Re: Trial Version Scam

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Some people think they can get a free copy of Microsoft Office by downloading the trial version and using it indefinitely. Not saying you are one of those people necessarily. The trial version is a fully functional, but time-limited, version that allows you to use the software however you want for a limited time. If you like it and want to continue to use it, then you can buy it. If you don't like it, then you are under no obligation to buy it, and you can go back to whatever you used previously.

When you chose to download and install the trial version, you were given the option to install the trial version alongside your previous Office version, or to replace your previous Office version with the trial version. Not sure what you chose, but it was your choice.

If you chose to install the trial version alongside your previous Office version, and if removing the trial version caused a problem with your previous Office version, then you can usually fix things by running Office Detect and Repair. You may need your Office CD to do that. If that doesn't work, then you can reinstall your previous Office version using your Office CD and product key.

If you chose to replace your previous Office version with the trial version, then you can reinstall your previous Office version using your Office CD and product key.

If you lost your previous Office version CD and/or product key, then that is beyond Microsoft's control.

amanda wrote:

Does anyone else think it's an enormous SCAM that Microsoft has set it up, at least for Office 2003, that when you download the "trial" version you cannot to your old office version (it gets corrupted0 and cant be fixed so, no matter what, you HAVE to end up buying Office fomr them AGAIN? Unbelieveable. Why no pulic outcry? I'm going Open Office. Wish me luck!

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