This guide will show you the best method for running Microsoft Office applications within Linux and also consider alternative applications that you could use instead.
The Major Issues With Installing Microsoft Office
It is potentially possible to run Microsoft Office 2013 using WINE and PlayOnLinux, but the results are far from perfect, making it far from a great idea to rely on daily.
http://forum.lilithgame.com/viewtopic.php?t=59438
http://forum.lilithgame.com/viewtopic.php?t=58675
http://forum.budka-omsk.ru/viewtopic.php?t=13559
http://www.arcoastur.com/foro/viewtopic.php?t=46688
http://www.arcoastur.com/foro/viewtopic.php?t=17781
http://www.arcoastur.com/foro/viewtopic.php?t=46095
http://www.arcoastur.com/foro/viewtopic.php?t=17824
http://www.arcoastur.com/foro/viewtopic.php?t=23835
http://forum.budka-omsk.ru/viewtopic.php?t=7672
https://chronobns.boardhost.com/viewtopic.php?id=133425
Microsoft has released all of the Office tools as free versions online and it contains all the features you might require for everyday tasks such as writing letters, creating your resume, creating newsletters, creating budgets and creating presentations. Since this web-based version of Office doesn't require you to install anything, you can easily use it from Linux without any additional effort or configuration.
The first few sections in this guide will, therefore, look at showing how to get access to the online Office tools as well as highlighting their features.
The end of this guide will highlight some other Office applications that you may consider as alternatives to Microsoft Office.
How to Use the Microsoft Office Online Applications
There are many good reasons to use the Microsoft Office Online tools within Linux:
https://chronobns.boardhost.com/viewtopic.php?pid=105492
https://chronobns.boardhost.com/viewtopic.php?id=121201
https://chronobns.boardhost.com/viewtopic.php?id=27327
https://chronobns.boardhost.com/viewtopic.php?id=127945
https://emlalock.boardhost.com/viewtopic.php?pid=251
- They work without crashing
- They are free
- You can use them anywhere
- No tricky installation instructions
Let us consider why you might want to use Microsoft Office in the first place. The truth is that Microsoft Office is still considered to be the best office suite available but most people only use a small percentage of the features especially when they are using office tools at home.
For this reason, it is worth trying the online version of Microsoft Office before attempting something drastic such as using WINE to install office.
Open your favorite web browser to work in, and head over to Microsoft's Office page.
Locate and select Sign In in the upper right of your screen.
You'll be taken to a new sign-in page. If you already have a Microsoft account for an email address, Windows, or something like Skype, you can use that account to sign in.
If you don't, select Create Account to make a new one. The account is free and will only take a few seconds to set up.
Once you've signed in, you'll arrive at your Microsoft Office Home dashboard. Here you can manage your existing documents (when you have some) or you can create a new one by selecting one of the Office application icons in the top portion of the page. Select Word to try it out.
Next, you'll arrive on a new page that lets you choose a template for your new Word document. This should be very familiar to anyone that's used Office before. Pick the New blank document.
http://www.thaijudge.com/index.php?topic=411.0
http://www.thaijudge.com/index.php?topic=113.0
http://www.thaijudge.com/index.php?topic=612.0
http://www.thaijudge.com/index.php?topic=1401.0
http://www.thaijudge.com/index.php?topic=952.0
https://emlalock.boardhost.com/viewtopic.php?pid=279
http://vdo.sourceforge.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=23227
http://vdo.sourceforge.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=23344
http://vdo.sourceforge.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=24856
http://vdo.sourceforge.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=24289
http://vdo.sourceforge.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=24943
http://forum.budka-omsk.ru/viewtopic.php?t=621
The tab will shift to look exactly like the Microsoft Word interface. That's because it is the Word interface, only online. Go ahead and try it out. Everything should look and act exactly like you remember from the installed version.
Now you can access your Office Home whenever you sign in. Like other cloud-based solutions, you can access and modify your documents from anywhere, and everything is saved automatically.
An Overview of Microsoft Word Online
The first thing you will notice when you click on the Word tile is that you will see a list of existing documents attached to your OneDrive account.
Any existing document already installed in OneDrive can be opened or you can upload a document from your computer. You will also notice a number of online templates available such as a letter template, Resume template and newsletter template. It is possible of course to create a blank document.
https://emlalock.boardhost.com/viewtopic.php?id=144
https://emlalock.boardhost.com/viewtopic.php?pid=300
https://emlalock.boardhost.com/viewtopic.php?id=20
http://secretcinema.no/skytech/showthread.php?tid=108673
https://forum.viewcomiconline.com/showthread.php?tid=1354
https://ringsidereport.com/forumz/showthread.php?tid=2382
http://hub.cdp.res.in/myspace/showthread.php?tid=599396
https://mysourcetelevision.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=121784
http://forumdewa88.com/showthread.php?tid=28356&pid=75233
https://www.redheronation.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=5867
http://tekniksertifika.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=431
By default, you will see the home view and this has all the main text formatting features such as choosing the text style (i.e. Heading, Paragraph, etc), the font name, size, whether the text is bold, italicized, or underlined. You can also add bullets and numbering, change the indentation, change text justification, find and replace text and manage the clipboard.
You can use the Insert menu option to show the ribbon for adding tables and most of the features you could require for formatting tables are there including formatting all the headers and each individual cell. The main feature I noticed missing is the ability to merge two cells together.
http://lifewithbaby.co.uk/lwbforum/viewtopic.php?t=77424
http://lifewithbaby.co.uk/lwbforum/viewtopic.php?t=158
http://lifewithbaby.co.uk/lwbforum/viewtopic.php?t=22021
http://lifewithbaby.co.uk/lwbforum/viewtopic.php?t=77422
http://lifewithbaby.co.uk/lwbforum/viewtopic.php?t=881
Other items on the insert menu allow you to add pictures both from your machine and online sources. You can even add add-ins that are available from the online Office store. Headers and footers can be added as well as page numbers and you can even insert those all-important Emojis.
The Page Layout ribbon shows formatting options for margins, page orientation, page size, indentation, and spacing.
Word Online even includes a spell checker via the Review menu.
Finally, there is the View menu which provides the option for previewing the document in print layout, reading view and immersive reader.
An Overview of Excel Online
You can switch between any of the products by clicking on the grid in the top left corner. This will bring up a list of tiles for the other available applications.
As with Word, Excel starts with a list of potential templates including budget planners, calendar tools and of course the option to create a blank spreadsheet.
The Home menu provides formatting options including fonts, sizing, bold, italicized and underlined text. You can format cells and you can also sort data within cells.
The version of PowerPoint provided online is excellent. It is bundled with lots of great features.
PowerPoint is a tool that you can use to create presentations.
You can add slides to the project in the same way as you would with the full application and you can insert and drag slides around to change the order. Each slide can have its own template and via the Home ribbon you can format the text, create slides and add shapes.
The Insert menu lets you insert pictures, and slides and even online media such as videos.
The Design menu makes it possible to change the styling and background for all of the slides and it comes with a number of pre-defined templates.
For each slide, you can add a transition to the next slide using the Transitions menu and you can add animations to items on each slide via the Animations menu.
http://www.heiz-tipp.de/forum-fenster-wer_hat_erfahrungen_mit_internorm_fenstern_-23-1493.html
http://www.heiz-tipp.de/forum-heizkostenabrechnung-korrekturfaktor_falsch-35-461.html
http://www.heiz-tipp.de/forum-diverse_themen-plexiglass-48-4443.html
http://www.heiz-tipp.de/forum-regelung-paradigma_modula_ii_systacompact-8-1013.html
https://kusbaz.ru/viewtopic.php?t=86684
https://kusbaz.ru/viewtopic.php?t=121332
https://kusbaz.ru/viewtopic.php?t=61023
https://kusbaz.ru/viewtopic.php?t=183167
https://kusbaz.ru/viewtopic.php?t=183174
The View menu lets you switch between editing and reading view and you can run the slide show from the beginning or from a selected slide.
Microsoft Office online has many other applications including OneNote for adding notes and Outlook for sending and receiving emails.
At the end of the day, this is Microsoft's response to Google Docs and it has to be said it is a very good one.
Alternatives to Microsoft Office
There are plenty of alternatives to Microsoft Office, so don't be disheartened if you can't use it. Like with MS Office, you can choose from running applications directly on your computer or using online apps.
Apps running on Linux include LibreOffice, WPS Office, and SoftMaker.
Google Docs is the best online alternative.
Here is a little bit of info about each of these:
LIBREOFFICE
If you are using Ubuntu, LibreOffice is already installed. It includes:
https://hunch.lighthouseapp.com/projects/66522-kod/tickets/86-menu-item-names-should-use-title-case
http://www.galaxyforums.net/forum/samsung-fascinate-help/360-there-any-way-delete-all-email.html
http://www.galaxyforums.net/forum/galaxy-s2-help/4848-how-activate-speakerphone.html
http://www.galaxyforums.net/forum/off-topic-forum/3981-samsung-galaxy-s-wifi-5-0-yp-g70-bricked.html
- LibreOffice Writer
- LibreOffice Calc
- LibreOffice Impress
LibreOffice offers key features that has made MS Office so popular: mail merge, macro recording, and pivot tables. It's a good bet that LibreOffice is just what most people most (if not all) need most of the time.
The key thing about Excel online is that the majority of the common functions work correctly so you can use it for the more common tasks.
Obviously there are no developer tools and there are limited data tools. You can't, for instance, connect to other data sources and you can't create Pivot tables. What you can do however via the Insert menu is create surveys and add all manner of charts including line, scatter, pie charts and bar graphs.
As with Microsoft Word Online, the View tab shows various views including the Edit View and Reading View.
https://forum.viewcomiconline.com/showthread.php?tid=707
http://hub.cdp.res.in/myspace/showthread.php?tid=1088029
http://forum.avazak.ir/showthread.php?tid=6481
https://www.hdbseller.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18165
https://www.hdbseller.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18123
https://www.hdbseller.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17950
https://www.hdbseller.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17968
https://www.hdbseller.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17968
https://www.yousciences.it/forum/showthread.php?tid=3762
http://www.find-a-teacher.org/talk/viewtopic.php?t=9210
http://www.find-a-teacher.org/talk/viewtopic.php?t=4414
https://gmperformance.esforos.com/viewtopic.php?t=1174
Incidentally, the File menu on each application allows you to save the file and you can see a view of recently accessed files for the tool you are using.
Comments
Post a Comment