Uninstalling Office 2007 whilst maintaining license key

[Arc]

I intend on installing Windows 7 on my laptop, but it is suggested that i
perform a clean installation. So is there a way to install my copy of Office
2007 whilst keeping the license key in use at the moment? Do I have to
uninstall this copy of it, then reinstall it when I've installed Win7?

I have 2 other valid licences, but I want to avoid using them if I can
maintain my current one.

 

[Gordon]

I intend on installing Windows 7 on my laptop, but it is suggested that i
perform a clean installation. So is there a way to install my copy of
Office
2007 whilst keeping the license key in use at the moment? Do I have to
uninstall this copy of it, then reinstall it when I've installed Win7?

I have 2 other valid licences, but I want to avoid using them if I can
maintain my current one.

I think you are labouring under a misconception. You can re-install Office
any number of times on the same machine. Therefore if you replace your
current OS with Windows 7 and re-install Office, that is not "using up" a
licence. The worst scenario would be that you have to use telephone
activation...

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I intend on installing Windows 7 on my laptop, but it is suggested that i
perform a clean installation. So is there a way to install my copy of Office
2007 whilst keeping the license key in use at the moment? Do I have to
uninstall this copy of it, then reinstall it when I've installed Win7?

I have 2 other valid licences, but I want to avoid using them if I can
maintain my current one.

What Gordon said.

And further, even installing to different machines doesn't exactly use up a
license. It uses one of the permitted installs, but when you uninstall from
one computer, you can use that install permission on another computer.

That is, you're allowed some number of simultaneous installs.

Again, as per Gordon, you may need to use telephone activation on installs
after the first, but that only takes a few minutes as a rule.