Install MS office2007 on ubuntu using PlayOnLinux

PlayOnLinux is a piece of sofware which allows you to easily install and use numerous games and softwares designed to run with Microsoft®'s Windows®. In this tutorial i will show you how to install MS office 2007 student using Playonlinux on ubuntu jaunty jackalope, the installation has been tested also on a ubuntu 9.10 karmic koala, the install process is easy and no command lines are used.

For ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala, PlayOnLinux is actually available in the universe repositories, you can install it by typing the simple command :
sudo apt-get install playonlinux
Now after playonlinux is installed ,lets start

Now the installation is easy just follow the steps as described on the screenshots bellow :
1- Open Playonlinux
Go to your menu and open Application-->Games-->PlayOnlinux

2- Click Next

3- Select from where you will install MS office 2007

4- enter you MS office 2007 KEY
5- Accept the term and conditions then click continue
6- Click install now to start the installation of MS Office2007
7- MS office is installing :
8- Installation is complete :
9- Create Menu and Desktop shotcuts
10-Ms Office 2007 has been installed successfully

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winetricks 20091213 released

Dan Kegel announced the release of winetricks 20091213 here is the email he sent to the wine-devel mailing list.

Austin and Andrew have been hard at work keeping winetricks working smoothly.
In particular, the ie6 and gecko verbs should work again.
Thanks guys!

Changes since 20091125:

Austin English:

• Workaround wine bug for IE6
• Update shockwave sha1sum
• Add python-comtypes verb
• Explain windows licensing a bit better
• Gdiplus no longer comes from powerpoint viewer, update description accordingly
• Update DivX to latest version, remove obsolete /silent option
• Make append_path work if called more than once
• When installing gecko, regsvr32 mshtml afterward, so it actually works
• Update KDE to 0.9.6-5
• When using native mdac, also override oledb32
• Bump artk2min to 2007 Access runtime (freely redistributable, wooo!)

Andrew Nguyen:

• Update flash to latest version.
• Check more exit codes.
• Update the vb6run verb to use the Service Pack 6 variant.
• Revise vcrun6 verb to remove more fake DLLs and more simply extract mfc42u.dll.
• Add vcrun6sp6 verb. (New verb rather than update of vcrun6 as it's a
• huge download.)
• Add richtx32 verb.

Dan Kegel:

• Add heapcheck verb (for use with the not-yet-committed heapcheck patches)
• Avoid double-trying regedit

Online as always at
http://kegel.com/wine/winetricks
or
http://winezeug.googlecode.com
(Bug reports to the issue tracker at the above URL, please.)