Test Drive of Office for X expires when first started.

[John E.]

I would like to try out Word and the other Office for Mac X programs.
A trial copy came with my iMac. When I try it, it says that the Test
Drive is expired. What can I do?

 

[Paul Berkowitz]

I would like to try out Word and the other Office for Mac X programs.
A trial copy came with my iMac. When I try it, it says that the Test
Drive is expired. What can I do?

You'd better phone up Microsoft and explain. You can also download a copy of
the Office Test Drive from the MacTopia website
<http://www.microsoft.com/mac/> but I'm sure there's some setting on your
computer that will know about the "expiry" - otherwise people could just
keep downloading the Test Drive forever. There may be something they can do.

Did you really get a brand new iMac with an expired Office Test Drive - or
is it an older, used machine? Maybe you need to tell Apple, although I'm not
sure they would be able to put it right.

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[John E.]

You'd better phone up Microsoft and explain. You can also download a copy of
the Office Test Drive from the MacTopia website
<http://www.microsoft.com/mac/> but I'm sure there's some setting on your
computer that will know about the "expiry" - otherwise people could just
keep downloading the Test Drive forever. There may be something they can do.

Did you really get a brand new iMac with an expired Office Test Drive - or
is it an older, used machine? Maybe you need to tell Apple, although I'm not
sure they would be able to put it right.

The machine is a few months old, but I hadn't tried out the software until now; the
implication is that they test drive starts when you first test out the software, but
perhaps the clock starts ticking at some other time.

j