Re: need to upgrade from Office 2001 for Mac

Hi Barry -

Yes you did, but that wasn't my point... and I wasn't taking issue with
anything you offered. I was merely suggesting that he/she *repurchase* as
opposed to going through the hassle of trying to tackle what appeared to be
a rather involved upgrade process... not to mention what would be the case
if sometime after disposing of the dinosaur he/she should need to reinstall.

Also, just to be clear, I wasn't actually "recommending" the S/T version
because of the OP's statement;

It takes money to make money.

The S/T EULA explicitly excludes any commercial use of the product. I just
mentioned the going price for comparison purposes in the event he/she
chooses to go that route.

--
Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

"Barry Wainwright [MVP]" <barry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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If you see may later mail, I also recommended the S&T version :)

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From: CyberTaz <typegeneraltaz1ATcomcastdotnet>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.mac.office
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 09:03:00 -0400
Subject: Re: need to upgrade from Office 2001 for Mac

With all due respect for Barry's expert guidance, FWIW, I tend toward a
different approach...

If you search the web for Office 2004 you'll find that you can get the
Standard package at a very affordable price - I've found it for as little
as
$164 without even trying. S/T is going for ~$129 less a $50 rebate on
Amazon.com as well as others. If it were me, I'd repurchase the full
version
& do without all the hassle of networking the old unit, etc. Then box up
the
2001 floppies & save as a collector's item :~)

--
Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

"Sensation" <Sensation@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:38E6D54E-FB27-4E9C-8734-1A3263A497C9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks for the response...this is my first attempt to post to a
discussion
group and I'm happy to see that you've responded.
I shall make the attempt to dust off the old mac 8500/180, keyboard and
monitor, and get it up and running. Everything was working on the
8500/180
when I upgraded to the G4. I'd like to say that I have the software on a
cd,
but that would be too easy of a solution. I'm not as technologically
advanced
as I used to be, but I'm always up to the challenge. I'll take your
advice
and network the macs and share the disk.
Question though...I have not purchased the upgrade for the software yet.
So
is this what you recommend? Won't this pose a problem if I open up the
software and attempt to install it? What happens if I don't have success
installing it? Can it then be exchanged for a full version without any
penalty or a refund?
Because technology changes so fast, I'm finding it is necessary now to
purchase the upgrades, even though I've not needed them for years. And
I'm
learning it is good to stay current. It takes money to make money.
Thanks again for your insight on this matter.


"Barry Wainwright [MVP]" wrote:

On 6/9/06 19:48, in article
963FC8FF-9C0A-4DDA-AE96-0A452D6009FE@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Sensation"
<Sensation@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

My first computer that I purchased my last upgrade of Office 2001 for
is a
Mac 8500/180. I am no longer using this Mac and is disconnected. When
I
purchase the original version of MS Office, I chose to get the
software
on
floppy disks so I could have the full set of User Guides. I have not
had a
need to use Office until now and I am wanting to upgrade to Office
2004
for
my G4 and G5. Obviously, my newer computers do not have a floppy drive
on
them. I have the original liscensing numbers for my software. Any
suggestions
on how I can get a quick upgrade to Office 2004? In my telephone
discussion
with MS tech support, they said that while installing the upgrade on
my
newer
computers, it would look for the original version. This is not
installed on
my newer computers.
Has anyone tackled this before? What is the best solution to upgrading
when
it is not on the current computer? I'd like to avoid having to
purchase
the
full version, if at all possible.

Crumbs. Every once in a while someone comes up with a completely new
problem, and guess what - it's your turn!

The normal answer to this upgrade problem is to put the original CD
into
the
disk drive and the installer will usually recognise it and just work.
If
it
asks for the location of the original install, you just poit it at the
CD
and all is well. I have never heard of anyone trying to upgrade from a
floppy disk install before!

I'm guessing that the installation files on the floppies are all
compressed,
in which case, even if you had a floppy drive, the installation
wouldn't
be
recognised.

Is there any way that you can start the old 8500, connect to it with a
network and share the disk, then mount the shared disk on the desktop
of
your new macs? This would allow you to point to the original
installation
on
the mounted network share and hopefully the installation would proceed
OK.
If that doesn't work or is no longer possible, then I don't think there
is
another way to do it.

--
Barry Wainwright
Microsoft MVP (see http://mvp.support.microsoft.com for details)
Check out the Entourage User's WebLog for hints, tips and
troubleshooting
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