Posted on 05/28/2015 6:54:07 AM PDT by ExGeeEye
My old computer died; my new computer came without any extras (I thought I would install them from my backups).
Problem is, my Office 2013 came with my old computer and I bought the product key to activate it.
So now I have the product key and no Office to activate.
Where can I go to download it?
Funny replies like "put it in the trash and go to the Apple store for a real computer" will get an appreciative chuckle, but not much more :)
You should be able to download it directly from Microsoft’s website.
I’m glad you posted this as I have been trying to improve my Excel skills and would like to find a sample dataset that I can down load to practice Pivot Tables, anyone know a trustworthy source to download one?
Thanks!
Thanks!
Let me be the first to say “You are doomed. Give up. We’ve never done it that way. The last time we tried it, we burned down the smokehouse”
This is the biggest problem in biz’ with IT Depts that have to service mutli Depts, they should’ve recorded their licenses, Techs won’t touch it with a 50 mile pole for fear of being sued. You would toss your car’s pink slip, c’mon folks.
MS Office 2013 is rather awful, IMHO.
If you get stuck perhaps you can buy Office 2010 or 2007 on Amazon. I had a full blown copy of MS Office Professional 2013 and I sold it prior to ever opening it as it likes to disable all previous versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and the like.
I run 2003, 2007 and 2010 version of MS software. I WILL NOT install 2013.
Not trying to be a downer, just trying to inform...
Good luck!
What a load of crap. i use Office 2013 every day. It is a fine product.
Thanks, it worked great until the computer didn’t. I’m now on my way to getting it back.
Serious? 2007 is awful!
“I run 2003, 2007 and 2010 version of MS software. I WILL NOT install 2013”
Really???
2013 fixes a number of problems created by 2010. 2003 was good. 2007 was an ugly upgrade. 2010 fixed a few things but broke a few more things as well. 2013 finally gets it right.
The only thing that I find frustrating in 2013 is I can no longer nativley access Dbase DBF files from Access. You have to use a third party ODBC driver.
Also Office 365 subscription/cloud based product is awesome. 1 subscription for $99 per year and I can install it on 5 computers, 5 tablets, and 5 phones! You get 50 gig on One drive and if any device dies I can remove that deivce and reinstall it on a new device in minutes.
So when did Microsoft Word and such became a subscription. You are charge either monthly or yearly. I remember just buying the disc one time and that was it. I now have a new computer, and to download Word or Excel it tells me whether I want to be charged monthly or yearly. Sheesh, Microsoft is greedy.
I’m sticking with Office 2007 as long as I can. No problems. Did’t need to get “improved.”
LibreOffice is nice.
I run LibreOffice for most things. I do have Office 97 and Lotus Word Pro. :-)
Running MS Office 2000 here. I have the install disks for 2003 but never installed it as 2000 does everything I need and has lots of stuff I’ll never use.
If it ain’t broke, I don’t fix it.
LVR, do a Google search on pivot table tutorial. Lots of good stuff there.
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