when I launch wine apps I have to be in the directory where the *.exe resides, or it doesn't launch. Have you tried that? You also might try over at Frank's Corner
http://frankscorner.org/index.php?p=office2000 or wine app db
http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iVersionId=5124.
You know about OpenOffice.org, right?