Office Transfer

[Butler Trumpet]

So right now I have Office on my iMac... and I just ordered a new iBook should be here thursday or so, is there any way I can transfer the office programs over to my new computer cause I dont want to buy them again. I have an iPod which I use a lot as an external HD so hopefully that makes it easier.

[mklos]

So right now I have Office on my iMac... and I just ordered a new iBook should be here thursday or so, is there any way I can transfer the office programs over to my new computer cause I dont want to buy them again. I have an iPod which I use a lot as an external HD so hopefully that makes it easier.

Why not just use the installer CDs that you installed Office with on your iMac? There isn't any reason to buy them again, unless you stole it! In that case I'm not going to help you!

[ChrisFromCanada]

I don't believe that just transferring the programs will work because when you install office it stores files all over you computer. Really, your only option is to install on the new computer using the original discs, but, it looks like you have only purchased 1 license so that would be illegal. :)

EDIT: Beaten by seconds

[Crikey]

I don't think it would be illegal, or more accurately a violation of the End User License Agreement, to install Office on your new computer if you uninstalled it from your old one. I don't have MSOffice, so don't quote me, but I think you can read the E.U.L.A. in the Help files if you look.

Good luck!


Crikey

[superbovine]

Why not just use the installer CDs that you installed Office with on your iMac? There isn't any reason to buy them again, unless you stole it! In that case I'm not going to help you!

you would think he would have the sense to get a copy of office again.

[PlaceofDis]

well the install disk that came with my copy of Office 04 let me just drag the apps to the applications folder....

[Duff-Man]

Duff-Man says....I don't know about Office 2004, but the previous Office X license allowed for installation on a portable as well as a desktop as long as you are the primary user of both....oh yeah!

.2**Installing Microsoft Office*X on More Than One Computer
As outlined in the Microsoft Office End-User License Agreement, you can install and use one copy of Microsoft Office*X on a single computer. If you are the primary user of that computer, you can also install a second copy of Office, for your exclusive use, on a portable computer.

[tamara6]

When I got my new powerbook, replacing my old Pismo, I didn't have my office install disks handy. But I was able to copy the programs over from one computer to the other without a problem. (office X, not 2004)

[Makosuke]

Assuming that you have a legit licence, it should be legal to have Office installed on both a desktop and a laptop simultaneously if you're not using both at the same time. Actually, any reasonable software licence should allow that, though a few technically don't.

Installing Office, either X or 2004, is just a drag-and-drop operation; any necessary system stuff gets installed when you run it for the first time. (There are extra installers on the CDs of both programs for additional goodies, though). So, transferring between computers is the same. I have had reason to do this legitimately (it's a LOT easier than reinstalling all the service packs on Office X, for example).

If what the original poster was really asking about was how to preserve all his/her settings during the transfer (custom dictionaries, toolbars, whatever), then it's a matter of figuring out where Microsoft stores everything--somewhere in the ~/Library, no doubt, but I'm not sure where.