I've got a client who is transferring from one MacBook to another. He purchased Office 2011 a few years ago but cannot find the box that contains the key. If this was a PC I'd just use ProduKey or some such utility. I know that I can probably follow this up with Microsoft, but I was hoping to get this laptop to him today.

Free media encoder for mac. Learn how to install or reinstall a one-time purchase of Office for Mac 2011. And security updates. Link to buy Office Link to try Office 365 Home for free. For more information, see the Microsoft License Terms for your product. Enter the product key from the retail package of Office for Mac 2011, and then click Activate. Exchange support in Outlook 2011 requires connectivity to Microsoft Exchange 2007 SP1 RU4 or later. Access to files stored on a SharePoint server requires connectivity to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 or later.

Also wondering about a download for Office 2011. The Microsoft site requires his product key.

Can anyone recommend a piece of software for OS X that gives the product key for his Office 2011? To move / re-install your licensed copy of Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac on a different computer / OSX installation, and re-authorize it without the license / serial / key available, copy the following from the old machine to the corresponding (same) spot on the new computer. To get there, in the Finder click Go-->Computer-->[name of the hard drive that has OSX installed.usually 'Macintosh HD'].then look for the following folders: /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011 folder (copy the entire folder, with all its contents) /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.microsoft.office.li censing.he lper.plist /Library/PrivilegedHelperT ools/com.m icrosoft.o ffice.lice nsing.help er /Library/Preferences/com.m icrosoft.o ffice.lice nsing.plis t I hope this helps. No, Migration Assistant won't be able to copy just the Office files over, but you can copy just the Applications and the System files without copying over any User Data. If Office 2011 is already on the new system, you really only need to copy the 3 license files from the old system to the new one. /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.microsoft.office.li censing.he lper.plist /Library/PrivilegedHelperT ools/com.m icrosoft.o ffice.lice nsing.help er /Library/Preferences/com.m icrosoft.o ffice.lice nsing.plis t That should be all that's needed to make it work.

If it doesn't, then it's possible that Microsoft patched Office 2011 and broke that. Newer Office for Mac needs the original Product Key. The license files generated are tied to the system ID, so when you move it, you need to enter a new key to generate a new license file.

Are you sure the user has Office 2011? Office 2011 has the rounded letter Icons for the Applications. The newer Office has solid boxes with the letters in it that look sort of like a notebook opening.

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