Hi All, I'm considering installing MS office on my 64bit Fedora 14 laptop and I'm looking for a bit of advice. I would like to have the best shot at a getting a stable, problem free MS office suit running. So what I'd like to know is what version of wine should I install and what version of office should I get. I looked through the app db and it seems like 2002xp and 2007 both run pretty well. Looking through some of the forum posts I have seen a few problems here and there but it seems like generally office runs ok. Any advice? Are there issues with 64bit machines? Thanks!
abestern wrote:> > I'm considering installing MS office on my 64bit Fedora 14 laptop and I'm looking for a bit of advice. I would like to have the best shot at a getting a stable, problem free MS office suit running. So what I'd like to know is what version of wine should I install and what version of office should I get. > > I looked through the app db and it seems like 2002xp and 2007 both run pretty well. Looking through some of the forum posts I have seen a few problems here and there but it seems like generally office runs ok. > > Any advice? Are there issues with 64bit machines? > >Use the latest development release of Wine. Office 2007 works best at this point. However, "works well" applies only to Word, Excel and Powerpoint. Outlook and Access work poorly, if at all; if you need either of those, try Crossover, as they include some hacks to make those apps work. I'm not aware of any problems with Office on 64 bit systems.
abestern <wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote:> >Hi All, > >I'm considering installing MS office on my 64bit Fedora 14 laptop and I'm looking for a bit of >advice. I would like to have the best shot at a getting a stable, problem free MS office suit [sic] >running. So what I'd like to know is what version of wine should I install and what version of >office should I get. >Office 2007/32 bit. Right now Wine has problems running 64 bit applications, but these are being worked on and solved. It appears you want to work today in Word/PowerPoint/Exel (Access is another story and requires some work to get functional.) Wine does come in 32 bit and 64 bit flavors. For now, use the 32 bit version. However, there may be others that have used Office 2007 64 bit and found it workable with Wine 64 bit and I would like it if they add their experiences here and on the Applications Database. James McKenzie