What to expect from Word 97 on the Pinephone – let’s get started – PETER GAMMA (Director & Physiologist), MEDITATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE SWITZERLAND (MRIS)

Last Updated on June 22, 2024 by pg@petergamma.org

We found video demonstrations from the unofficial VHS Archive about Word 97:

Getting Started with Word 97:

Intermediate Guide to Word 97:

Advanced guide to Word 97:

And don’t forget, Word 97 is one of the most advanced Office program on the Pinephone:

And here is how it installs:

You want to install box86/WINE with MS Word 97 on the Pinephone? – here the instruction of “jakfish” from the Pin64 forum:

I tested Abiword and Gnumeric on the Pinephone.
But I know and used also Word 97 or similar versons from Word.
These Word applications are more feature rich than Abiword which is quiet basic.
Abiword and Gnumeric only allow limited control over the app with keyboard short cuts.
This is better with Word 97.
Furhtermore menus can be newly structured.
When I looked at Abiword and Gnumeric I found those two apps which developed 10 years ago quiet basic.
Word 97 was released 27 years ago, but it was a full deskop office application which was used by professionals.
So altough Word 97 is much older than Abword it is most probably superior to Abord on the Pinephone.
But me personally I use Softmaker for Android. It has the full functionality of the dektop software and is still updated in 2024.
Furthermore even a Rasbperry Pi zero w allows the installation of LibreOffice.
And if you add a 7 inch screen LibreOffice should be usable.
I have not tested this extensively
but I tested LibreOffice shortly with a 7 inch screen
and I came to the conclusion that for me personally a 7 inch screen is sufficent
sufficient so that LibreOffice is usable without any adaptation to the screen size.

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