Application Details:
Version: | 2010 (32 bit) |
License: | Retail |
URL: | http://www.microsoft.com/word/ |
Votes: | 27 |
Latest Rating: | Platinum |
Latest Wine Version Tested: | 5.0.1 |
Maintainers: About Maintainership
What works
Pasting images from Linux Firefox into a Word Document
Saving as DOCX, PDF, TXT
Copying images from Word Document to clipboard then pasting to Linux program (GIMP tested)
Changing Fonts
Maximizing window after being unmaximized from the panel
Inserting Charts, Tables, Clipart
What does not
Workarounds
What was not tested
Hardware tested
Graphics:
Additional Comments
Seems very stable. Didn't choose platinum because I had already installed core fonts and riched20 from a previous install.
Operating system | Test date | Wine version | Installs? | Runs? | Used Workaround? | Rating | Submitter | ||
Show | Slackware64 -current | Jul 21 2020 | 5.0.1 | Yes | Yes | No | Platinum | anonymous | |
Show | Fedora 29 x86_64 | Apr 25 2019 | 4.6-staging | Yes | Yes | No | Silver | Doq | |
Show | Ubuntu 18.04 "Bionic" amd64 (+variants like Kubuntu) | Oct 29 2018 | 3.19 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Gold | Jonathan | |
Show | Fedora 27 x86_64 | May 07 2018 | 3.7 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Gold | XU Guang-zhao | |
Show | Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Feb 11 2017 | 2.1 | Yes | Yes | Gold | John Chen |
Bug # | Description | Status | Resolution | Other apps affected |
14966 | Cannot insert clip art in MS Word/Publisher in Office XP/2003 | NEW | View | |
14980 | Wine does not automatically use the RichEdit Control 'riched20' installed by Microsoft Office 2003/2007/2010/2013/2016 (RichEdit v5.0+ requires native-only override) | 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 | |
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 | UNCONFIRMED | View | |
38554 | MS Office Word 2013: Word is not aware of keyboard layout change | UNCONFIRMED | View | |
46529 | Complex Text Layout messed up in MS Word 2010 | UNCONFIRMED | View |
(Updated 2012-12-26)
Install to a clean wineprefix following the instructions in the Microsoft Office (Installer only) entry. After installing set riched20.dll to native to get around bug 14980. Do not install it with winetricks; Office installs its own version.
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:
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by ZeroUser on Saturday June 17th 2017, 15:05
.*\b(winword.exe|excel.exe|powerpnt.exe)\b.*