Office 2001 and Leopard

My research shows that you need Mac classic to install this version of Office, and I have OS 10.5. Is there any workaround to get the old version to work? I've seen a couple of mentions online about "use drag and drop installation" but I don't know what that means. (Co-worker is willing to sell me the old Office, since I can't afford a complete buy and don't have a prior version).
Thanks in advance!

Hold the phone, I'm not totally sure but I was running Office X on 10.5 until I upgraded to 2008 recently. That was copied over via migration assistant.
What "drag & drop" means is that you should be able to drag the Microsoft Office folder in the seller's Applications folder onto a disc and then into your Applications folder.
See if it works.
After that the seller should delete the application from their Mac and give you the install discs.
btw - don't overpay for it, it's not worth much. Look at Office 2008 student/teacher version.
-mj
Message was edited by: macjack

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