http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31689
--- Comment #1 from Rosanne DiMesio dimesio@earthlink.net 2012-09-12 14:00:41 CDT --- I can't reproduce this in 1.5.12 in either Word or Excel 2003.
Is this in a clean wineprefix (no overrides, nothing else installed)?