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Resources to help you activate a license in Microsoft Office programs

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Article ID:828958
Last Review:December 4, 2007
Revision:6.4

SUMMARY

When you install a Microsoft Office suite or individual program, you are prompted to activate that Office suite or program. This article lists resources to help you activate the different license versions of Office suites and individual programs. This article also lists resources to help you activate a trial version of an Office suite or individual program.

Note This article assumes that you are trying to activate Office for the first time and that the process is successful. If you have problems activating, or believe that you have already activated, see the "More information" section. The "More information" section includes resources that provide additional information about Office activation and includes troubleshooting information if you have difficulty activating.

This article is intended for a beginning to intermediate computer user.

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2007 Microsoft Office system

The following Microsoft Web site can help you activate your 2007 Microsoft Office system programs:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA012334341033.aspx (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA012334341033.aspx)

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Microsoft Office 2003 system

The following Microsoft Web site can help you activate the Microsoft Office 2003 system programs:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA011187761033.aspx (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA011187761033.aspx)

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MORE INFORMATION

The following articles and resources provide additional information about Office activation and include troubleshooting information if you have difficulty activating.

For more information about error messages when you use Office Genuine Advantage to validate Office 2003 or Office XP, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
918004 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918004/) Error message when you use Office Genuine Advantage to validate Office 2003 or Office XP: "Validation Incomplete" or "Error code: 0x8018101"
Counterfeit software can cause a failure to activate. For more information about how to tell if your copy is counterfeit, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/howtotell/ (http://www.microsoft.com/resources/howtotell/)
For more information about product activation in Microsoft Office System products, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HP030829921033.aspx (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HP030829921033.aspx)
The Microsoft Genuine Advantage Support page is for customers who have questions about the Microsoft Genuine Advantage program, who want to know more about the validation process, or who need help resolving a validation-related problem. For more information, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/selfhelp/Support.aspx (http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/selfhelp/Support.aspx)
For more information about the Office Activation Wizard, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
293151 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/293151/) Description of the Office Activation Wizard
For more information about how to troubleshoot activating an Office 2003 product, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
903275 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/903275/) How to troubleshoot problems that you may experience when you try to activate an Office product
For more information about how to troubleshoot activation of a 2007 Office product, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
919895 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919895/) How to troubleshoot problems that you may experience when you try to activate a 2007 Office product

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APPLIES TO
•Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007
•Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007
•Microsoft Office Professional 2007
•Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007
•Microsoft Office Standard 2007
•Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007
•Microsoft Office Basic 2007
•Microsoft Office Access 2007
•Microsoft Office Excel 2007
•Microsoft Office OneNote 2007
•Microsoft Office Outlook 2007
•Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager
•Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
•Microsoft Office Publisher 2007
•Microsoft Office Word 2007
•Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2007
•Microsoft Office Visio Standard 2007
•Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007
•Microsoft Office Project Standard 2007
•Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003
•Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003
•Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003
•Microsoft Office Student and Teacher Edition 2003
•Microsoft Office Basic Edition 2003
•Microsoft Office Access 2003
•Microsoft Office Excel 2003
•Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003
•Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
•Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
•Microsoft Office Publisher 2003
•Microsoft Office Word 2003
•Microsoft Office XP Professional Edition
•Microsoft Office XP Small Business Edition
•Microsoft Office XP Standard Edition
•Microsoft Office XP Standard Edition for Students and Teachers
•Microsoft Office XP Developer Edition
•Microsoft Access 2002 Standard Edition
•Microsoft Excel 2002 Standard Edition
•Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Standard Edition
•Microsoft Outlook 2002 Standard Edition
•Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition
•Microsoft Publisher 2002 Standard Edition
•Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition

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