I am making presentations on my Mac OS X at home. I am using MS Office 2016. The applications I am using are MS Word, MS PowerPoint and MS Excel. Provide details and share your research! Browse other questions tagged microsoft-excel windows-8 mac microsoft-word microsoft-powerpoint or ask your own question. 1 year, 5 months ago. While Microsoft offers a cloud-based subscription service for Office, you can still purchase a standalone, traditional version of the suite for $219. Individuals who purchase Office Home and Business 2013 can install the software on one computer. If you purchase a new computer, you can transfer the software to the new machine.

Word 2013 Jason Parker/CNET Office 2013 users can now legally transfer their license if they buy a new computer or their current one breaks down. In the face of user concerns over its previous policy, Microsoft today amended its Office 2013 license agreement. Now Office 2013 customers can move the software and license to another PC once every 90 days. Effective immediately, the agreement covers Office Home and Student 2013, Office Home and Business 2013, Office Professional 2013, and all of the standalone Office 2013 applications. Microsoft's previous policy for Office 2013 limited users to a perpetual license good for only one PC. Buy a new PC, and you were.

The only exception was for a PC that failed under warranty. In that case, users could contact Microsoft support to activate Office 2013 a replacement PC. A blog posted today in a Q&A format: Can I transfer the software to another computer or user?

You may transfer the software to another computer that belongs to you, but not more than one time every 90 days (except due to hardware failure, in which case you may transfer sooner). If you transfer the software to another computer, that other computer becomes the 'licensed computer.' You may also transfer the software (together with the license) to a computer owned by someone else if a) you are the first licensed user of the software and b) the new user agrees to the terms of this agreement before the transfer. Any time you transfer the software to a new computer, you must remove the software from the prior computer and you may not retain any copies.