Microsoft Office in Raspbian??

[TechnoGeek11]

By any chance is it possible to download and install Microsoft Office applications in Raspbian cos I'm running raspbian - I've made a load of changes so I dont want to loose the changes I've made and I dont have enough room to download the windows IOT thing...
Any help?
Thanks

[fruitoftheloom]

By any chance is it possible to download and install Microsoft Office applications in Raspbian cos I'm running raspbian - I've made a load of changes so I dont want to loose the changes I've made and I dont have enough room to download the windows IOT thing...
Any help?
Thanks

Microsoft Office have no Linux version, why not use the included LibreOffice ?

Windows 10 IoT is not the same as Windows Desktop, so that is not an option.

[W. H. Heydt]

By any chance is it possible to download and install Microsoft Office applications in Raspbian cos I'm running raspbian - I've made a load of changes so I dont want to loose the changes I've made and I dont have enough room to download the windows IOT thing...
Any help?
Thanks

If you want to play with Win IoT (as stated, it isn't "Windows" in the desktop sense at all), get another SD card and put Win IoT on that.

If you need an office suite, use LibreOffice. It comes as part of Raspbian.

[KMyers]

In my opinion Libra Office is every bit as good, I have used it for years even on my Windows 10 systems!

[DNPNWO]

By any chance is it possible to download and install Microsoft Office applications in Raspbian cos I'm running raspbian - I've made a load of changes so I dont want to loose the changes I've made and I dont have enough room to download the windows IOT thing...

You do not need to download office anymore. There is office Live. you can use Microsoft office apps in Raspbian (via web browser,and save wherever). I do it all the time. Full Office access. Just sign in.

https://office.live.com/

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[fruitoftheloom]

By any chance is it possible to download and install Microsoft Office applications in Raspbian cos I'm running raspbian - I've made a load of changes so I dont want to loose the changes I've made and I dont have enough room to download the windows IOT thing...

You do not need to download office anymore. There is office Live. you can use Microsoft office apps in Raspbian (via web browser,and save wherever). I do it all the time. Full Office access. Just sign in.

The FREE Web Apps (Office Online) do not have all the functionality of paid for MS Office

[broe23]

By any chance is it possible to download and install Microsoft Office applications in Raspbian cos I'm running raspbian - I've made a load of changes so I dont want to loose the changes I've made and I dont have enough room to download the windows IOT thing...

You do not need to download office anymore. There is office Live. you can use Microsoft office apps in Raspbian (via web browser,and save wherever). I do it all the time. Full Office access. Just sign in.

The FREE Web Apps (Office Online) do not have all the functionality of paid for MS Office

It is that the person may be trying to stay within the native Office format, not that they want the ability of the VBasic stuff.

[piuser72]

The FREE Web Apps (Office Online) do not have all the functionality of paid for MS Office

While Microsoft Live office may not have everything that you would find in say Office 360, it is pretty complete, and more that satisfactory for the average user.

[fruitoftheloom]

The FREE Web Apps (Office Online) do not have all the functionality of paid for MS Office

It is that the person may be trying to stay within the native Office format, not that they want the ability of the VBasic stuff.

There are quite a few features missing from the Office Online Free Web Apps, not just VB, surely it was pertinent to make the OP aware of this ???

[peterlite]

"more that satisfactory for the average user"
LibreOffice is more than "more that satisfactory for the average user". LibreOffice is the choice of big corporations, European governments, and far more users than the cut down version of M$ Office offered for free. Office Live is targeted at Google Office and Google Office offers only a fraction of what LibreOffice provides.

When you customers specify docx as the file format, LibreOffice successfully saves documents with full functionality docx. The cut down tools from Google and M$ fail to support some important features commonly used when sending documents back and forth with comments.

If LibreOffice files are rejected by your customer, get a second hand notebook for $100. Edit in LibreOffice then transfer the files to your old notebook. Open the files in M$ Office 2007, scroll through the file, then save the file and send the saved file to your customers. The only complaints are usually the different fonts. Linux does not have Arial.

[rpdom]

The only complaints are usually the different fonts. Linux does not have Arial.

sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer

Now you have Arial, Times New Roman, Webdings and other MS fonts.

[TechnoGeek11]

It was just because I have an Office 365 account and I don't have all the functionalities of the online version (which I have been using)

[TechnoGeek11]

By any chance is it possible to download and install Microsoft Office applications in Raspbian cos I'm running raspbian - I've made a load of changes so I dont want to loose the changes I've made and I dont have enough room to download the windows IOT thing...

You do not need to download office anymore. There is office Live. you can use Microsoft office apps in Raspbian (via web browser,and save wherever). I do it all the time. Full Office access. Just sign in.

https://office.live.com/

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I have already got an Office 365 account - but online version doesnt have all functionalities to the downloaded version

[fruitoftheloom]

I have already got an Office 365 account - but online version doesnt have all functionalities to the downloaded version

Well done you have now confirmed what I wrote yesterday: viewtopic.php?f=63&t=163345#p1056165


http://www.techradar.com/news/software/ ... ne-1305988


Therefore your only option is to use LibreOffice

[peterlite]

ttf-mscorefonts-installer Thank you rpdom.

This package allows for easy installation of the Microsoft True Type Core Fonts for the Web including:

Andale Mono
Arial Black
Arial (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
Comic Sans MS (Bold)
Courier New (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
Georgia (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
Impact
Times New Roman (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
Trebuchet (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
Verdana (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
Webdings
You will need an Internet connection to download these fonts if you don't already have them.

NOTE: the package fonts-liberation contains free variants of the Times, Arial and Courier fonts. It's better to use those instead unless you specifically need one of the other fonts from this package.