Office 2003

[Bev]

I RECENTLY BOUGHT A NEW EXTERNA LHARD DRIVE AND MOVED MY OFFICE 2003 TO MY
NEW EXTERNAL E DRIVE.I HAVE A SHORTCUT OF WORD ON MY DESKTOP BUT NOW WHEN I
GO TO OPEN WORD FROM MY DESKOP IT GOES TO wNDOWS INSTALLER AND ENDS UP
ASKING FOR THE INSTALLATION CD WHICH I HAVE LOST!! HOWCAN I OPEN WORD FROM
DESKTOP WITHOUTH THE OFFICE 2003 INSTALLATION DISC?

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Moving Office won't work. It has to be installed and since you no longer
have the disk, you're up a famous creek. Did you get Office with your
computer or did you buy it separately?

 

[Bev]

I bought it seperately but my friend has a copy of Office 2003 so do I
unistall and re install? I really just want to use Word from all the
componenets

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You can't use your friend's copy. You need to buy your own. You can get Word
2002 as part of Works Suite. Otherwise you're going to have to try to find
Office 2003 at some (possibly shady) online site or upgrade to Office 2007.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

No, you can't use someone else's version. Besides, it would have to be the
exact same edition.

How to order a replacement CD for Microsoft Office
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302822/en-us

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

 

[Graham Mayor]

'Moving' Office 2003 does not move (amongst other things) the registry
entries, which *may* help you reinstall. Download and run the free Belarc
Advisor and see if it reports the Office 2003 installation key. If it does,
make a note of it and you should be able to install using your friend's disc
in conjunction with that key. Otherwise you will either have to find the
lost disc or buy a new one, though if you move all the files from the
external disc back to their original locations there is an outside chance
that it will run again.

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