Use OpenOffice which is a Microsoft Office 100% compatible office suite (http://www.openoffice.org/). If you want more functionalities (Access-like database manager), you can buy Star Office. Jérôme Le sam 08/11/2003 à 17:27, Christophe a écrit : > Hi all, > > I wish to ask you some advice about Wine and Micro$oft Office. > I know this subject comes up every 10 sec, but I can't get Excel > nor WinWord work properly. > > I must say I studied toroughly als faqs and archives I could find about this > subjects. So I allready checked : > * my X server is correctly installed, with ttf fonts ans so on.. > * I have full acces to the windows partition where the programm is installed > * I use a double-boot with NT, but I let Wine run its own windows inwtall > * I already tried to re-install dcom95.exe (98 as well). (fyi, the install > programm refuses to install the prg and says a newer version had been > installed - I guess with wine install) > * I tried installing Wine 20031016 and 20030911 from rpm and from > src+compile+... > > Both M$ programms start and shout for MsCreate.dir. And it is impossible > either to open nor to save a doc. (Actually dialog boxes i.e. open won't come > up) > > Thanks in advance for your support. I need to have THESE working for 100% > compatibility purposes at work. Or I would have to give up linux :( > > Christophe > > Info about my system > RH9 running with kernel 2.4.20-8, X XFree86 Version 4.3.0 > current Wine : 20030911 > I attached my .wine/config file if you can have a look. > When starting, I always get a (approx translation) "mscreate is not > accessible ... maybe is it read-only file or the server (??) on which it is saved is > not responding" > It is maybe te reason why I also get : > > err:clipboard:X11DRV_CLIPBOARD_QueryAvailableData Failed to cache > text/plain;charset=utf-8 property > Then I have to click cancel : Basic functions are operative then. > When I choose open in the file menu : nothing happens and I get in the > console : > > fixme:hook:NotifyWinEvent (5,0x10021,-3,0)-stub! > > > > _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.winehq.com/mailman/listinfo/wine-users
