To break it down further I don't want any information about the following alternatives which I know work, but defeat the purpose.
No talk of:
- Open Office (Ooo)
MS OFFICE 2000, XP or 2003
CrossOver Office
any emulators (EMUs) such as VirtualBox, VMWare, Qemu etc.
There are 2 Methods for accomplishing this mission
- Using the Installer to Install MS OFFICE 2007 in Wine
Copying OFFICE 12 from a Windows system, copy registry keys and play with dll overrides to get the software to work in Wine
The point is that Wine in its current state is capable of getting OFFICE12 to run. I reinstalled Wine 0.9.58 yesterday and played with the dll overrides and was able to get the installer all the way up to where it was to copy files, but it didn't crash and didn't copy any files so I know I am close in that regard.
So I hope that all the users will come together to get this application suite working in either method. I will post my data and overrides I am currently employing. Remember it's all about sharing information.