Removing product key to transfer Office to another machine

I currently am using my copy of Office on three machines. But I'm getting rid
of an old laptop and want to remove Office so I'll still have my third
product key available for another computer in the future. How do I do this?

Unlike Adobe, which has an online mechanism for removing the license from a
copy of Acrobat (for example) so it can be licensed on a different computer,
Microsoft has no such mechanism. Remove Office from the old laptop and
install it onto the the one. If you cannot proceed with activation, follow
the instructions for telephone activation, and explain the circumstances.
They will (I've never heard of them saying "no") provide you with the needed
activation information.

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Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
"AllyK" <AllyK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I currently am using my copy of Office on three machines. But I'm getting
>rid
> of an old laptop and want to remove Office so I'll still have my third
> product key available for another computer in the future. How do I do
> this?