ReInstall Office Test Drive.

[JohnBoy]

Hello all!

I purchased a MacBook Pro 15 Intel Core 2 Duo just about a year ago
and the very first thing I did was to remove Office Test Drive.
(Stupid I know)

Now, after a year, I want to reinstall the test drive (or install a
trial version of Office 2004) so I can finally give Windows XP the
boot!

I downloaded the Office 2004 Test Drive from the web and it tells me
after I install it that my time has expired. I have deleted everything
in the Library/Preferences/Microsoft Directory. I have used the remove
option and the remove license key only option included with the test
drive. No luck. Same Time has expired message.

Any ideas on how I get this installed?

Thanks in advance.

John.

 

[Diane Ross]

I purchased a MacBook Pro 15 Intel Core 2 Duo just about a year ago
and the very first thing I did was to remove Office Test Drive.
(Stupid I know)

Not at all, the Test Drive has been a nightmare to uninstall for many users.

Now, after a year, I want to reinstall the test drive (or install a
trial version of Office 2004) so I can finally give Windows XP the
boot!

I downloaded the Office 2004 Test Drive from the web and it tells me
after I install it that my time has expired. I have deleted everything
in the Library/Preferences/Microsoft Directory. I have used the remove
option and the remove license key only option included with the test
drive. No luck. Same Time has expired message.

Any ideas on how I get this installed?

There is probably some invisible file that keeps that info. Have no clue as
to what it is. If you had a clean OS install, you could probably install OK.
I would take this time to buy Office 2004 to qualify for the free upgrade to
Office 2008.

Purchase Office 2004 Student & Teacher Edition for around $130 from Amazon
and follow the rules, and you'll get 2008 Special Edition just for the price
of shipping. It's a real bargain. Use the promotion while you still can -
the offer expires January 14th.

<http://www.microsoft.com/mac/go/promotions/supersuitedeal/>

 

[John McGhie]

Hi John:

Well, short of formatting the hard disk, you won't be able to. Your time is
indeed up Even if you do format the hard disk, it will run for only 30
days and you'll be right back where you started.

I am not sure that you will be wanting to reformat your HDD every 30 days


However, if you race into a shop and BUY Office 2004 before January 14th,
you will be able to buy Office 2008 for $6.99 when it comes out.

That's a pretty good deal, wouldn't you say?

Cheers

Hello all!

I purchased a MacBook Pro 15 Intel Core 2 Duo just about a year ago
and the very first thing I did was to remove Office Test Drive.
(Stupid I know)

Now, after a year, I want to reinstall the test drive (or install a
trial version of Office 2004) so I can finally give Windows XP the
boot!

I downloaded the Office 2004 Test Drive from the web and it tells me
after I install it that my time has expired. I have deleted everything
in the Library/Preferences/Microsoft Directory. I have used the remove
option and the remove license key only option included with the test
drive. No luck. Same Time has expired message.

Any ideas on how I get this installed?

Thanks in advance.

John.

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[JohnBoy]

Hi John:

Well, short of formatting the hard disk, you won't be able to.  Your time is
indeed up  Even if you do format the hard disk, it will run for only30
days and you'll be right back where you started.

I am not sure that you will be wanting to reformat your HDD every 30 days


However, if you race into a shop and BUY Office 2004 before January 14th,
you will be able to buy Office 2008 for $6.99 when it comes out.

That's a pretty good deal, wouldn't you say?

Cheers









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I am not against purchasing Office - I am just not sure it is going to
work and would rather have the test drive installed to make sure the
results are what I need. Specifically, I have a TON of VBA code in
Excel and Word to automate processes and I have very little confidence
that they will work correctly in the MAC version. (They work great
with Windows XP under Parallels Desktop). Does anyone have specific
experience with VBA on MAC Office? Should I expect the code to work
and just bite-the-bullet and by Office 2004?

Thanks!

 

[Bob Greenblatt]

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I am not against purchasing Office - I am just not sure it is going to
work and would rather have the test drive installed to make sure the
results are what I need. Specifically, I have a TON of VBA code in
Excel and Word to automate processes and I have very little confidence
that they will work correctly in the MAC version. (They work great
with Windows XP under Parallels Desktop). Does anyone have specific
experience with VBA on MAC Office? Should I expect the code to work
and just bite-the-bullet and by Office 2004?

Thanks!

I have "specific experience with VBA on Mac office", as do may others here.
Unless the VBA code was written with the intent of also running on the Mac,
the odds are poor that the code will work unchanged. However, many of the
changes are simple and straight forward. Unfortunately there is no
documentation outlining the differences. You'll just have to try it and see
what breaks, and then tackle it one by one till you get it running.

If you wrote the VBA code and are familiar with it you will get comfortable
(and frustrated) with the Mac implementation pretty quickly. But, we can
help you through most problems. If you are going to stick with a Mac you
ought to get used to the Mac VBA anyway.

HOWEVER, bear in mind that the new Mac Office 2008 WILL NOT support VBA.
You'll have to run your applications in Mac Office 2004, or under parallels
in Windows.

 

[JohnBoy]

I have "specific experience with VBA on Mac office", as do may others here..
Unless the VBA code was written with the intent of also running on the Mac,
the odds are poor that the code will work unchanged. However, many of the
changes are simple and straight forward. Unfortunately there is no
documentation outlining the differences. You'll just have to try it and see
what breaks, and then tackle it one by one till you get it running.

If you wrote the VBA code and are familiar with it you will get comfortable
(and frustrated) with the Mac implementation pretty quickly. But, we can
help you through most problems. If you are going to stick with a Mac you
ought to get used to the Mac VBA anyway.

HOWEVER, bear in mind that the new Mac Office 2008 WILL NOT support VBA.
You'll have to run your applications in Mac Office 2004, or under parallels
in Windows.

OUCH! I wrote the VBA so I am familiar with it and can/could change it
- I suppose - BUT - is it worth doing? Real question I guess is - "Is
it worth the effort if 2008 won't support it" - Since I am the only
one who can answer this question - the answer has to Nope! Too bad
really.

 

[Diane Ross]

OUCH! I wrote the VBA so I am familiar with it and can/could change it
- I suppose - BUT - is it worth doing? Real question I guess is - "Is
it worth the effort if 2008 won't support it" - Since I am the only
one who can answer this question - the answer has to Nope! Too bad
really.

You could install Office 2004 in a new User's application folder and use
Fast User Switching to switch over for VBA work. Install Office 2008 in your
regular User's folder. This way there will be no conflicts with preferences.

 

[John McGhie]

Hi John:

I have extensive experience with VBA

The majority of my VBA runs in Word 2004 unchanged.

Word 2004 has the VBA from Word 2000. If your code runs in Word 2000, and
does not call or link any Windows modules, it will run.

If it doesn't, use a hash-define testing the "Mac" compiler constant.

# IfDef Mac = true then

# Else

# Endif

FWIW, I run Office 2004 and Office 2008 on the same partition, I do not
bother keeping them separate.

Cheers

OUCH! I wrote the VBA so I am familiar with it and can/could change it
- I suppose - BUT - is it worth doing? Real question I guess is - "Is
it worth the effort if 2008 won't support it" - Since I am the only
one who can answer this question - the answer has to Nope! Too bad
really.

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Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory, Australia
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]

 

[JohnBoy]

Hi John:

I have extensive experience with VBA

The majority of my VBA runs in Word 2004 unchanged.

Word 2004 has the VBA from Word 2000.  If your code runs in Word 2000, and
does not call or link any Windows modules, it will run.

If it doesn't, use a hash-define testing the "Mac" compiler constant.

# IfDef Mac = true then

# Else

# Endif

FWIW, I run Office 2004 and Office 2008 on the same partition, I do not
bother keeping them separate.

Cheers




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Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory, Australia
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Thanks to all! I looks like there are a couple of options available to
me to get 2004 and 2008 working together with VBA. Final question,
does the office suite support ODBC calls to an OpenSource database
like MySQL? My current setup (on windows XP) makes use of MS Access
for merging records and tracking mailings etc, and I already have the
documents involved talking to MySQL. Will the Mac Office versions play
well with MySQL?

Thanks!

 

[Bob Greenblatt]

Thanks to all! I looks like there are a couple of options available to
me to get 2004 and 2008 working together with VBA. Final question,
does the office suite support ODBC calls to an OpenSource database
like MySQL? My current setup (on windows XP) makes use of MS Access
for merging records and tracking mailings etc, and I already have the
documents involved talking to MySQL. Will the Mac Office versions play
well with MySQL?

Thanks!

Be careful - I don't know what "2004 and 2008 working together with VBA"
means. Office 2008 does NOT support VBA, and any Office 2004 files with
macros will open, but the macros will NOT run. Can both office 2004 and 2008
be installed on the same machine and work without interfering with each
other? Probably, but we'll know for sure next week.

As far as interfacing to SQL, this is quite possible with Office 2004. Look
at: http://www.actualtechnologies.com/