Trying to replace Product Key to Student

[Alex Romano]

I recently got a new iMac and gave the old one to my daughter. The
copy of Office that was still on the old iMac won't work while I'm using
it the new one. Now I've purchased a copy of the student edition of
Office X but I can't figure out how to remove of old copy that will let me
enter the new product key.

Of course, the online help won't give me anthing since I don't yet have
a product ID since I haven't been able to install and register the new
version...

Does anyone know ?

tia,
Alex

 

[Richard Radke]

Your message is not clear.

Office on your old Mac is not Office X?

You give your older iMac to your daughter which still has the the older
version of office?

Installing the new version shouldn't cause a problem with serial numbers.

Try doing a system search and delete the files you don't need from the older
version.

 

[J.E. McGimpsey]

I recently got a new iMac and gave the old one to my daughter. The
copy of Office that was still on the old iMac won't work while I'm using
it the new one. Now I've purchased a copy of the student edition of
Office X but I can't figure out how to remove of old copy that will let me
enter the new product key.

Of course, the online help won't give me anthing since I don't yet have
a product ID since I haven't been able to install and register the new
version...

Does anyone know ?

Well, the "official" way to remove office is to run the Office
Remover application that you can find on your install CD in the
Value Pack. Then reinstall, apply all the updaters, and run Repair
Permissions from the Disk Utility (OS 10.2.x), or Repair Privileges
(10.1.5).

However, since the academic version is the same as the regular
version except for the licensing, you may more easily eliminate your
registration, leaving Office in place, by deleting two files:

~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Microsoft Office Settings (10)
HD/Applications/Microsoft Office X/Office/OfficePID

(the latter is a hidden file, so you need to find it using Find in
the finder, and set visibility to all). The "~" refers to your home
directory. You'll then be prompted for your name and new CD Key
when you start up an Office application.