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Microsoft Word

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Word processing component of Office 2007.

Application Details:

Version: 2007
License: Retail
URL: http://www.microsoft.com/word/
Votes: Marked as obsolete
Latest Rating: Gold
Latest Wine Version Tested: 9.3-staging

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Test Results

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What works

Typing, fonts, ribbon functions, footnotes, etc.

What does not

Chinese characters cannot be typed into Word by ibus or scim. 

Opening files with Asian language characters inside sometimes results in unreadable text.

Copying and pasting Chinese characters from OOo to Word did not work, but it did work when copying from Firefox, so there are possibly some encoding issues.

When switching between other programs, Word seems to freeze up sometimes.


Workarounds

What was not tested

Printing
Updating
Integration with other Office software.
Many many other features.

Hardware tested

Graphics:

  • GPU:
  • Driver:

Additional Comments

For those working only in English, or possibly other European languages, Word 2007 may deserve a Silver or higher rating. However, language support issues make it near to unusable for those working in Asian languages.

selected in Test Results table below
Operating systemTest dateWine versionInstalls?Runs?Used
Workaround?		RatingSubmitter
ShowUbuntu 22.04 "Jammy" (+ variants like Kubuntu)Mar 16 20249.3-stagingYes Yes YesGoldAsanDD 
ShowLinux Mint Debian x86_64Feb 04 20249.0Yes Yes YesSilverDistroHopper39B 
ShowGentoo Linux x86_64Apr 02 20238.0Yes Yes NoSilverOschtan 
ShowUbuntu 19.10 "Eoan" (+ variants like Kubuntu)Jan 28 20205.0Yes Yes YesGoldHamed Heidari 
ShowDenian 9.9 "Stretch" 32-bit.Jun 20 20194.0.1Yes Yes NoSilverJoe 

Known Bugs

Bug # Description Status Resolution Other apps affected
7156 Multiple apps need wingdings.ttf NEW View
14966 Cannot insert clip art in MS Word/Publisher in Office XP/2003 NEW View
15241 Microsoft Office 2007: Cannot updated IME dictionary NEW View
19534 Office 2007 menu button loses focus NEW View
20171 Microsoft Word 2007 and 2010: vertical ruler has misplaced numbers NEW View
22458 Word 2007 & 2010: Impossible to insert symbol by clicking on its center STAGED View
23805 Word / Excel 2007: issues with maximalized/windowed switching on dual monitor UNCONFIRMED View
24289 Office Word 2007 : Drag from native apps, drop to word doesn't work NEW View
25239 "Network Places" freezes Word 2007 NEW View
25509 Word 2007 Blog Post feature will not allow blog account registration. NEW View
29255 Microsoft Office 2003, 2007 & 2010 applications do not print OTF NEW View
30587 Office 2007/2010 apps (Word, Powerpoint) cannot be maximized after being unmaximized by window manager NEW View
37383 Office 2007/2010 - Submenus invisible on GNOME 3.14 RESOLVED NOTOURBUG View
57268 Some nested submenus in Office 2007 are off the position UNCONFIRMED View

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HowTo / Notes

HOWTO
(updated 2012-6-10)

Follow the instructions in the entry for Microsoft Office (installer only) for installing. ­

  • Leave the Windows version set to the default of Windows XP. 
  • If using 64 bit Wine, you must create a pure 32 bit wineprefix with WINEARCH=win32.
  • Set riched20 to native (needed for correct display of some dialogs) after installing. There is no need to copy the dll, as Office 2007 installs its own versions, but the overrides must be set in winecfg in order for Wine to use them.  These overrides should not be set globally unless Office is installed in a separate wineprefix.
  • The default bullet characters are from Wingdings. If you want them to look the same as on Windows, install that font.


Window Resizing Issues

Workarounds for bugs 23805 and 30587:

Solution 1: Run in an emulated virtual desktop. This is probably the easiest solution for most users.

Solution 2: Uncheck "Allow the window manager to control the windows" in winecfg. The downside is that Word will no longer show up in the taskbar.

Solution 3: (KDE users only) In System Settings, Window Behavior, do the following:

  1. Select Window Rules
  2. Click "New..." to create a new Window Rules
  3. Enter the description
  4. Window Class: Regular Expression: value *\b(winword.exe|excel.exe|powerpnt.exe)\b.*
  5. Check "Match whole window class"
  6. Check on tab "Size & Position"
  7. Check "Full screen": value Force, No
  8. Check "Ignore Requested Geometry": value Force, Yes
  9. Click Okay
Graphics Driver Bugs
The following are not Wine bugs, but are graphics driver bugs exposed by Wine and known to affect Office 2007:

185.xx.xx nVidia

X will crash when scrolling a document in Word 2007 when using a driver in this series.  Upgrade to 195.xx.xx or later. 

xf86-video-intel 2.12.0 through 2.15.0

GUI controls are painted black: http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30157   Upgrade to 2.16.0 or later.

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