Reinstalling Microsoft Office When You Don’t Have a Disc or Download

 

 

 

From time to time, you may need to reinstall Microsoft Office because you purchased a new computer or you’re trying to resolve a program error. Or, in Excel 2010 and later, you may need to move between the 32-bit and 64-bit versions. In this article, I’ll describe how to download the installation files on demand as well as recover a lost product key for Office.

 

David H. Ringstrom, CPA, heads up Accounting Advisors, Inc., an Atlanta-based software and database consulting firm providing training and consulting services nationwide. Contact David at david@nullacctadv.com or follow him on Twitter. David speaks at conferences about Microsoft Excel and presents webcasts for several CPE providers, including AccountingWEB partner CPE Link.