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Activating a trial version of Office Standard 2007



 
 
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Old November 15th, 2008, 03:55 AM posted to microsoft.public.office.setup
Bob
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Default Activating a trial version of Office Standard 2007

My Acer Netbook (note no CD/DVD drive) has a trial version of Office 2007. I
had separately bought Office Standard 2007 and want its Product Key to
activate the trial version installed on my computer. It states my key is
invalid. Is their a way to get it to accept my bought product key so that I
won't have to find an external cd/dvd to connect to my netbook to install it?
Thanks,
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Old November 15th, 2008, 08:21 AM posted to microsoft.public.office.setup
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook][_5_]
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Default Activating a trial version of Office Standard 2007

No, only a product key purchased for a trial version will activate your
version of Office, plus the fact that most computer makers install a version
of Home and Student Office, a completely different verison from Standard.

You will need to bite the bullet and purchase and external USB optical
drive, which will, of course, be useful when you need to install any other
program on a CD/DVD only.

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After furious head scratching, Bob asked:

| My Acer Netbook (note no CD/DVD drive) has a trial version of Office
| 2007. I had separately bought Office Standard 2007 and want its
| Product Key to activate the trial version installed on my computer.
| It states my key is invalid. Is their a way to get it to accept my
| bought product key so that I won't have to find an external cd/dvd to
| connect to my netbook to install it? Thanks,


 




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