Re: reading MS word files
On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 09:15:55PM +0100, Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote:
> I took Word Viewer 2003 from the MS site ("View, print and copy Word
> documents, even if you don't have Word installed") and tried to install
> it with the version of Wine that is available for Sarge.
> Error: "Newer version of Windows needed."
Last time I looked, WINE defaulted to claiming it was Windows 95. You can
configure it to instead claim to be XP.
> Then I tried Word Viewer 97-2000, not available from MS any more, but it
> does exist in other places, for example:
> http://pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,6314-order,1-page,1-c,alldownloads/description.html
> Installed and ran it with Wine in Sarge.
> And, guess what: it runs great! And very fast!
Great.
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