[Gllug] Dealing with "Word-Only" organisations

[Rich Walker]

On 2010-11-05 12:34, Dennis Furey wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 05, 2010 at 12:11:44PM +0000, Rich Walker wrote:
>> Is there anything more likely to render the document correctly and
>> execute the macros? 
> 
> While you're waiting for the government to reform, I'd suggest running
> windows in a Virtualbox environment. You probably already paid for a
> windows license when you bought your computer. If not, I grant you
> permission to use one of mine that I'm not using. Make sure you
> configure Virtualbox not to simulate a network connection, so as to
> prevent windows from doing anything behind your back.

Not a bad idea, but I don't even have a copy of Word to run on the copy
of Windows! (Which is actually more of my issue - it's the requirement
to have access to a specific piece of commercial software in order to
interface with the organisation).

cheers, Rich.


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