Instructions for installing Microsoft Office 2007 in Ubuntu 9.04

In the field of handling office work, Microsoft Office has almost no competitors with many outstanding features, the ability to handle smart and convenient jobs. However, for people using open source operating systems like Ubuntu, using Microsoft Office suite is indeed a problem. The following article will guide you to install Office 2007 step by step on Ubuntu 9.04 platform

1. Remove Wine application:

- Microsoft Office 2007 is not compatible with Wine versions before 1.1.14, so it should be removed if not appropriate:

- At the Terminal window, type the command:

sudo apt-get remove wine

- Remove all hidden folders and files created by Wine:

rm -rf ~ / .wine

2. Install Wine:

- Download Wine 1.1.14 here: http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/archive/index.html

- Install package * .deb as usual.

- You will receive the message ' An older version is available in the software channel .'

- Click Close to skip and continue the installation, select Install Package :

- Enter the user's password to complete the installation process

3. Install Microsoft Office 2007:

- Insert the Microsoft Office 2007 installation disc into the CD / DVD drive, find the file setup.exe

- Right-click and select Open with other applications , then choose Wine Windows Program Loader , and continue as if you installed a normal application in a Microsoft Windows environment.

- Enter the registration serial number, select Accept the User Agreement , click Install Now button to start the installation:

- Choose the necessary components according to your intended use:

- Complete the installation of Microsoft Office 2007, followed by Winetricks processing

4. Install Winetricks:

- At the Terminal command window, type the command:

sudo wget www.kegel.com/wine/winetricks

- Once completed, continue the following command:

sudo apt-get install cabextract

sh winetricks corefonts tahoma vcrun2005sp1 wsh56js

- Select Yes to continue installing Visual C ++

- Continue to select Yes to start Windows Script 5.6 installation:

5. Wine setting:

- Type the following command in the Terminal window:

winecfg

- Switch to the Libraries tab:

- In New override for libraries box , enter the value riched20 and click the Add button

- After selecting Next Edit , continue to select ' Native (Windows) ' and OK

- Enter the value of usp10 in the New override for libraries box , then click OK to finish setting up the parameters for Wine. Now you can freely use Microsoft Office 2007 in Ubuntu.