1. Office will not activate: General Troubleshooting
Often it is not a big Problem, if your Office package can not be activated. Therefore, check the following steps to eliminate the simple problems out of the way, and the search for the cause narrow.
- Make sure that your Computer has the correct time and the correct date is set.
- Check whether you are using a trial version and this is possibly expired.
- Check Your Internet Connection. This is necessary to activate your product. Also make sure that you use no proxies or Firewalls.
- If your product Key has already been used on an older computer, first try the Online activation. If this fails, then only the telephone activation you.

2. Office activation: the maximum number of computers reached with your license
You have already activated too many computers with your Office license, so that another Office can be more activate.
- Since you can't turn off their Office license on a Computer, unfortunately, you have to activate with the help of your phone your Version of Office. To do this, select "Phone activation", call 01806-672330, enter your Product Key and will then receive the activation code.
3. Office with the Online Self Service to activate
In addition, you can activate Office via the Self-Service area of Microsoft.
- First, open the website of the Microsoft Self-Service to activate your Version of Office.
- From then, select how many digits of the first Block of the activation ID is. There are either 6 or 7.
- Now enter the activation code of your Office Version and then click on "submit".

4. Problem the Office activation is not solved yet
Has not solved your activation issue using these steps, it remains only to contact Microsoft as a last resort.
- On the website of the Office Support from Microsoft you will find all the necessary contact details to phone or email technical Support to achieve.
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