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office solutions: I want to purchase a laptop that has a Linux system on it, but I need Microsoft Office 2007. Solutions?
Can Microsoft Office 2007 work with Linux?

The following is the answer: (Hint: The reader is not the correct identification.)

Answer by Jordan D
purchase the parts and build it yourself. that way you can pick everything you want for it.

Answer by Techguy
You can try an emulator on linux to run MS2007
or you can do a dual boot of a linux distro and windows XP or vista

Answer by conehead
No MS Office with Linux.

You could set up a dual boot system and use Windows when you need Office.

You could run OpenOffice, but it’s somewhat limited.

Answer by tj
Use Open Office.

http://www.openoffice.org

Is there some specific reason that you *need* to use Office 2007 because alternative apps just don’t have the functionality?

Though it also appears that Office 2007 can run on Linux with WINE. H77p://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=4992

Answer by Ericson M
Office 2007 can “install” on Wine, but it doesn’t work properly. That’s the state it’s in right now.

You have to install a Windows Partition on your laptop, or just wipe the Linux completely. And Open Office is not an equivalent substitute for Office 2003 even, never mind 2007.

Answer by l d
OpenOffice reads and writes doc, xls and ppt files. I used OpenOffice for the last 5 years or so, sharing files with friends trapped in M$ Office.

I was even able to open a doc file that my colleagues could NOT open using the machine and the copy of M$ Office that they had used to create the file. I opened it with Open Office and saved it for them, and they were able to open the file I gave back to them.

Try it, the price is right. The only thing that OpenOffice is lacking is the equivalent of M$ Access that you used to get with M$ Office Professional.

Answer by TheTeZ
linux doesnt run “.exe” files like windows they are diffrent operating systems completley open office is linux’s microsoft office, it is fully compatable with both microsoft office and the mac office

it is very similar and works the same way.

their are plenty of comments here a bout open office thumbs up to you!! go with that.

Answer by bnp666
Solutions are simple

If you dont have to use Office 2007 – I strong recommend you use openoffice – it is shipped with most distros of linux and is as easy to use. This is your best solution

If you have to use office 2007 then you need to use wine

read this

H77p://wine-review.blogspot.com/2007/12/microsoft-office-2007-on-linux-with.html

Alternatively if you have a lot of RAM install Vmware and create a virtual windows machine which you can install office onto. This is probably easier (www.vmware.com)

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