How to Install Microsoft Office 2007 on Linux

Last Updated: January 31, 2023

Sometimes LibreOffice, OpenOffice and other office suites won't work exactly as you want with Microsoft Office. When that happens you can either choose to work on a Windows system or you can install Microsoft Office on Linux. This article will teach you how to install Microsoft Office 2007 on Linux using Wine.

Steps

1
Install Wine. Wine is a compatibility layer for running Windows applications on non-Windows POSIX-compliant operating systems.
- If you're using Ubuntu, learn how to install Wine on Ubuntu.
2
Open Wine configuration. Configuration needs to be performed in order for Microsoft PowerPoint to work.

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3
Select Libraries tab.
4
Override riched20 DLL. Select dropbox under "New override for library" label, search for and select riched20.
5
Edit riched20 DLL. Select riched20 under "Existing overrides" label and press Edit... button.
6
Select native load order. Select Native (Windows) load order radio button and press OK button.
7
Apply load order change. Press Apply button to save and apply change to DLL load order.
8
Run installation executable. Locate your installation files and double-click setup.exe.
- If double-clicking doesn't work, right click the executable file and select Open with Wine Windows Program Loader.
- If it still doesn't work, make sure it has permission to run. Right-click the executable file, select Properties and check Allow executing file as program under Permissions.
9
Install Microsoft Office 2007. Install the office suite as if you were running Windows machine. Following the installation wizard will leave you with a functional Microsoft Office 2007 installation.