Microsoft Word

What works

The application works almost flawlessly.  The last-big-fix was removing the "oriya" fonts from my system.  It seems that Word crashes whenever it finds the font, even though none of the documents use it.

apt-file search ttf-oriya-fonts

apt-get remove ttf-oriya fonts

apt-get remove ttf-indic-fonts-core

After this "adjustment" to the system, Word works almost flawlessly.

What does not

Macros sometimes crash or aren't found.  Closing and re-starting Word fixes the problem.

 Cascading menus don't always stay open long enough to select sub-menus.  The work around is to select the sub-menu quickly.

 Image cut and paste from the selection or clipboard is a bit quirky.  Usually works.  Try using "diodon" or similar clipboard manager; this helps smooth data moving between the X-clipboard and the X-selection.

 Font management can get tricky because Ubuntu has fonts not normally installed for Windows users.  Wine finds the "system" fonts and offers them to Word.

Workarounds

What was not tested

I use Word 2007 extensively and daily for my job, using styles, macros, sharing with Windows and Mac users.  No problems sharing files during about two years of use with Wine.

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU:
• Driver:

Additional Comments

(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.
  

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
   

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.