Microsoft Office on Macbook Air

How am I supposed to install Microsoft Office on my Macbook Air? I heard that it was in CD form but Macbook Airs dont have the CD slot... please help!!!

It might be a good idea to learn a bit more about your new computer - like how to share the optical drive of another computer. If you don't have another computer handy you might consider buying an inexpensive external optical drive. Or, become familiar with software vendors' download sites. Go to Microsoft's Mac page and download the appropriate package. If you've already bought the DVD be sure to download the file that matches what you bought. You can then use the serial number that came with the box. Another option is to put the DVD into another computer and drag the installer onto a flash drive (this is my favorite solution since it is usually faster than downloading a large program.)

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    Hi
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    I believe that Migration Assistant will allow you to copy all your apps from the iMac to the new MBA. Try it - that's the best way to ensure your license information transfers properly so that Office won't complain.
    You should also consider that there are alternatives to Office. Most are better and some are free. OpenOffice and LibreOffice are but two.

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    Hello everyone,
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    I do agree but was only mentioning Pages since that offers "some" sort of compatibility...this has always been a problem with word processors.  When I was actually using WordPerfect heavily, there was conversion capability for Word documents...well, that was a major overstatement...the conversion actaully only worked on plain text.  And that was sometimes garbbled.  Tables and equations, which I use heavily as an engineer, forget it.  Not possible.  And Excel and Quattro Pro conversion was a disaster.
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    http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads
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    bdbiceinparadise wrote:
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    I assume you never read my reply;
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    Go to the Microsoft web site and download it to your Mac.
    Ciao.
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    Just go to MS Office, download a free trial, enter the product key from the MS Office software that you purchased, and voila!  So easy!
    Does this solution work on different versions of software (in this case MS Office)?  I don't keep up with all the releases so the dates are probably wrong in the following examples.  Lets assume I owned MS Office 07 and I wanted to use your solution.  I assume the MS website DOESN'T offer free trials of outdated software.  So, I go on their website, download MS Office 2011 and then enter my product key from MS Office 2007.  Are you saying that will work?
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  • HT5287 install office in Macbook air

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