My old man has a bunch of .dox stuff saved. He has complicated large files saved that are not supported by any of the FOSS conversion tools. I’ve tried Libre office, Abi Word, and every command line tool and converter I can find. These are entire book sized files.

I have a W10 machine with Word. Is extracting the .exe and running it with wine feasible without making an epic mess or massive project of this?

  • Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    28·
    4 months ago

    Have you tried the online version of MS Office? I’m not sure, but I think there’s a free version. Depending on the file, you might be able to convert it to another format, then use a FOSS tool going forwards.

    • j4k3@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      52·
      4 months ago

      Too many documents and Office 365 is a $10 month sub scam.

          • Grangle1@lemm.ee
            131·
            4 months ago

            If you’re already thinking of extracting/attempting to run a desktop version of Office, you may as well save yourself the effort if you can and give the free online version a try. You’ll be using a proprietary piece of software either way.