Upgrade Office 2001 to 2004 - how to do it?

[Franco Castro-Marin]

Hello, I have Office 2001 that I used on my old OS 9 Mac. I just got a new Powerbook and would like to use Office 2004 with it. I read on Mactopia that I am eligible for such an upgrade. How do I do this? Must I install 2001 on my OS X machine first and then install 2004 over this, or can I just show the sales clerk my 2001 and get the 2004 upgrade edition and install everything onto the OS X machine directly "from scratch?" Thanks.

 

[Walt Basil]

Hello, I have Office 2001 that I used on my old OS 9 Mac. I just got a new
Powerbook and would like to use Office 2004 with it. I read on Mactopia that I
am eligible for such an upgrade. How do I do this? Must I install 2001 on my
OS X machine first and then install 2004 over this, or can I just show the
sales clerk my 2001 and get the 2004 upgrade edition and install everything
onto the OS X machine directly "from scratch?" Thanks.

You don't have to show anyone a receipt. Just buy the Upgrade and install
it. It will attempt to locate the upgrade eligibility program (2001). If it
doesn't find it, I think it will ask you for the CD-Key of the old one.
Maybe someone else could verify that?

 

[Neill Massello]

You don't have to show anyone a receipt. Just buy the Upgrade and install
it. It will attempt to locate the upgrade eligibility program (2001). If it
doesn't find it, I think it will ask you for the CD-Key of the old one.
Maybe someone else could verify that?

I haven't upgraded to 2004 yet -- waiting for Pro -- but previous Office
upgrades had to see an actual copy of the qualifying prior version,
which could be satisfied by inserting an Office installer CD (including
upgrade CDs) and selecting the Microsoft Office folder (with the
uncompressed applications) on it. A CD key was not enough. AFAIK, the
2004 upgrade works the same way.

 

[Barry Wainwright]

You don't have to show anyone a receipt. Just buy the Upgrade and install
it. It will attempt to locate the upgrade eligibility program (2001). If it
doesn't find it, I think it will ask you for the CD-Key of the old one.
Maybe someone else could verify that?

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Walt Basil
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Usually it expects to see a copy of one of the office apps from the previous
version. Often, simply having the Office 2001 CD in the drive is sufficient.