Word processing component of Microsoft Office 2007.
Selected Test Results (selected in 'Test Results' table below)
What works
Installer (see separate AppDB entry)
starting the application
The Office Orb menu thing: opening the menu and selecting 1 option that shows a menu on the right side.
saving and loading a simple document to and from docx and doc, I suppose bigger files won't be a problem.
Inserting autoshapes, tables (the insert table menu shows black squares under Wine, they should be white).
spelling and grammar check
annotations
equations if you use usp10.dll native!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (this is awesome)
bibliography and table of contents (see below)
watermarks, and probably every other commonly used function
What does not
- The Office Orb menu thing: opening the menu and selecting a second option makes the menu disappear, nothing serious, the save dialog works!
- table of contents has a cool overlay/frame with an "update table" button that is not present under Wine. This is not show-stopping as you can update the table from the ribbon.
What was not tested
things not reported above
Additional Comments
- for equation editor not to crash the program, set usp10.dll to native.
- winemenbuilder.exe crashes on start and close of the application, but has no effect on normal operation
Maintainer note: rating changed to conform to rating definitions.
Set riched20 to native and usp10 to native, builtin after installing. There is no need to copy the dlls, as Office 2007 installs its own versions, but the overrides must be set in winecfg in order for Wine to use them.
The problem with bullets and numbering not working appears to be fixed as of 1.1.11, but requires a fresh install under that version or later. If you do not wish to upgrade and/or reinstall, the workaround (for the English version, at least) is to go into Word Options, Language Settings and delete all languages other than U.S. English.
(Note that you must have symbol.ttf installed for bullets to display.)
Beginning with 1.1.16, Wine includes its own symbol.ttf, so there is no longer a need to install it separately.
Questions?
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Menu tip
by Firas Kraiem on Saturday November 14th 2009, 4:37
"- The Office Orb menu thing: opening the menu and selecting a second option makes the menu disappear, nothing serious, the save dialog works!"
This can be easily worked around. The menu disappears only when you select an option that opens a submenu, and then select another option that also opens a submenu. The trick is to first select an option that oens a submenu, then select an option that doesn't. Then you can select another option that does. For example, selecting "Save as" then "Print" will make the menu disappear, but selecting "Save as" then "Save" then "Print" won't.
Citation bug
by Bug on Thursday October 29th 2009, 12:48
Whenever you use the citation editor (References tab, insert citation) and go to the website drop-down and try to paste a URL, the whole program crashes.
SmartArt does not work
by Andrew Cleveland on Friday August 28th 2009, 3:04
On WINE 1.1.26, when I click the SmartArt button in a new document, the chooser dialog pops up. But no matter which type I choose, after I click OK nothing appears in the document.
Font edginess
by Mike Kaplinskiy on Sunday April 12th 2009, 3:01
It seems that some anti-aliasing on fonts in word doesn't work due to lack of SourceAlphaConstant support. I have not tested this, but it seems the likely culprit (several fixme:xrender:X11DRV_AlphaBlend Ignoring SourceConstantAlpha 176 for AC_SRC_ALPHA). Could someone test this and possibly push the patch?
