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Step by step guide: How to install Microsoft Office 2016 in any Linux distribution

There are multiple options how to install MS Office on Linux.

VM-based - Integrate Windows apps running in a Windows VM as native-looking in Linux

Winapps, based on KVM, QEMU, Virt-Manager, and FreeRDP. Still actively maintained (getting Github commits).
Cassowary, based on KVM, QEMU, Virt-Manager, and FreeRDP. Has a helpful GUI and apparently can auto-suspend the VM when no Windows app is in use. Last release in Feb 2022 and seems to be abandoned.

The VM-based options means can run Office 2021 or Office 365 including all apps, but for me it was quite buggy and when I encounterd some (FreeRDP-related?) bug in both Winapps and Cassowary that meant I could only start Excel with an external screen plugged in, I gave up. bug

	cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.17)
	set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME Generic)
	set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION 1)
	# specify cross compilers and tools
	set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER arm-none-eabi-gcc)
	set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER arm-none-eabi-g++)
	set(CMAKE_ASM_COMPILER arm-none-eabi-gcc)
	set(CMAKE_AR arm-none-eabi-ar)
	set(CMAKE_OBJCOPY arm-none-eabi-objcopy)
	set(CMAKE_OBJDUMP arm-none-eabi-objdump)

	import requests
	import json
	import os
	import textwrap
	from datetime import datetime
	from datetime import timedelta
	import re

	class ConfluencePagePost:
	'''Class to post page/blog content to Confluence via REST API.'''

	(function(){ with(this) {
	function pow() {
	var foo = "cow", bar;

	try {
	foo = bar;
	throw "meh";
	} catch (e2) {
	foo = bar; //breaks in chrome with ender + jaaulde (line 2518)
	//foo = eval("bar"); //amazingly this works though, and debugger ok too

	/*!
	* Chart.js
	* http://chartjs.org/
	*
	* Copyright 2013 Nick Downie
	* Released under the MIT license
	* https://github.com/nnnick/Chart.js/blob/master/LICENSE.md
	*/

	//Define the global Chart Variable as a class.

	//Define the global Chart Variable as a class.
	window.Chart = function(context){

	var chart = this;


	//Easing functions adapted from Robert Penner's easing equations
	//http://www.robertpenner.com/easing/

	var animationOptions = {

	//Define the global Chart Variable as a class.
	var Chart = function(context, tooltipOptions){

	var chart = this;


	//Easing functions adapted from Robert Penner's easing equations
	//http://www.robertpenner.com/easing/

	var animationOptions = {

	body {
	font-family: Helvetica, "sans-serif"
	}