How to Activate Office

Hello. Happy to help you today! To activate your Office please Open Word or Excel, then sign in with the Microsoft account you used to buy Office. If you have a product key, go to office.com/setup, sign in, and enter the 25-character key to link it to your account. After that, Office should activate automatically when you open any Office app. If activation fails, check your internet connection and system date and time.

If you already linked your product key before, you only need to sign in with the same Microsoft account to activate again. If you have never linked it, entering the key at office.com/setup is required. Once linked, you will not need the key in the future, your account will always activate Office for you.

Best regards,

Arlene D.

Word doesn't work!

Paul,

Which version of Office do you have? If you purchased directly from Microsoft, activation is usually straightforward; you install Office on your PC and then activate via your associated account at https://account.microsoft.com/services . If you have encountered issues, please post back with details. Generally, see https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/unlicensed-product-and-activation-errors-in-office-0d23d3c0-c19c-4b2f-9845-5344fedc4380 .

I don't know where the product key is.