On 21 February 2014 15:11, Liam Proven <lpro...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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/
Kingsoft Office alpha works pretty well too. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
