installing Word:mac 10 upgrade w/o previous ver. or classic

[Sayers.Ken]

I had to do a clean install of my hard drive. I no longer have the
older version of Word and all I have is the upgrade disc. Can
somebody tell me what i need to do? Word for OS X is no longer
supported.

 

[Clive Huggan]

Hello Ken,

You'll need to buy a licensed copy of Word X, e.g. from eBay.

In your circumstances I'd buy Office 2004 instead -- Word X was based on a
very early version of OS X, which has undergone profound change since, and
the differences are beginning to show.

Or if you buy a new Office 2004, Microsoft now offer a $10 upgrade on Office
2008, which is due out in January.

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is 5-11 hours different from North America and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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[CyberTaz]

Keeping in mind that you don't need to have a previous version *installed*,
you can reinstall the upgrade by inserting the previous version CD when
prompted for the location (if you still have one). If you don't even have
the CD from a previous version you'll need to obtain one from somewhere -
you can beg, borrow or steal one & still be able to use your Office X
upgrade as long as you use the correct product key that came with it.

Otherwise you might consider purchasing the Office 2004 upgrade.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 10/20/07 4:39 PM, in article
(e-mail address removed), "(e-mail address removed)"

I had to do a clean install of my hard drive. I no longer have the
older version of Word and all I have is the upgrade disc. Can
somebody tell me what i need to do? Word for OS X is no longer
supported.

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

I thought that was against the Microsoft licensing agreement since Upgrade
edition licensing require that you own a full original copy of the product
to qualify for the upgrade. Also, can't Office 98 also qualify for the
upgrade?

 

[CyberTaz]

Hi Andre -

On 10/21/07 2:12 AM, in article (e-mail address removed), "Andre

I thought that was against the Microsoft licensing agreement since Upgrade
edition licensing require that you own a full original copy of the product
to qualify for the upgrade. Also, can't Office 98 also qualify for the
upgrade?

As it's been explained to me what you purchase is the *license* to *use* the
software, so it makes no difference what disk is used for installation as
long as a valid license key is entered for that installation. Version
upgrades are actually full copies but require a previous version to be found
in order to install & a valid product key to complete the installation &
activate the software - there's a bit of the "honor system" involved here,
of course;-) - but as long as you have legitimate grounds for doing so there
is no violation by getting the software installed from any available source.

IIRC, Office 98 or later [Yes - just checked] as well as any of the
individual apps of the same vintage qualify for the 2004 Upgrade as long as
you're upgrading to an equal or higher level package. The only other
restriction is that you can't upgrade from one Student & Teacher version to
another S/T. The following is quoted from this page:

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/howtobuy.aspx?pid=upgrade

"Office v. X, Office 2001, Office 98 or any of the individual applications
in these product suites, including promotional bundles."

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac