Copying MS Office from backup to new drive

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I'm restoring my system from a backup drive and MS Office is not playing ball and requires re-installing. Originally I had MS office 2008 but the 2011 upgrade was a download. I will have the download install file somewhere but without knowing it's name I am unable to find on the backup. Can anyone tell me what else, apart from the app files themselves, I need to copy over to get Word and Excel to work again?

Cancel this - Moment after posting, and after 2 days of trying to sort, I found my download !!!
 

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You had this posted in the wrong forum anyway..... I moved it.

Don't forget to hold on tight to your serial number for Office 2011 as it needs to be activated before it will work in full mode. If you move it from one machine to another, it may have to be activated again. I moved my copy via Time Machine from my MacBook to a new iMac and it didn't ask for activation, so your mileage may vary.... :)
 

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