The Crosstie should work with the Setup.exe installer also. Just
search for "Office 2013" in the CrossOver software installer search
box and select the Office 2013 crosstie. Then in the step that asks
you to select an installer, use the file picker to navigate to the
Setup.exe installer you downloaded and it should go from there.
If you do that, does the resulting Office install work correctly?
(And, if something in particular was difficult about using the
crosstie with the setup*.exe installer, I'd be interested to hear
what that was. Maybe we can improve the process to make it easier.)
Ok, so I've gotten farther. Because I first tried install with the mounted ISO (office 2013 pro), next time i tried, it remembered the ISO mount, and at first, I didn't see how to change it.. you have to kinda unwind installation options, and re-select install option and then setup.exe file. That worked. No more black screen.
BUT, it doesn't seem to activate properly.. I get the dialogs for activating, I sign in and I have available licenses - it seems to go ok, and then I get "Microsoft Activation Wizard" that keeps popping up. If i try to activate again, it says generic "problem occurred" message, and I have to cancel out. I've exited and restarted a few times.. same problem keeps happening.
Also, I can open existing documents, but not create new ones.. perhaps this is due to the licensing issue though. If i try to create a document, I get "Microsoft Excel cannot open or save any more documents because there is not enough available memory or disk space.".. which I know isn't the actual problem.