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! On 3 July 2015 at 03:44, Mark Misulich <munguanaweza@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, 2015-07-01 at 21:52 -0400, Doug wrote:
On 07/01/2015 09:15 PM, Mark Misulich wrote:
On Wed, 2015-07-01 at 15:15 -0700, John Andersen wrote:
On 7/1/2015 2:52 PM, Mark Misulich wrote:
I use it every month this way to produce a newsletter using MS Word and Adobe Acrobat.
Seriously, I can't imagine a single valid reason for firing up a virtual machine to use either Word or Acrobat.
Install LibreOffice, import one old newsletter and do the newsletters with LO. It will even render the letter to PDF for you. You can even save them in Word format if you are convinced you can never drag yourself away from Word.
Hi John, thanks for posting your comments.
I do have LO installed, and have tried to use it to produce the newsletter in the past. I haven't found it to be very useful for my purposes, so I have had to use the other programs as I described.
It isn't a matter of tearing myself away from Word. I actually would prefer that LO would be more useful to me so I could produce the newsletter in Linux and not have to use Windows and the virtual machine.
I thank you again for posting and trying to point me to an equivalent Linux program for the Windows programs that I have been using.
Mark
You might want to have a look at SoftMakerOffice, which includes TextMaker, a word processor. Altho there is (was?) a free version for Linux, it was reported to be fairly limited. I have been using the paid version of the software, which is discounted for home use. (Don't know if your newletter is for a business purpose or for something that would qualify for the discount.) There is supposed to be a new Linux version coming out shortly, I don't know just when. The present Linux version is 2012. (The new version is already available for Windows.)
I suspect that your problem with LO is the strait-jacket that their "styles" routine enforces on you. You should not see anything like that in TextMaker. I went to TextMaker when I could not put up with the eccentricity of LO/OO. I don't do anything sexy with it, so I can't say whether you will like it or not.
I have no personal interest in the German company that makes SoftMakerOffice. I will say that they do answer questions submitted to them about use of the products, altho it may take a week or two.
--doug
Hi Doug,
thanks for the recommendation regarding Softmaker Office. I do have that installed, and it was one of the programs that I tried to use in Linux to replace Word. Its a great program, but it didn't do what I wanted it to do for me.
I think it would also be a suitable replacement for MS Office Suite for Paul, who had the original post that I answered about how to get Excel going in Wine. My opinion is that he shouldn't bother with Wine, when he has several Linux alternatives that will do the job for him and do it well. My suggestion was to try the WPS Office Suite.
When I have compared the office suites available in Linux, I felt that WPS Office would be my choice of program for him. It looks and operates almost identical to the MS program, and I thought it would be an easy switch for him. It also works very well. For his purposes, LO might be a suitable candidate as well. Its best if he can try all three office suites suggested and make up his own mind as to which works best for him.
Thanks, Mark
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