Can I add another computer to my home office license?

[Guest]

I have Office on two of my Macs--a desktop and a laptop. Can I add to another
laptop? If not, is it possible for me to purchase an expansion of my single
user license?

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

No and no.

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Hi Joe:

You need one more licence Telephone your local Microsoft office: they
may be prepared to cut you a deal whereby they will sell you another licence
(without any disks) for half price.

The Office Mac licence allows one desktop and one laptop, provided they are
not both in use at the same time. For your laptop, you will need an extra
licence.

In the meantime, just install it. I assume that you will not be typing on
all three computers at once? So long as nobody else is either, it will
work just fine.

Once you try to open the third copy of any of the Office applications, it
will refuse to start until you shut down one of the others, or buy another
licence.

Cheers

I have Office on two of my Macs--a desktop and a laptop. Can I add to another
laptop? If not, is it possible for me to purchase an expansion of my single
user license?

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Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410

 

[Beth Melton]

If your EULA specifically states you can install Office on your PC and
on a second, portable device for the exclusive use of the primary user
of the first copy of the Software, then that means *one* portable
device. I'm not 100% certain how Activation works, but I believe since
it also takes your hardware into account I suspect if you install it
on a second laptop then the installation on the first laptop will be
deactivated. My speculation is based on reports I've heard from others
who have tried sharing Office with friends - the legal owner is the
one who ends up with the deactivated copy.

I'm not sure about additional licenses for Mac Office but I do know
that volume licensing starts at 5 licenses. So if another license (if
available) would be a cost savings I really don't know but I'd say a
call to Microsoft would find the answer.

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Microsoft Office MVP

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[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Hi Beth:

We don't have activation on the Mac in any markets, and the EULA allows one
desktop and one portable per licence.

Of course, this could change with the next release, but that's the current
state of play

Cheers

If your EULA specifically states you can install Office on your PC and
on a second, portable device for the exclusive use of the primary user
of the first copy of the Software, then that means *one* portable
device. I'm not 100% certain how Activation works, but I believe since
it also takes your hardware into account I suspect if you install it
on a second laptop then the installation on the first laptop will be
deactivated. My speculation is based on reports I've heard from others
who have tried sharing Office with friends - the legal owner is the
one who ends up with the deactivated copy.

I'm not sure about additional licenses for Mac Office but I do know
that volume licensing starts at 5 licenses. So if another license (if
available) would be a cost savings I really don't know but I'd say a
call to Microsoft would find the answer.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Office 2007 Preview Site:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/default.mspx
Office 2007 Community Articles/Tutorials:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/community/article_archive.mspx

TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

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Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email
me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie <[email protected]>
Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410