Office 2010

Shahar Dag dag at cs.technion.ac.il
Mon Aug 30 16:48:19 UTC 2010


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chadley Wilson" <chadleyw at pinnacle.co.za>
To: <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 12:12 PM
Subject: Office 2010


> Hey All,
>
> Potentially dangerous question for the list!
>
> So now I just cannot leave my Ubuntu 10.04 64 bit alone.
>
> Yeah, the winbloze networking can be tricky and yeah, my new star craft 
> won't work and yeah... I could go on.
>
> But the desktop is awesome, I love it to bits...
> So how can I run Office 2010 in my Ubuntu?
> Wine or some better emulator?
>
> I need .Net framework in order for it to install ;(
>
> PS:
> I know all the open source fanatics are going to jump in on this one, and 
> even if I say my reasons are none of your business, you guys will still 
> want to fight. So the reason why I want Office 2010, is because open 
> office advanced formulas are not compatible with MS office, and visa 
> versa...
> Open Office lacks modern means of navigation and interface, and I hate 
> getting a pop up window every time I delete a value in a cell. Basically 
> for me, Open office still looks like Office 97. It totally blows. As new 
> as the underlying code may be, the interface sucks.
> So even though the MS OS sucks and lacks decent desktop effects, their 
> office package is awesome.
>
>
> Chadley Wilson | Engineer
> Research and Development | Pinnacle Africa
>
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Hello

This is little old but it may help you.
I think that buy following the principle I was able to install office 2007 
under wine. Try it may work also for office 2010.

http://www.wine-reviews.net/microsoft/word-2003-excel-2003-powerpoint-2007-viewers-with-wine/print.html

good luck
Shahar 





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