wine users - May 2006 - MSWord97 installs properly but still won't launch (or save?)

Dear friends:

I've been trying for some time to install my copy of Word97 (which I 
own, having purchased it directly from Microsoft with my own license 
number). I have tried the latest Wine 0.9.14. To do this, I first 
UNinstalled version 0. 9.1-4 (PCLINUXOS), then installed the new wine 
from source. The source install asked me to install a number of font 
files, which I did (bison, fontforger, etc., every one of them). The 
installation from source was a success. I then typed wincfg and selected 
Win98, clicked on OK and exited. I then typed on the command line in the 
console:

wine /mnt/cdrom/setup.exe

This brought up the Word97 Setup routine but WITHOUT ANY FONTS, even 
after I installed all the font files they asked for. At any rate, at the 
end of install, I noticed in the console that the installation was not a 
success. So, I decided to give up on this latest Wine, went back to the 
wine install directory, typed:

make uninstall

This uninstalled Wine. I then used Konqueror to delete the entire .wine 
directory. I then went back to Synaptic and reinstalled my earlier 
0.9.1-4 wine version,
which, by the way, beautifully supports my installation of Internet 6. 
It's also the same Wine that launches Notepad, which is apparently 
included with Wine. Please see screenshot:

http://www.websher.net/tmp/sonnet29.txt


So, the bottom line right now is: MSWord97 (Custom Install, All) 
installed successfully into my current 0.9.1-4 Wine. Please see 
screenshot of my winecfg:

http://www.websher.net/tmp/winecfg.png

But  right now I cannot even launch the new successfull install of 
MSWord97. There are only two ways: by going through the GUI Konqueror. 
When I do that and click on /.wine/...Winword.exe I get nothing. 
"Winword.exe" will not launch. And when I try to do this in the
console
I face the insurmountable problem of how to get past the directory 
"Program Files" (i.e. the empty space between "program" and
"files").
The question remains after I successfully launch MSWord whether I will 
be able to save or open any files in MSWord97. How do I configure the 
.wine user files and/or the File Location section in MSWord to make it 
save and load my documents in Linux. But first I have to launch MSWord. 
Any suggestions on what I may be doing wrong?

For permissions, please see another screenshot:

http://www.websher.net/tmp/word1.png

I'd really appreciate your help. This has been very frustrating for me. 
Would like to resolve this issue on a happy note.

Thank you so much.

Benjamin

Benjamin Sher <delphi123@zebra.net> wrote:
> from source. The source install asked me to install a number of font 
> files, which I did (bison, fontforger, etc., every one of them). The 
Here propably is your trouble. You need really new fontforge (from 2006
AFAIK), or you will have font troubles.
> "Winword.exe" will not launch. And when I try to do this in the
console
> I face the insurmountable problem of how to get past the directory 
> "Program Files" (i.e. the empty space between "program"
and "files").
For example:
- Enlose the whole path in quotes "like this".
- Put a backslash in front of the space like\ this.
- Use filename completion to let bash do it for you.

And please, read your distributions user manual.

Daniel