Download Article Show Download Article This wikiHow teaches you how to activate Microsoft Office for Windows or macOS. If you have an Office 365 subscription, you won't need to activate Office—just sign in with the Microsoft account you used to subscribe. If you bought a retail version of Microsoft Office, you'll need to link the 25-digit product key included on the receipt or product card to your Microsoft account first.
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Thanks for submitting a tip for review! About This ArticleArticle SummaryX 1. Purchase and install Office. Did this summary help you? Thanks to all authors for creating a page that has been read 527,129 times. Is this article up to date?Why is my Microsoft Word not activated?If the error message says that your Office isn't activated, it means that your Office apps are now on the level of a trial version. Depending on the type of warning you get, you can still make use of them as normal. This will, however, change if you don't take any action during the warning interval.
How can I activate Microsoft Word for free?Activating your free Office suite via Microsoft. Open the Microsoft Office program of your choice. ... . Step 1: open the Office program. ... . Step 2: choose an account. ... . Step 3: log in to Microsoft 365. ... . Step 4: accept the conditions. ... . Step 5: get started.. Why does my Microsoft Word say I need to activate it?This can happen if you don't uninstall the pre-installed version of Office on your new PC before installing a volume license version of Office. To stop the prompts for activation, make sure your Office uses volume licensing and then update the registry.
How do you know if your MS Word is activated?Click on File tab. Select Account. On the right-hand side of the screen, you will see the product activation information as displayed below. If you see the words Product Activated, activation was successful.
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