Article ID: 828958 - Last Review: December 16, 2010 - Revision: 9.0

Resources to help you activate a license in Microsoft Office programs

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INTRODUCTION

When you install a Microsoft Office suite or individual program, you are prompted to activate that suite or program. This article lists the resources to help you activate 2007 Microsoft Office and Microsoft Office 2003. Visit the Microsoft Web site for your version of Microsoft Office for activation information:For troubleshooting help and additional resources about Microsoft Office activation, see the "More information" section.

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

The following articles and resources provide troubleshooting information if you have problems activating the Microsoft Office system, and additional information about product activation.
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Troubleshooting information for Microsoft Office activation

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
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
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Additional resources about Microsoft Office activation

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)
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
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)
Counterfeit software can cause a failure to activate. If you think your copy might be counterfeit, visit the following Microsoft Web site for more information:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/howtotell/ (http://www.microsoft.com/resources/howtotell/)
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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 Basic Edition 2003
  • Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
  • Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
  • Microsoft Office Publisher 2003
  • Microsoft Office XP Professional Edition
  • Microsoft Office XP Small Business Edition
  • Microsoft Office XP Standard Edition
  • 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
  • Microsoft Office Access 2003
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