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collioure_bee · Post by **collioure_bee** » Mon 12 Oct 2009 14:37

I have asked this question everywhere and can't get an answer. Hopefully someone on here may be able to help.

A complete computer idiot here and I am in need of some real baby talk help.

I have been keeping my accounts on microsoft excel 2003 for over a year now, the programme was on the computer when bought two years ago.

Now all of a sudden it is asking for a 25 number product code. I don't and never have had this and haven't got a clue what it is talking about. I have tried belarc or whatever it is called and after cut and pasting the number in excel tells me it is the wrong one.

The message says I now only have nine more times to open before I must put the key in.

Anyone able to give me step by step idiot guide round this? Would be much appreciated, thanks.

polremy · Post by **polremy** » Mon 12 Oct 2009 15:01

Blind leading the blind here.
I too have excel but don't use it.
When I open excel the word comes up at the top of my screen.
i can click onto that and i get a menu (choice of things to choose)
One of them says "about excel".
When I click onto that, it says "this product is licensed to" and my name
and then "product ID " followed by loads of numbers - not quite 25 though.

this might help ........or not.

if it's any consolation, i haven't a clue what belarc is!

Serge · Post by **Serge** » Mon 12 Oct 2009 15:03

CB,
If you bought Microsoft Office 2003 properly then you will have the product code (usually on the sleeve of the CD - 5 sets of 5 number/digit combinations), if it is a pirate copy then you would be advised to go out and buy a proper copy - I think it is only £50 - 60, or download 'Open Office' which is free and operates in much the same way as MS Excel, you could copy and paste your existing Excel docs into it.

collioure_bee · Post by **collioure_bee** » Mon 12 Oct 2009 16:11

Cheers serge, it was a proper legit copy (one of the few that I've ever had and it goes wrong lol). It came with the computer but I can't find any numbers anywhere with any of the gumpf I have (I keep every little bit of paper that comes with everything in the original box - used to drive mrs bats lol).

I will just download that programme you mention. Does it do the sums for you? If so do you know the formula?

Off to search for open office now.

Serge · Post by **Serge** » Mon 12 Oct 2009 17:40

Yes, it's just the same as MS Excel really.

collioure_bee · Post by **collioure_bee** » Mon 12 Oct 2009 17:43

Cheers, have downloaded it, free. One site insisted you pay a membership to download it. Glad I searched a bit further!

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