Help-About gives you the installation ID, not the Product Key.

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After furious head scratching, Brian Tillman asked:

| katiew wrote:
|
|| Due to a technical issue other than Internet Explorer I need to take
|| Microsoft Office 2003 off for a couple of days and then put it back
|| on again. Can this be done using the same Product Key number that I
|| have or will I have to install a new download of Microsoft Office
|| 2003?
|
| If it's the one you used originally, it should work. Why not examine
| the one currently in use? Open Outlook (or, for than matter, any
| Office product) annd click HelpAbout. Write down the product key.
| You could also use
| http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/product_cd_key_viewer.html