Transfer office to Macbook Air

Hi,
I would like to know how can I simply (if possible) transfer the Office file (word, excel, power point, ...) from my Powerbook G4 to my new Macbook Air (limited connectivity).
I just read on Google that the Migration assistant does not accept to transfert neither individual files nor selection of files...
Thanks a lot
Regards
Vincent
France

If you have the external DVD drive you can reinstall Office on the computer. Note that installing on more than one CPU at a time may violate the software license (you need to have the Academic version which came with three licenses.)
You have an older version of Office, so you should consider upgrading to the latest Office 2008 which will be a better version for the MBA.
If you can access a USB external drive you could transfer to the external drive in order to move the folder to the MBA.
If you can network both computers you could transfer the folder via Ethernet or wireless via file sharing.

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