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    Your average Wine enjoyer (sh.itjust.works)
    submitted 10 months ago by 0x4E4F to c/[email protected]
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    [–] 0x4E4F 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

    Which version? 2007 runs just fine. 2010 requres some custom libs, but there are tutorials (there is also a patch that makes it an endless free trial). 2013 is not a finished product IMO, so I haven't used it all or tried in Wine. 2016... yeah, that's a PITA to get working. One thing I can suggest is go with the MSVC++ installer from this link and go from there. You might also need x64dbg, but I seriously doubt it.

    [–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    MS Word past 2007 is not MS Word anymore. Microsoft fucked up the menu and the toolbar intentionally, to lock new users into their new fancy user interface with menus-as-buttons. LibreOffice is more MS Word from the usability standpoint than the MS Word 2016. Like, you can select Format - Paragraph and edit your paragraph formatting, all in one dialog, and not search for the right icon out of a hundred pictograms spread evenly over ten dynamic toolbars.

    [–] 0x4E4F 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    I completely agree, I like LibreOffice way more than MS Office. It's basically got the pre 2007 look and feel, and that is what I like and what I'm used to.

    I just happen to work on getting MS Office working on Wine for a small local company and know a thing or two about getting it working in Wine.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    On another note: why do we have open standards like jpeg and png but proprietary shit like docx?

    [–] 0x4E4F 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    MS took over that market in the 90's when shit was settlig down after the UNIX wars and people didn't actually have an alternative. MS came in and swooped the market.

    It is hard to switch when ”the defaults"are in place.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    Thanks. Thats actually very interesting. Do you know if there is a good open alternative at this point?

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    I think odt is pretty good.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

    Thanks for mentioning it. I had forgotten it exists since I barely use word processors atm.