** Description changed: - WORKAROUND: Use WINE 1.2.2 from PPA via sudo add-apt-repository ppa - :ubuntu-wine/ppa && sudo apt-get -y update && sudo apt-get -y upgrade && - sudo apt-get -y install wine1.2 - Binary package hint: wine1.2 1) lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 10.10 Release: 10.10 2) apt-cache policy wine1.3 wine1.3: Installed: 1.3.10-0ubuntu1~maverickppa1 Candidate: 1.3.10-0ubuntu1~maverickppa1 Version table: *** 1.3.10-0ubuntu1~maverickppa1 0 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3) What is expected to happen is when one downloads Microsoft Office Word Viewer 2003 from: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=3657ce88 -7cfa-457a-9aec-f4f827f20cac&displaylang=en installs it in WINE, then opens MS .docx file downloaded from: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a471da91-dcbb- 4e9a-8b6c-778a79038758&displaylang=en it opens. 4) What happens instead is when one tries to open the file, MSOWV notes "This file was created by a newer version of Microsoft Word. Do you want to download a compatibility pack so that you can work with this file?" clicked Ok, then window pops up "Program Error The program WORDVIEW.EXE has encountered a serious problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." clicked ok, got log file (please see attached wine1.3.10: wine wordview.exe.txt). + + WORKAROUND: Use WINE 1.2.2 from PPA via sudo add-apt-repository ppa + :ubuntu-wine/ppa && sudo apt-get -y update && sudo apt-get -y upgrade && + sudo apt-get -y install wine1.2 + + WORKAROUND: Download and install the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack + for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint File Formats via: + + http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/confirmation.aspx?FamilyId=941B3470-3AE9 + -4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466&displaylang=en + + then open the file.
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