Using WORD on another computer

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Ed Mullikin

I am not a new user but do not know who else to ask; I have been using WORD
for roughly 18-20 years with the latest version 2007. I recently acquired a
laptop and would like to put WORD on it for when I travel or use it in
another location in my property. Do I need to buy a new WORD program or is
there another way of doing this?
 
.....and, what does the EULA say?

Tom
: How did you acquire the copy you are using?
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: --
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: JoAnn Paules
: MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
: Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"
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:
: : >I am not a new user but do not know who else to ask; I have been using
WORD
: >for roughly 18-20 years with the latest version 2007. I recently
acquired
: >a laptop and would like to put WORD on it for when I travel or use it in
: >another location in my property. Do I need to buy a new WORD program or
is
: >there another way of doing this?
:
 
In general, if this is a retail copy (full version or upgrade), you are
licensed to install it on one desktop and one laptop, assumed not to be used
simultaneously. If your original copy of Word/Office was OEM and you've been
upgrading continuously (buying an upgrade edition rather than the full
retail edition), then presumably the license is still an OEM license, which
doesn't allow installation on another machine (but given the length of time
you've been using Word, it's unlikely that you're still using the same
computer you started with). Also, given the length of time you've been using
Word, I assume it's not a question of Home and Student edition or the like.

So the answer is probably yes, but the only way to really find out is to
read the EULA. To do this in Word 2007, go to Office Button | Word Options |
Resources, click About and then "View the Microsoft Software License Terms."
The tiny window is not resizable, but you can print out the entire content
if you wish.
 
If you have Word on your desktop and it is a retail version, NOT an OEM
version that came installed on a new PC, you may install a second copy onto
a laptop for your own use PROVIDING that no one else uses the desktop
version whilst you are out and about using the laptop version.

If it is an OEM version purchased with a new computer, then it lives and
dies with the desktop computer.
 
I bought it and then purchased upgrades as they came out.

JoAnn Paules said:
How did you acquire the copy you are using?

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



Ed Mullikin said:
I am not a new user but do not know who else to ask; I have been using
WORD for roughly 18-20 years with the latest version 2007. I recently
acquired a laptop and would like to put WORD on it for when I travel or
use it in another location in my property. Do I need to buy a new WORD
program or is there another way of doing this?
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Well, read it.

:I have no idea.
:
: : > ....and, what does the EULA say?
: >
: > Tom
: > : > : How did you acquire the copy you are using?
: > :
: > : --
: > :
: > : JoAnn Paules
: > : MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
: > : Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"
: > :
: > :
: > :
: > : : > : >I am not a new user but do not know who else to ask; I have been
using
: > WORD
: > : >for roughly 18-20 years with the latest version 2007. I recently
: > acquired
: > : >a laptop and would like to put WORD on it for when I travel or use it
: > in
: > : >another location in my property. Do I need to buy a new WORD program
: > or
: > is
: > : >there another way of doing this?
: > :
: >
: >
:
 
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