On Fri, 3 Jul 2015 14:37:56 Paul Groves wrote:
I have managed to get Excel installed without errors now. I had to remove wine and reinstall for some reason but this worked with a fresh install.
However it will not run any macros at all and Excel just closes with no errors.
I am trying to get Microsoft excel to work to use SMS (Scout Management System) spreadsheets. This does not work with Libre or Open Office because of the macros. (Which do not work in Wine! aaagh :/)
As discussed already, it seems pointless having a whole VM just to run one program and would be great if Excel would work in Wine. It is marked as Gold compatibility on the wine database but my experience is obviously different. Everything works other than Macros and installing a license key! (Which is kind of important).
Any Idea where to go from here? My last resort will be to have to install a Windows VM which as I am sure everyone will agree is very over the top (and unpleasant :D) for one application!
Paul, I have been using Excel (including macros) in openSuSE since about version 11 or so, using CodeWeavers Crossover Linux (formerly Crossover Office). It's compatibility is much better than vanilla wine and was originally optimised for MS Office (and now many other progs as well). However, for the best experience, RTFM and follow their recommendations. The only small glitch I've found is sometimes there are discrepancies in some of the language/internationalisation options between the same document opened on Windows and on Crossover, but they're only minor annoyances for me - nothing that can't be worked around. FWIW, you can download a free trial version which will allow you to run it for something like 21 days to test it. If it doesn't work, don't pay for it. It works for me, but YMMV. Regards, Rodney. -- ============================================================== Rodney Baker VK5ZTV rodney.baker@iinet.net.au ============================================================== -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org