Version: 2004 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) My daughter had this version on her Macbook this summer when her hard drive started acting up. A friend backed up her old drive and transferred this data to the new drive. MS OFFICE did not transfer and she only just discovered this as she began her study abroad program in Germany. The original program disc is in Houston- still no power. I have the product/activation key for the ms office program that was previously installed on her mac. Is there any way to download this edition online and use the original product key to activate it? I am trying to avoid the delay resulting from shipping the disc to germany to effect the install. Thanks in advance, Dave
Hi Dave - There's no legitimate source of download & I wouldn't trust any of the illegitimate ones :-) However, all is not lost. It's perfectly acceptable for her to install Office from someone else's source disk as long as she uses the Product Key for her licensed copy, so all you have to forward to her is the Product Key. The hard part is going to be trying to get access to an English version of Office 2004 in Germany. Depending on her exact location you might have her contact MS customer service. They may be able to offer some assistance. Regards |:>) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 9/16/08 3:41 PM, in article 59b59ab8.-1@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw, "davef@officeformac.com" wrote: > Version: 2004 > Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) > > My daughter had this version on her Macbook this summer when her hard drive > started acting up. A friend backed up her old drive and transferred this data > to the new drive. MS OFFICE did not transfer and she only just discovered this > as she began her study abroad program in Germany. The original program disc is > in Houston- still no power. I have the product/activation key for the ms > office program that was previously installed on her mac. > > Is there any way to download this edition online and use the original product > key to activate it? I am trying to avoid the delay resulting from shipping the > disc to germany to effect the install. Thanks in advance, Dave
"davef@officeformac.com" wrote: > My daughter had this version on her Macbook this summer when her hard drive > started acting up. A friend backed up her old drive and transferred this data > to the new drive. MS OFFICE did not transfer and she only just discovered this > as she began her study abroad program in Germany. The original program disc is > in Houston- still no power. I have the product/activation key for the ms > office program that was previously installed on her mac. > > Is there any way to download this edition online and use the original product > key to activate it? I am trying to avoid the delay resulting from shipping the > disc to germany to effect the install. Thanks in advance, Dave There is no way to download legally. You need the CD Key not the Product ID. License and Version Info <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/version/license_version.html#keys> It would probably be quicker and almost as cheap to buy Office 2008 Home & Student version for $124.99 from Amazon. Free Shipping, but not sure if they can legally ship out of US. Amazon.com: Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Home & Student Edition: Mac OS X: Software <http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000X86ZAS/?tag=enthelpag-20> Note this version does not include Exchange Support. She can also check with the school to see if they offer student packages for Office. -- Diane
