can I install office 2007 without cd-rom

The description of Office 2007 Standard says an optical drive is required.
I'm thinkinbg of bying anASUS eee 901 12G with XP, which doesn't have one.
Can I download Office 2007 and use it on the eee? Thanks.

You can download and install the Trial version of Office 2007, then use
your product key to Convert the trial to the full version.

--
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
http://www.officeforlawyers.com
Author - The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/5m3f5q



"ed-h" <ed-h@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F554B417-A979-4D8D-ACF7-4163951073CD@microsoft.com:

> The description of Office 2007 Standard says an optical drive is required.
> I'm thinkinbg of bying anASUS eee 901 12G with XP, which doesn't have one.
> Can I download Office 2007 and use it on the eee? Thanks.

Thanks, Ben. That's what I thought, but the stated requirement on their
download site was worrisome. Didn't want to pay several hundred dollars for
a umpc I can't use!

"Ben M. Schorr - MVP (OneNote)" wrote:

> You can download and install the Trial version of Office 2007, then use
> your product key to Convert the trial to the full version.
>
> --
> -Ben-
> Ben M. Schorr, MVP
> Roland Schorr & Tower
> http://www.rolandschorr.com
> http://www.officeforlawyers.com
> Author - The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007:
> http://tinyurl.com/5m3f5q
>
>
>
> "ed-h" <ed-h@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F554B417-A979-4D8D-ACF7-4163951073CD@microsoft.com:
>
> > The description of Office 2007 Standard says an optical drive is required.
> > I'm thinkinbg of bying anASUS eee 901 12G with XP, which doesn't have one.
> > Can I download Office 2007 and use it on the eee? Thanks.
>
>

No optical drive kind of limits you, doesn't it? Losing a floppy drive is
bad enough.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"ed-h" <edh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FB5DBDCB-61DD-4D95-9AE6-C5E6D8947C2B@microsoft.com...
> Thanks, Ben. That's what I thought, but the stated requirement on their
> download site was worrisome. Didn't want to pay several hundred dollars
> for
> a umpc I can't use!
>
> "Ben M. Schorr - MVP (OneNote)" wrote:
>
>> You can download and install the Trial version of Office 2007, then use
>> your product key to Convert the trial to the full version.
>>
>> --
>> -Ben-
>> Ben M. Schorr, MVP
>> Roland Schorr & Tower
>> http://www.rolandschorr.com
>> http://www.officeforlawyers.com
>> Author - The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007:
>> http://tinyurl.com/5m3f5q
>>
>>
>>
>> "ed-h" <ed-h@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:F554B417-A979-4D8D-ACF7-4163951073CD@microsoft.com:
>>
>> > The description of Office 2007 Standard says an optical drive is
>> > required.
>> > I'm thinkinbg of bying anASUS eee 901 12G with XP, which doesn't have
>> > one.
>> > Can I download Office 2007 and use it on the eee? Thanks.
>>
>>

"ed-h" <edh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FB5DBDCB-61DD-4D95-9AE6-C5E6D8947C2B@microsoft.com...
> Thanks, Ben. That's what I thought, but the stated requirement on their
> download site was worrisome. Didn't want to pay several hundred dollars
> for
> a umpc I can't use!
>
> "Ben M. Schorr - MVP (OneNote)" wrote:
>
>> You can download and install the Trial version of Office 2007, then use
>> your product key to Convert the trial to the full version.
>>
>> --
>> -Ben-
>> Ben M. Schorr, MVP
>> Roland Schorr & Tower
>> http://www.rolandschorr.com
>> http://www.officeforlawyers.com
>> Author - The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007:
>> http://tinyurl.com/5m3f5q
>>
>>
>>
>> "ed-h" <ed-h@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:F554B417-A979-4D8D-ACF7-4163951073CD@microsoft.com:
>>
>> > The description of Office 2007 Standard says an optical drive is
>> > required.
>> > I'm thinkinbg of bying anASUS eee 901 12G with XP, which doesn't have
>> > one.
>> > Can I download Office 2007 and use it on the eee? Thanks.
>>
>>

A suggestion, when you do download the installation file, make sure you make
a copy of it to some form of backup device, either a USB drive or the like
as you won't have a CD or DVD drive. If your computer crashes and you have
to totally reload the OS, you will need the downloaded file to reinstall the
Office suite. It is easier to do this than going through all the problems
of getting a re-download a few years down the road.

I have tried this, but the product key for my Office Enterprise, 2007 doesn't
work. How can I get a real person to talk to so I don't have to buy a second
copy? I have a mini computer with no CD rom to use my original disk.
--
Novice


"LVTravel" wrote:

>
>
> "ed-h" <edh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FB5DBDCB-61DD-4D95-9AE6-C5E6D8947C2B@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks, Ben. That's what I thought, but the stated requirement on their
> > download site was worrisome. Didn't want to pay several hundred dollars
> > for
> > a umpc I can't use!
> >
> > "Ben M. Schorr - MVP (OneNote)" wrote:
> >
> >> You can download and install the Trial version of Office 2007, then use
> >> your product key to Convert the trial to the full version.
> >>
> >> --
> >> -Ben-
> >> Ben M. Schorr, MVP
> >> Roland Schorr & Tower
> >> http://www.rolandschorr.com
> >> http://www.officeforlawyers.com
> >> Author - The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007:
> >> http://tinyurl.com/5m3f5q
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "ed-h" <ed-h@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:F554B417-A979-4D8D-ACF7-4163951073CD@microsoft.com:
> >>
> >> > The description of Office 2007 Standard says an optical drive is
> >> > required.
> >> > I'm thinkinbg of bying anASUS eee 901 12G with XP, which doesn't have
> >> > one.
> >> > Can I download Office 2007 and use it on the eee? Thanks.
> >>
> >>
>
> A suggestion, when you do download the installation file, make sure you make
> a copy of it to some form of backup device, either a USB drive or the like
> as you won't have a CD or DVD drive. If your computer crashes and you have
> to totally reload the OS, you will need the downloaded file to reinstall the
> Office suite. It is easier to do this than going through all the problems
> of getting a re-download a few years down the road.
>
>

It's a DVD. You might think about buying an external USB optical drive for
uses such as this.

Earle

"Novice" <Novice@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A3189E19-5EBB-430B-8807-9C2A191ED8AA@microsoft.com...
>I have tried this, but the product key for my Office Enterprise, 2007
>doesn't
> work. How can I get a real person to talk to so I don't have to buy a
> second
> copy? I have a mini computer with no CD rom to use my original disk.
> --
> Novice
>
>
> "LVTravel" wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> "ed-h" <edh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:FB5DBDCB-61DD-4D95-9AE6-C5E6D8947C2B@microsoft.com...
>> > Thanks, Ben. That's what I thought, but the stated requirement on
>> > their
>> > download site was worrisome. Didn't want to pay several hundred
>> > dollars
>> > for
>> > a umpc I can't use!
>> >
>> > "Ben M. Schorr - MVP (OneNote)" wrote:
>> >
>> >> You can download and install the Trial version of Office 2007, then
>> >> use
>> >> your product key to Convert the trial to the full version.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> -Ben-
>> >> Ben M. Schorr, MVP
>> >> Roland Schorr & Tower
>> >> http://www.rolandschorr.com
>> >> http://www.officeforlawyers.com
>> >> Author - The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007:
>> >> http://tinyurl.com/5m3f5q
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "ed-h" <ed-h@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:F554B417-A979-4D8D-ACF7-4163951073CD@microsoft.com:
>> >>
>> >> > The description of Office 2007 Standard says an optical drive is
>> >> > required.
>> >> > I'm thinkinbg of bying anASUS eee 901 12G with XP, which doesn't
>> >> > have
>> >> > one.
>> >> > Can I download Office 2007 and use it on the eee? Thanks.
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>> A suggestion, when you do download the installation file, make sure you
>> make
>> a copy of it to some form of backup device, either a USB drive or the
>> like
>> as you won't have a CD or DVD drive. If your computer crashes and you
>> have
>> to totally reload the OS, you will need the downloaded file to reinstall
>> the
>> Office suite. It is easier to do this than going through all the
>> problems
>> of getting a re-download a few years down the road.
>>
>>