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office.com/setup >is where I go to enter my 25 characters; all it says is,"Lets's get Office, enter characters and it downloads to machine. There is no apparent differentiation between apple and pc.

Caledon Ken said:

For sure there is a code difference between Windows and Mac OS. These are totally different OS's and they handle installs differently.

That said, the site you are downloading from would know what OS you are using and would present appropriate version.

>>I agree-apple can default to word even if it is not installed

It is true that some advanced features will not be compatible but the same applied to another office suite I used and it suits my purpose.

Caledon Ken said:

If you are looking for Office suite Libre Office is good as well.

>>Yes, that is one of them.

Hi there

@maranna

Just Backup the Windows PC before doing anything. Uninstall office after taking image of windows PC.

Now install Office on the Mac (you'll have to download the Mac version) and use same serial number as you had for the windows PC.

Should work -- if it doesn't just ring the number you did before and say Ms said just install on the Mac. They will get it working.

If all else fails just restore the image back to your Windows PC and carry on looking for other solutions.

To back up the PC use something like Free Macrium.

There's another possibility as well -- use Parallels on a Mac to run Windows as a Virtual machine or dual boot with Bootcamp.

Cheers
jimbo

Jimbo -solid advice and I am optimistic it will work. Thanks again.