[Wine] Moving Microsoft Office from XP to Wine

[James Mckenzie]

>KenJackson wrote:
>> I know the wiki (http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-
>>497f1a295d53dd3444f211df2b13312c7767afa2) says, you have to install them in
>>Wine...,  but it also says some applications can be copied if you don't mind
>> tinkering.
>
>This is true. Even better, a lot of applications do NOT require anything extra to run. But bigger ones usually require something extra, like special DLLs or registry entries that are installed alongside the application.
>
>'Tinkering' could mean that you just copy over everything, try out what works right away, and do a fresh install on anything that doesn't work.
>
Office 2003 and Office 2007 ARE NOT one of the programs that allow 'tinkering'.  They have to be installed from installation media to work properly in Wine.

James McKenzie