[ubuntu-uk] Word 2002 under Wine?

[John Matthews]

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
>
>
>
>   
Ooh, sorry for all the e-mails, but just noticed that it has a Mac based 
version as well, and it works on Linux.

John.