Transfer MS Office to a new MBP

A friend of mine bought Office a while back and they had a thing where you could install it on up to 3 machines or something like that, so he let me put it on my machine. I'm looking to get a new MBP, and so I want to know if they'll be able to transfer my office over to the new machine or not? I do not have the discs, but when I open the programs it does show they are registered in my name with the authentic serial number. Any thoughts on this? Thanks!

+I'm looking to get a new MBP, and so I want to know if they'll be able to transfer my office over to the new machine or not? I do not have the discs.+
If you use Migration Assistant it should bring your existing registered copy across to the new Mac.

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