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I use msoffice 2013 in Windows, but I was not able to install it in Wine or Playonlinux, where instead I use msoffice 2007.

I wander if some user can confirm the most recent MSOffice that run under Wine/Playonlinux.

I am not asking how to install 2013 (although finding how to do that would be great) - but what is the latest that clearly works.

MSOffice version history at the date of this question:

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After comments keep asking to let go MSO:

I am processing (translating) large documents that have been elaborated in new versions of MSo (eg 2013), and sometimes even mso-2007 isn't able to treat them properly, not to speak of LO, and I have to use latest versions of the program. - All the formatting has to remain completely unchanged when the sender re-opens his document that I return translated back to him (after I modify the text and save the document). -- But my work experience is much better in Linux than in Windows (desktop, internet browsing, other secondary tools that I need and have set up in Linux) and that is why I am asking the question.

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Since the new Wine 2.0 version got released, you can now theoretically run MS Office 2013 with it, according to the announcement on the official WineHQ website:

The Wine team is proud to announce that the stable release Wine 2.0 is now available.

This release represents over a year of development effort and around 6,600 individual changes. The main highlights are the support for Microsoft Office 2013, and the 64-bit support on macOS.

The new Wine is not yet provided through the official Ubuntu repos as far as I know though, so you have to install it from their official Wine PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wine/wine-builds
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install winehq-devel

More information about installing Wine 2.0 on Ubuntu may also be found here.

After that, you should be able to install MS Office 2013 on Wine.

Sources:

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Office 2016, 16.0 - NO.

Office 2013, 15.0 - YES.

Answers under this question seem to work. I have installed it according to this answer, which was the most recent and is the most simple, as it only involves running a script in Playonlinux.

  • Word seem to work decently, as well as Excel. Outlook starts (I never use it).

  • Powerpoint has some bugs; from what I have seen, upon each startup one has to wait for a configuration progress to end and then select 'No' when asked to reboot Wine.

  • OneNote doesn't work.

  • Minimized windows are not seen in the task manager, panel or dock, but appear on the desktop as buttons/launchers which show window options when clicked. This may vary depending on the desktop environment, I have only tested in Plasma and Lxqt.

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They are a bit annoying as they stay on top of the normal Linux windows. This can be changed by altering the Wine configuration in POL to allow the (Linux) window manager to control the windows.

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In this way the windows will then be accessible from task manager/panel as any other window, but this bug would stop you from resizing, moving or otherwise changing the windows' state once you have put them into the "un-maximized" state. So, avoid the un-maximize button.

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-- and just use the minimize option or leave the windows maximized and switch them with Alt-Tab or from the panel or dock.

(I do not recommend enabling the other option of running the windows in a virtual desktop: minimized windows would in this case become totally inaccessible.)

UPDATE FOR 2013:

The above answer worked for me in 18.04, but not in 18.10. Instead I followed a combination of the other two answers there, that I have posted HERE.

Office 2010, 14.0 - YES

Before installation be sure you have winbind installed:

sudo apt install winbind
  • In Playonlinux 4.2.10 it is listed under ' Install - Office'

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Office 2007 - YES

More here.

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Office 2016 (Word/Excel/Powerpoint) can run with POL and Wine 3.14 (latest 3.19 or 3.0 /3.4 did not work for me) on Ubuntu 18.04 with steps 1-5 post Kevin. If you download the complete office 2016 IMG file, the installation includes your personal license and is already activated on start.

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