Spits out Office for Mac 08 but accepts other DVDs

I just got an iMac(it's from 2011 if that matters) and I want to install Office for Mac 2008 on it but everytime I insert the disc, it just spits it out again. The disc is not damaged and my iMac accepts other DVDs and CDs.... It has 10.8.5 as the operating system
Please help, I use Office quite a lot!

Spits out Office for Mac 08 but accepts other DVDs
This is a sign of your Mac expressing its taste.
Take the hint. There are a number of alternatives to Office today, most are better, some are free, none have Microsoft's insatiable tendency towards inefficiency and bloat:
OpenOffice (free)
LibreOffice
NeoOffice
Pages
Numbers
Keynote
All read and write their Office equivalent formats.

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