LOL Lexi the dog huh hmmm well thankfully Lexi isn't my real = name...thats Liz...don't think there's too many dogs names Liz lol whew lol Thanks for the liscensing clarification lexi Glad you got it working. (And sorry to tell you that I just got a new = =3D puppy and her name is Lexi!<g> But think of it this way...I LOVE the name!<smile>). As for licensing...when you buy ANY software, you don't pay for the =3D = whole CD of sorts, but rather for the license to use ONE copy. However, in = office settings, you can sometimes purchase "seat licenses." In that case, they might send you only one copy of the CD, such as Macromedia would do with Dreamweaver. Then you get a paper license that allows you, say 10 installations. So in that kind of case, yes you COULD install one CD on = =3D 10 PCs.=3D20 But MS doesn't work that way any longer. You can get volume licenses, = =3D but the minimum is much higher. You could get an open license and pay a =3D = little less per install...or get Select licensing for higher volume, where they send you all their software and you pay per whatever you install. But anything you'd purchase under about 500 licenses would be standard one license purchase per install. The only exception is that...now, MS allows one Office installation on = =3D your main desktop PC and you can use that same software to install = another =3D copy on your "mobile device"...usually a laptop. So you could buy one = copy of Office and install on your home PC and also your laptop to take along...that's legal. Just not multi copies in one office...unless you = =3D buy a special licensing package. Dian Chapman Technical Consultant & Microsoft MVP ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************