Microsoft Office 60 day trial

Francis63

Hi, I've just started using the 60 day trial and have saved a few documents I've written.

I don't have a 25-character licence key, is there a way to get one free? I believe those who have it can use the key on 3 appliances, does anyone have a spare to share?

If I have no luck after 60 days will my saved documents just disappear? :eek:

Any help greatly appreciated.

Francis63

Forgot to say, its 'Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007' trial I'm using.

Thanks.

Oblivion

I don't think your documents will disappear, but I'm sure your trial for stealing a licence key will last a lot less than 60 days before the judge passes sentence. :cool:

Francis63

Who's stealing?

gb12345

Francis63 wrote: »

If I have no luck after 60 days will my saved documents just disappear? :eek:

If you're too tight to pay for a licence then I suggest that you look at OpenOffice or LibreOffice - both will open you office documents and both are totally free.

Buzby

After 60 days all that happens is you cannot save or print - nothing more. Why you didn't install the free 2013 evaluation amazes me!

Francis63

I bought a second hand netbook. This free trial was already installed and is all I need.
I have the full version on my old (broken) netbook, so don't want to pay for it again as can use it on 3 laptops but cannot find the key.

Open Office it might have to be, thanks.

Neil49

Francis63 wrote: »

I bought a second hand netbook. This free trial was already installed and is all I need.
I have the full version on my old (broken) netbook, so don't want to pay for it again as can use it on 3 laptops but cannot find the key.

Open Office it might have to be, thanks.

You may find that Libre Office is more up to date in terms of recognising the latest MS Office file formats. I gave up with Open Office last year because they didn't keep it up to date .

macman

Francis63 wrote: »

I bought a second hand netbook. This free trial was already installed and is all I need.
I have the full version on my old (broken) netbook, so don't want to pay for it again as can use it on 3 laptops but cannot find the key.

Open Office it might have to be, thanks.

If the hard drive still functions, remove it, place in a USB caddy, connect it to your new machine and then use Magic Jellybean (Google it) to extract the licence key.
And in future always keep a record of the key in a secure place.
Any documents generated in MS Office will remain in your Documents folder even if you remove the program entirely-you just can't open them (unless you use Libre Office).