Rob Beard wrote: > Paul Webster wrote: > >> Hi >> >> Can I expect Word 2002 to run under Wine (on Jaunty)? >> >> I tried to install it, but came to a standstill during the >> installation, as the Word installer demanded a restart I couldn't provide. >> >> Paul W. >> > Hi Paul, > > It's not obvious how to do it, I'd agree on that one. What you need to > do is open a terminal and use wineboot. You can find more on wineboot here: > > http://wiki.winehq.org/wineboot > > I believe you'll need to run: > > wineboot -r > > > It suggests on the WineHQ app database that Word 2002 is well supported > with the status set to Gold - > http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=10 > > > Alternatively if you're still having problems you might want to consider > having a look at CrossOver Office which is a commercial version of Wine > with support from Codeweavers. > > They suggest that Word 2002 is a 'silver' application and is supported: > http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/browse/name/?app_id=2 > > CrossOver Office is £25.99 with 6 months of level 3 support but you can > also get a 30 day trial version to try it out (good for testing > application compatibility) or £44.99 for the Professional version which > gives you 1 year of level 2 support. You can find out more about the > levels of support here: > > http://www.codeweavers.com/support/faq/#f > > There is also a games specific version available which supports popular > Windows games (World of Warcraft etc) and also a version of either for > the Intel based Mac at the same price. > > Hope this helps. > > Rob > > > > Ok, just looked for non bloat version of Open Office and found it straight away. Its called Go OO
here is the url http://lifehacker.com/5084510/go+oo-takes-the-bloat-out-of-openofficeorg Hope that helps. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/