Hello people, I'm very new to wine but not so much to linux so try not to make the answers -if any- too complicated. I have successfully installed office 2007 third edition using this post http://samanathon.com/how-to-install-microsoft-office-2007-in-ubuntu-804/ and it worked no probs, I only really installed word and excel though. Word seems to work perfectly but I'm having some little problems with excel, I'm going to write a separate post for each as not to make this post too long! The main problem I am having is saving xls (not xlsx) files. If I open an existing xls file and try to save it it gives this error:> Microsoft Office Excel cannot access the file .... there are several > possible reasons: > > - The file name or path does not exist > - The file is being used by another program > - The workbook you are trying to save has the same name as a > currently open workbook.None of these cases apply to me, I try to save the file in another location and I get the same message, renaming it doesn't work either, however, if I save the same file as an xlsx format in the same location then I does work. I can however save a new xls file in the same location. Strange [Rolling Eyes] Any ideas?
The instructions you followed for installation are incorrect. Native rpcrt4 and msxml3 are not needed to install with the most recent versions of Wine. You should also not be downloading riched20--Office 2007 installs its own riched20, and that's the one you should use (just set the override in winecfg). As for the other overrides, I've seen them listed in various howtos, but have yet to see an explanation as to what they are supposed to fix. In particular, .NET 2.0 doesn't work very well in Wine yet, so I really don't see the point of installing it. So my first suggestion is that you upgrade to 1.1.4 if you haven't already, then delete or rename your /.wine directory and start over. Install Office 2007 without any overrides--you can always add them later if you find that some function needs them. Then, if something doesn't work, POST CONSOLE OUTPUT.