Open Microsoft Office Document in Wine Word, Excel; doc, xls; Open With

Create a new file. 
gedit ~/.wine/EXCEL
Paste this script: 
#!/bin/sh
QUICKPARLOCATION="C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office12\\EXCEL.EXE"
PARAM=`winepath -w "$*"`
wine "$QUICKPARLOCATION" "$PARAM"
exit 0
Save the file. Make it executable: 
chmod +x ~/.wine/EXCEL
In Nautilus, right click on an xls document (for example, myfile.xls) and select Properties. Select the "Open With" tab and "Add" a custom command: 
/home/YOURUSER/.wine/EXCEL
Now xls files will open in Microsoft Office Excel. NOTE: For opening doc files in Word, see http://darklaunch.com/2009/12/01/open-microsoft-office-document-in-wine-word-microsoft-doc-files-open-with

1 comment

  1. anonymous –

    Very usefull. Thanks!

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