Re: Installing Office on a computer having no earlier version
by William Smith <mecklists@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Dec 12, 2006 at 09:15 PM
In article <1165961901.814006.21160@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
"Carol" <CarolLStone8@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I just installed Office 2004 on a new Mac after removing the test drive
> version as directed. Now I can't activate it because the earlier
> versions I have are on old computers (Mac and PC) and used floppy disks
> for the installations. I have the old product ID numbers. Calling the
> Office activation number was useless; it helps only with business
> accounts and Office XP. Can anyone suggest a solution?
Hi Carol!
Do you have the ability to copy the old Office folder from your Mac to
the new machine? The file that's storing the serial number should be
located within that folder.
bill
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William M. Smith
(Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows)