Rockey
Microsoft's official answer to this would be something like: if you purchase
a current equivalent version of Office, it licences you to install any
previous version of Office. So if you want Office 97 PRO, then purchase
Office 2003 PRO licences and then you are legal to user and version of
Office PRO.
It may be tempting to buy from eBAY, but from a legal point of view (and I
guess that 'legality' is your purpose), you would have to be very careful
that the package offered is absolutely genuine, unopened, unregistered and
retail - NOT OEM. I doubt that this long after Off 97 became extinct that
there are any copies that would fall into this legal position.
You should still be able to get hold of Office 2002 (XP) retail packs and
possibly at a bargain price - but be careful to make sure that they are
legal.
--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/
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: Any suggestions for getting a dozen legal copies of word. Does MS still
: sell licenses for 97 products. Do I need to buy them on ebay?
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: Thanks - Matt
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