Installing Leopard from scratch, then installing old apps

Hi,
I want to reinstall Leopard, so none of my documents etc are on the computer, as if I bought it from new. But then I want to reinstall my apps like Aperture, Office, iWork etc. How do I do this, if I want to use the same purchase code as previously (don't want to buy the software again)?
Are the purchase codes related to my laptop itself, and therefore I can use this again after reinstalling Leopard?
Any help is much appreciated. Thanks.
Mc

As long as you have the installation serial numbers and the original disks, you should have no problems installing them on your reinstall of Leopard.
If iLife came with your computer, then you will have to install that from the original disks that came with your computer using the "Bundled Software" install....

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