Wednesday 8 July 2009

install ms office 2007 on ubuntu 8.04

the following guide did the job ok for 8.04 as well
http://samanathon.com/how-to-install-microsoft-office-2007-in-ubuntu-9-04/

1) basically use wine 1.1.14
2) run setup and install office
once finished
3) install cabextract (apt-get)
4) download winetricks and run
sh winetricks corefonts tahoma vcrun2005sp1 wsh56js
5) configure wine (winecfg), go to libraries and add riched20 and set this one to native. also add usp10 (as it is).