On 21 February 2014 15:07, Nigel Verity <nigelver...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I have to maintain a Windows 7 partition solely to run MS Word. I work on > all my documents in LibreOffice but my customers invariably require DOCX > format. I need Word to double-check the formatting of the end-product as the > LO implementation of DOCX is still not 100%. > > Does anybody know if the on-line MS office tools, such as those you access > through Hotmail, SkyDrive etc, render DOCX format files exactly the same as > the desktop applications? It would be good to save the cost of future Office > upgrades, and I could get rid of my Windows partition. > > For information I don't use any very complex formatting - headers, footers, > page numbering, fonts, bullets and tables. That's about it.
Have you tried running the Microsoft Word Viewer under WINE? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891090 -- Liam Proven * Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk * GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com * Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 * Cell: +44 7939-087884 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
