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Steps

6

Time Required

                          5 minutes

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  • How to use a product key to license Microsoft Office
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Introduction

This guide assumes

  • you have a microsoft accountyou have already downloaded microsoft officeyou have a microsoft office product key

Step 1

              Open a Microsoft Office App
  • Open any Office product from the start menu.
  • If you have more than one version of Office installed on your machine (e.g., Office 2007 and the latest version of Office), you must open the latest version of the app to follow this guide.

Open any Office product from the start menu.

If you have more than one version of Office installed on your machine (e.g., Office 2007 and the latest version of Office), you must open the latest version of the app to follow this guide.

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Step 2

  • If you are signed in to Microsoft on your computer, the prompt you see when you open the app will give you the two options shown here.

If you are signed in to Microsoft on your computer, the prompt you see when you open the app will give you the two options shown here.

Step 3

  • If you don’t see a prompt window when you open your Office app:
    1. Click the Account button at the lower-left corner of the Office app window.
    1. Click the Activate Account button in the yellow highlighted field telling you your account requires activation.
  • These steps will bring up a prompt identical to the one shown in the other steps.

If you don’t see a prompt window when you open your Office app:

  1. Click the Account button at the lower-left corner of the Office app window.

  2. Click the Activate Account button in the yellow highlighted field telling you your account requires activation.

These steps will bring up a prompt identical to the one shown in the other steps.

Step 4

              Select Use a different account
  • Once you see the prompt, select Use a different account

Once you see the prompt, select Use a different account

Step 5

              Click I have a product key
  • The use a different account option will take you to a new screen, where you will see an option to enter your product key.
  • Click I have a product key to enter your product key.

The use a different account option will take you to a new screen, where you will see an option to enter your product key.

Click I have a product key to enter your product key.

Step 6

              Enter Product Key
  • Now you can finally enter your product key. :)

Now you can finally enter your product key. :)

Enjoy your licensed Microsoft Office products!

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