377. Wine 1.5.27 and Office 2003: Equation editor now supported!

I prefer using TeX, but collaboration is a reality of academia, and sometimes it's just easier to shut up and use Word.

To install Office 2003 under Wine on Debian, see here: http://verahill.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/307-installing-office-2003-in-wine-on.html

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In post 376 I compiled and installed wine 1.5.27. Starting word under wine I noticed that an old mathtype install was now recognised (if not completely functional), and that gave me hope that Equation Editor would be installable.

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Equation Editor
Here's how to get it up and running

1. Control panel
If you've already installed Office under Wine, try using add/remove programs:

wine control

and click on Add/Remove programs, then modify your Office installation. That didn't work for me since my Office install wasn't listed for some reason.

If that doesn't work, then
2. (Re-)Install

sudo mount -o loop OFFICE11.iso /mnt
wine msiexec /i /mnt/pro11.msi

And start the installation.

Start word, go to Insert/Objects