Transferring software from old Mac

I have Microsoft office on my old MacBook and want to transfer it to the new one, but I lost the extra confirmations codes. Is there any way I can transfer it without doing that?
I also have music programs (Reason, Protools) that I got from school, with their confirmations codes that I'd like to be able to transfer without having to reregister.
(I don't care if I don't get support for it if it's no registered or something like that; and I also don't care if it's not on my old computer anymore. I only want the programs on my new computer -- so shouldn't I be able to delete it from the old one and use the same reg. codes?)
Thanks!

Many software makers require you to de-authorize the software for the old machine, and then authorize it on the new machine. Authorization is not quite the same as registration, and you can often authorize but not re-register. Software that requires a password to install generally requires that you have an installer, and can't simply be copied from one machine to another. Microsoft can, surprisingly, be quite cooperative about things, if you have some sort of proof that you do own a legal copy, for instance an original registration number. If you call them and have enough information to convince the support person that you do in fact have a valid copy of the software they can give you new codes to get it going or deauthorize a previous computer an re-authorize your new one. You'll just have to check with the software manufacturers for any exact instructions.
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