I installed Microsoft Office 2007 via Wine. It works.
(My aim was using VBA in Excel).
But when I started using excel-sheets this error occorred.
I tried to copy the file to an appropiate directory, but ZOS says entry forbidden.
So, perhaps I should disinstall MS Office. But how?
Hi, welcome to Zorin OS!
I know this is not addressing the problem you're having (I personally don't have any experience with WINE) but in case you're unaware, there is LibreOffice Calc as an alternative to Microsoft Excel. It doesn't have a one-to-one feature parity but it should work for most cases.
I know. But can LO run VBA-macro's?
I always thought of not, because of copy rights on VBA.
I assume Python scripts can do the same, but then I have to rewrite the whole thing.
In the beginning VBA ran well on a simpel excel-file with macros. But later with excel-files wich depended on another, this error occured.
Sorry, I'm afraid I don't know that. For specific features that LibreOffice supports or how to replicate the behavior of Excel and other office programs, you should probably ask in their community forums:
As far as WINE support, I'll let someone else with knowledge on this one take over. I haven't searched thoroughly but there doesn't seem to be a lot of good advice on how to get this done; it seems to me that there are certain DLL's that WINE simply cannot (or does not) implement.
However, using the Office 365 online should work fine since that's done through a web browser. If that's something you have access to. As a last resort, you can install Windows on a virtual machine using Virtual Box.
OK! Thank you.
Perhaps I should delete wine and install it again?
Well, it won't hurt to try that's for sure 
I've seen posts online recommending something called PlayOnLinux that you might try, as well. Despite the name it's very similar to WINE and can run other programs, not just games.
There are also other office suites that you can try, like OnlyOffice or SoftMaker, which I've seen recommended often.
Also worth checking out this:
It should be possible to install Office 2007 using WINE. I remember installing Office 2010 Std on an EEEpc netbook running Zorin 6 at the time I think it was for my manager - who never bothered to use it! I think you need to make sure that you have the correct .dll's loaded in winecfg. Also make sure that wine is set to mimic Windows 7. If you have Windows on another machine you could run DependencyWalker to see what DLL's Excel uses (https://www.dependencywalker.com/). VBA is copyrighted and is not available in LibreOffice Calc, OnlyOffice spreadsheet, or SoftMaker PlanMaker.
I found out that I had to type:
$wine winecfg
then a graphics shows up, where I can choose for Windows7
It works, but very very very slow.
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