I'd suggest asking in a newsgroup related to Word.
This newsgroup is for questions about Access, the database product that's
part of Office Professional.
However, I think you'll probably get the same answer there: contact
Microsoft. If you can prove that you had a legitimate copy, they may be able
to accomodate you, although given that they dropped support for Office 97
some time ago, possibly not.
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Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP
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