On 12/11/2017 10:05 PM, Nancy Allison wrote:
Hello, all.
I painfully conclude that I must install Word on my Ubuntu 16.04 machine. I
need to be able to handle Word files consistently.
So I opened Synaptic Package Manager and searched for Microsoft Word. No
luck.
What do I do? How do I get it i
The catch is licensing. The Windows license that came with your
computer doesn't cover running it in a virtual machine. You'll have to
buy a full retail license to do that legally.
A Windows license really should cover running any number of virtual
machines with Windows on the same computer, so lo
The other option is to run Office under Wine or CrossOver. (The latter
is a commercially supported non-free offshoot of Wine.) I haven't
tried it but it's supposed to work reasonably well, because that's one
of the software packages that they concentrate on supporting.
On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 11:3
Correct. I bought myself a copy of Windows 7 to use specifically for
this purpose. It is a bit annoying to have to do that, but it's not
that expensive. (See
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832416804)
I'm not sure there's too many other practical options beyond that.
On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 11:48 PM, Shirley Márquez Dúlcey
wrote:
> The other option is to run Office under Wine or CrossOver. (The latter
> is a commercially supported non-free offshoot of Wine.) I haven't
> tried it but it's supposed to work reasonably well, because that's one
> of the software pa