Transferring microsoft office from 1 mac to another

I was told I could transfer my existing Microsoft Office from my old macbook to my new macbook pro without having the disc available. Does anyone know how I would go about this?

I tried to do this with Migration Assistant (OS Lion to OS Lion) and it did not work.  I called Microsoft, and they suggested various things, but in the end the following worked:
a) Make sure that there is NO copy of Office 2008 on the new computer.  (Go into applications and get rid of the folder if it is there, and then empty your trash).
b) Go back to your old computer and copy the entire Microsoft Office 2008 folder (which you will find in Applications) onto a memory stick or portable hard disk (it is about 1.4 gigs), and then copy that folder into the Applications folder of your new computer.
c) Launch it on your new computer.  It will take you through registration, etc, but it should work.
NOTE:  Doing it this way works fine for everything but Entourage.  This will not migrate some of your Entourage data, according to Microsoft. 
NOTE 2:  If the above does not work, erase all MS OFFICE 2008 files/folders from your new mac and create a new user profile and start again. 

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