I phoned Microsoft support who said that because this product "Office for Mac 2011" has been superseded by another product ("Office for Mac 2016") they no longer can offer support (frankly Im not asking for support i just want to activate a product that i rightfully own and their activation server is preventing me from doing so. I called up the number again and this time it said there is a web site they can send me over text to my phone, to enter the 9 blocks of 6 numbers, they sent me the link to the website over text, i entered the 9 blocks of 6 numbers, but again it failed. Ive done this on other machines in the past and it worked fine, but this time after entering the 9 blocks of 6 numbers over the phone it said there was an error, so i tried again, but again got an error. He license wizard suggest a I phone a toll free number and go through a phone activation process which requires me to input 9 blocks of 6 numbers into the phone and then receive 9 blocks of 6 numbers back to be re entered into the license wizard. This time though ive gone to input the serial number for Microsoft "Office for Mac 2011" and i get an error saying the activation server can not be reached (I have tried this on multiple occasions over the past couple of weeks, so do not think its a once in a blue moon "server is down" type error).
Be sure to use the same address thats associated with your Office purchase. 5 Enter your email address and click Next. Download and install Microsoft Office 2019 VL Serializer, or from GitHub 4. In the past, they've intentionally removed functionality from Excel on Mac to prevent businesses from switching away from Windows, but I thought. I'm really surprised by the level of dishonesty at Microsoft about this issue.
#Activate office for mac license key#
Do not run MS Office after installation 3. Once the process is complete your office will now be activated with the license key you added to your Microsoft account. Download Microsoft Office 2019, or install via brew: brew cask install microsoft - office 2.
If you dont see this activation screen, open the File menu, select New from template, and then click Sign In to bring it up. Follow the steps below to activate MS Office 2019 for free. OneNote and OneDrive do not require a subscription, but some premium features may require a subscription. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook require a Microsoft 365 (or Office 365) subscription to activate. 4 year life, due to upgrading require storage form 500GB to 1TB to 2TB.Įach time i put a new HD i clone the contents from the old HD first, but some software requires that the serial number is re entered, before i use the software, ive done this in the past and it works fine. Click Sign In on the 'Sign In to Activate' screen. The Office apps available from the Mac App Store provide the latest Current Channel version of Office for Mac. Ive got a Mac Mini that has had 2 new hard drives in its c.