Out of curiousity, I tried Office 2013 on Linux Wine 2.0, given that it is now "possible". In general, I decided not to continue using it, because it still has some bugs when running on my favorite Arc-dark theme, but it looks quite usable. I was half hoping that Skype for Business was working, but no such luck! Everything else looks okay though. Here's the steps I took to install it on XUbuntu 17.10: Follow this guide to install either Linux stable or linux staging. Both worked fine, I am not sure I noticed any difference between the two. Obtain a copy of Office 2013, 32-bit. 64-bit is known to have problems, so not worth wasting your time with it. Install winbind and winetricks Code Editor
Start winbind: Code Editor
Set your WIN32 prefix in /etc/environment, log out and log in. Alternately you can set it for a particular shell, or prefix each command with setting the variable. I prefer the /etc/environment approach: Okay, you are back in, set up wine (this assumes you are starting with a brand new installation): Wait for the installation of MXML6 and corefonts to install, then set it back to win7 just in case it changed: now start installing your office package. I used the exe from the Microsoft HUP program, but I imagine the SETUP.EXE from a CD should also work: ....and let it complete. When done (or really, at the same time), fire up regedit Code Editor
And add a key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine, called "Direct3D". Then create a DWORD value MaxVersionGL inside this key, and set it to hexadecimal 0x30002. If you omit this step, you may end up with a black app screen on launch.
A few more hints for a succesful installation:
That is about it, hopefully your installation will complete and you will be able to launch Word, Excel, Outlook, and OneNote should also work. Consider using it with a light theme.
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