Google Desktop for Linux find my Microsoft Word

Google Desktop for Linux find my Microsoft Word, Excel

Yes. To search over Microsoft Office documents, please make sure that you have the of Google Desktop for Linux as well as wvWare and catdoc tools installed to convert MS Office files into an indexable format.

If you don’t have these tools installed and you’ve already downloaded Google Desktop, just uninstall Desktop, add the tools to your Linux distribution, and re-index or reinstall Desktop.

To add wv and catdoc tools to your Ubuntu distribution (assumes online access):

1. Open Terminal

2. Install each tool by typing the following commands and pressing Enter:

sudo apt-get install wv
sudo apt-get install catdoc