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| Thread ID: 90037 | 2008-05-20 11:00:00 | Office 2007 & licensing | tonesthestudent (11266) | Press F1 |
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| 671129 | 2008-05-20 11:00:00 | Since I have re-formatted my hard drive and had to start from scratch again. Is it possible to re-install Office on to my computer even tho i've technically used all the licences? Cheers, Tones |
tonesthestudent (11266) | ||
| 671130 | 2008-05-20 11:03:00 | What do you mean all licences?? Its only got one key. It may / should install, thats not what you have to worry about, its activating it. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 671131 | 2008-05-20 11:16:00 | One key gives you the ability to licence three computers. Since I've formatted my computer, re-installing Office would make it four. Sorry for the confusion, bad england this evening. |
tonesthestudent (11266) | ||
| 671132 | 2008-05-20 11:19:00 | But then you've formatted it, so it should be fine. You'll soon find out, it wont let you activate it |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 671133 | 2008-05-20 11:31:00 | Should activate OK, if it doesn't simply phone MS and tell them you had to reinstall the PC, you may get asked how many other PC's the license is on, but if its only on two, and you have a 3 user license and yours is the third then no worries. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 671134 | 2008-05-21 06:21:00 | If you run into further troubles with MS licenses, you could always side-step the problem now and forever by installing OpenOffice, which is MS Office compatible, but free (no license keys, and no $$). You can download it from the OpenOffice website (http://openoffice.org) or buy a copy on DVD for under $10 from Dick Smith if don't have access to a suitable internet connection. My company has used OpenOffice for the past 5+ years, and we've found it to be on par with MS Office in terms of features, and we like the fact that we're not beholden to the Beast from Redmond. Plus, it makes life much much more convenient not having to worry about licenses and access codes, etc. Oh, and it runs on Linux and Mac OS X too (at least the newest version, 3.0 does - try the beta). Dave |
dlane (11847) | ||
| 671135 | 2008-05-21 08:25:00 | If you run into further troubles with MS licenses, you could always side-step the problem now and forever by installing OpenOffice, which is MS Office compatible, but free (no license keys, and no $$). You can download it from the OpenOffice website (http://openoffice.org) or buy a copy on DVD for under $10 from Dick Smith if don't have access to a suitable internet connection. My company has used OpenOffice for the past 5+ years, and we've found it to be on par with MS Office in terms of features, and we like the fact that we're not beholden to the Beast from Redmond. Plus, it makes life much much more convenient not having to worry about licenses and access codes, etc. Oh, and it runs on Linux and Mac OS X too (at least the newest version, 3.0 does - try the beta). Dave I know from experience that there are things that OpenOffice can't handle that Excel can. And that's only as a game modder wanting to handle certain text like files. A bunch of spreadsheets I use have alot of VBA as well. I'm not certain, but can OpenOffice handle them? |
the_bogan (9949) | ||
| 671136 | 2008-05-21 09:36:00 | That new guy seems to just be running around promoting non MS stuff. I would't use OpenOffice, its got the bad layout of Office 95 - 2003 and it doesn't so some things that Office can do. OpenOffice is basically for people who do not have enough cash to buy MS Software. The funny thing is, you can find it at my local Disk Smith for $10 :horrified Isn't that ripping off people now. Also, OpenOffice does not support the new file standards (docx etc.) while the old Offices can, via a plugin. | SPARTAN 860 (2618) | ||
| 671137 | 2008-05-21 10:02:00 | I prefer MS Office, but if I didn't get it for free through work, I would probably use OpenOffice at home. | Greven (91) | ||
| 671138 | 2008-05-21 10:13:00 | I just get it really cheap, since theres a giant uni discount. | SPARTAN 860 (2618) | ||
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