How to Transfer Microsoft Office to a New Computer If the issue is with your Computer or a Laptop you should try using Restoro which can scan the repositories and replace corrupt and missing files. This works in most cases, where the issue is originated due to a system corruption. Depending on where you bought Office 2011, you can retrieve the product key from Microsoft using the instructions on their website. If this doesn't work for you (ie. You probably don't own a legitimate copy of the program) I'm afraid you're out of luck, I believe the licensing information may be stored in the com.microsoft.office.licensing.plist file which is located in /library/preferences. If you have a perpetual license, then you have to reinstall Microsoft Office 2016 on your old Mac. Then you can use Apple's migration assistant to bring the installation forward to your new Mac. It's the only way, as perpetual licenses are not transferable from one Mac to another. How to move your content to a new Mac - Apple Support. Can I Transfer/Move Office 2016 to New Computer Without Re-installation 'Now I've moved almost all useful files to my new computer. But the applications and programs such as Microsoft Office 2016, PhotoShop, etc. Cannot work even I've copied the installation files of those programs to the new computer.
'Can I copy Microsoft Office 2010 from my laptop to a USB key? Is this possible? And if this is possible could someone please give me a step by step as to what this entails.'
Yes, you can. If you want to copy Microsoft Office to USB and run Office applications from the USB, you can. As you know, a manual copy doesn't work. Only the professional PC transfer software can make it.
Is there any other way to copy and install apps to USB directly? Yes, there is Windows easy transfer software that can intelligently help make a complete transfer of everything demanded to run Microsoft Word without reinstalling on another computer!
It's EaseUS Todo PCTrans that comes in handy when you want to transfer installed programs from one hard drive to another, from one computer to another, from Windows 7 to Windows 10, and so on. It supports the transfer of most popular applications like MS Office, QuickBooks, Adobe programs, Steam, etc.
The App Migration only supports use programs in the original computer. If you want to transfer the program to the USB to free up disk space and achieve better disk performance, EaseUS Todo PCTrans can make it. Follow the steps below to move MS programs to a USB flash drive.
Step 1. Connect the external device and select the transfer mode.
Step 2. Select Microsoft Office and set the storage path.
Step 3. Wait for the transfer process to finish.
There is a better way of transferring Microsoft Office to another computer without the flash drive. You can directly transfer your Word, Excel programs to a laptop or computer. Follow the steps below to transfer Microsoft Office to another computer.
Step 1. Launch EaseUS Todo PCTrans and select the transfer mode.
Step 2. Connect the source PC and the target PC.
Step 3. Select Office to transfer.
Step 4. Transfer Microsoft Office to another PC.
Step 5. Save the product key to activate Microsoft Office.
Can I copy Microsoft Word to a flash drive to install on another laptop? No. If you copy Microsoft Word to a flash drive with copying the program directory, then install on another computer is not work.
I guess that many people are considering transferring the Microsoft Office program as successfully as they move files. However, You can hardly copy every component included in the Microsoft Office program manually. Besides, Microsoft Office isn't a portable program that it can not run well on another PC by copying the set files.
Only the two methods mentioned above can work well in moving Microsoft to a USB flash drive and PC.