Microsoft office on a netbook

Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. I have Office Home and Student, which permits installation on 3 machines. However, I can't install straight from the disk because the netbook doesn't have an optical drive.

Is there a way to do this other than going out and buying an external drive? Can I download and install the day trial, and activate it using the code from my retail box? Or would the trial version reject a retail code? Cheers, Elizabeth. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question 8. Report abuse. Details required :.

Cancel Submit. Make some folders on the netbook shared with write permissions then open Explorer on the desktop computer navigate to the shared folders on the netbook. Install from the netbook folder. However, as you can see, there is usually no need because you can access an optical drive from a desktop computer via the local network.

When Office is installed a copy of the key installation files is put in a hidden folder — if when Microsoft Office has a little nervy an auto-repair system should start and restore files from the source. Re-using the install disk is less common these days. Menu Cart. Part 1 has advice on what to look when buying a netbook.

Part 2 looks at options for office suite software for netbooks both Microsoft Office and others. Part 3 has tips for configuring and using Microsoft Office on a netbook. Install disks are NOT that special There was a time when install disks were specially made so you could not copy them easily but those disks are rare these days.

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