When installing, you’ll notice that it slows down when the progress bar reaches about 60%. It takes a long time to install, so you just have to go eat something, then come back later and it will be done.
Normally, I’d just use Open Office, but the professors at our school send out documents with the new M$ 2007 format, and as far as I know they only open up under Office 2007.
I just found out that OO 2.4 will open the new .docx format. OO 2.3 and earlier won’t. I don’t think you can open a regular file made by office 2007 in earlier versions of office, unless it’s saved in compatibility mode.
Only openSUSE 11.0 OO2.4 will open .docx file not other distros 2.4
like Ubuntu etc.
This is because some exchange of codes with MS with Novell. Its part of that exchange to use .docx under openSUSE.
It looks like interesting to install MS Office 2007, but there are some concerns:
License activation for OEM and retail version.
WGA check in order to get (security) updates
To overcome these concerns my preferred way is to create a virtual machine with VMWare or VirtualBox and install XP in this VM. I prefer to install XP Retail over Vista, because I’ve encountered a bad update issue in Vista even everyting was legally OK.
The only things I miss in OO.o are
A comparable BASIC environment for OO.o. Not just the one which is included in OO.o. I find VBA much better than OO.o basic because:
a. Faster performance
b. Automatic completion in editor
c. Far more sophisticated forms and event handling mechanism
d. Better online or F1 documentation
e. Options to protect the macro source code against illegal copying or other misuse
f. Objects are more strongly typed. I can say ‘Dim sps as Worksheet’ in VBA, but in OO.o I must write: ‘Dim sps as Object’.
I’d like to be able to use Access databases not just to extract data, but I’d also like to be able to update the database using SQL.
I’d like to be able to manupilate Base forms programmatically using events
There are all valid reasons to use MS Office under Wine in Linux or making a virtual machine.
I’ve had MS Office 2007 not want to install at all. I get to the license screen, and it does not let me enter the CD key at the time of installation - it freezes on the last letter/digit.
If I push continue without entering the key, it freezes before the next step. I’m on OpenSUSE 11.1, a new installation. Switched from Ubuntu.
While I’m sure the VM Ware solution will work, I’ve decided I don’t want XP or any other windows on this computer at all. As far as office updates, they are handled through IE7, so perhaps installing IE7 will work under wine to update Office?
Anybody had any experience with this? Usually I am on Open Office anyway, and just want MS for an occasional guest or for some compatibility testing.
Here’s an update. I did install 1.1.13. Running the installer still only permitted entry of 24 of the 25 alphanumerics in my product key. I know the key works, as before I decided to change the hard drive that had an XP partition, this same copy of MS Office 2007 Home/Student was fine.
Restarting the installer (using Konqueror, even though I have a Gnome desktop) I continued without the product key on Windows “trial” basis. That installation proceeded to “successful” completion.
Word runs fine, as does Excel. It seems that PowerPoint can’t get it’self started, it dies after the splash screen.
Thoughts? Hardware is basic and not new, a vintage 2003 Dell Optiplex small form factor desktop, stock graphics card. 1 GB RAM and plenty of HD space.
I’ve had MS Office 2007 not want to install at all. I get to the license
screen, and it does not let me enter the CD key at the time of
installation - it freezes on the last letter/digit.
If I push continue without entering the key, it freezes before the next
step. I’m on OpenSUSE 11.1, a new installation. Switched from Ubuntu.
While I’m sure the VM Ware solution will work, I’ve decided I don’t
want XP or any other windows on this computer at all. As far as office
updates, they are handled through IE7, so perhaps installing IE7 will
work under wine to update Office?
Anybody had any experience with this? Usually I am on Open Office
anyway, and just want MS for an occasional guest or for some
compatibility testing.
Here’s an update. I did install 1.1.13. Running the installer still only
permitted entry of 24 of the 25 alphanumerics in my product key. I know
the key works, as before I decided to change the hard drive that had an
XP partition, this same copy of MS Office 2007 Home/Student was fine.
Restarting the installer (using Konqueror, even though I have a Gnome
desktop) I continued without the product key on Windows “trial” basis.
That installation proceeded to “successful” completion.
Word runs fine, as does Excel. It seems that PowerPoint can’t get
it’self started, it dies after the splash screen.
Thoughts? Hardware is basic and not new, a vintage 2003 Dell Optiplex
small form factor desktop, stock graphics card. 1 GB RAM and plenty of
HD space.
