Can’t Activate Office 2011
Your Office 2011 product key can not be re-used in any of the following scenarios:
Your Office 2011 product key can not be re-used in any of the following scenarios:
Nov 28, 2014 How to retrieve Office 2011 product key from old machine? Be a problem since some apps use the Apple serial number/MAC address as part of the licensing). Off the clone Office 2011. Office 2011 requires activation and is tied to your hardware so it might very well be that you need to reactivate Office 2011 after the HD change. The whole activation procedure is described in Office for Mac 2011 Activation and Product key Information (via archive.org). According to this document, the product key was mailed to you in a mail. Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 delivers you a familiar work situation that is more intuitive than ever. The suite presents new and improved tools that offer it easy to create the professional document, with advancements in the speed and quickness of Office 2011 you will notice the movement you open the applications.
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- Erased your startup volume and reinstalled using the 2011 installer
- Replaced your hard drive or SSD drive
- Attempt to install on a different Mac
In these situations, you will have to buy a new product key.
If you attempted to install with an older installer, you’ll have to remove what you have already installed. Here's how to completely remove Office 2011
https://github.com/pbowden-msft/Remove2011
https://github.com/pbowden-msft/Remove2011
You can download the latest full and final Office 2011 install (which is build 14.7.7) from https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=273962. You will need to enter your brand new never been used before product key (25 characters) to activate it.
Alternatives include:
Outlook For Mac
Purchasing an Office 365 Subscription. It seems that every other day Amazon.com offers a $20 discount from the regular $99 price. Check the link price for discounts periodically. Office 2019 requires Mac OS 10.12 or later.
Use the free, limited feature version of Office at Office.com
Use LibreOffice, a free product that is pretty good.
Use Google docs.
Use Apple Keynote, Pages and Numbers apps
Regarding the ability to install 2011 anywhere you want, that was accommodated by making exceptions to the license agreement using the special phone number. The phone number is no longer available for this purpose, as all support for Office 2011 ended October 2017. An Office 365 subscription offers the ability for you to manage your own keys, so you can turn them on and off yourself and use them on any devices you want, as long as your subscription is active.I've got a client who is transferring from one MacBook to another. He purchased Office 2011 a few years ago but cannot find the box that contains the key. If this was a PC I'd just use ProduKey or some such utility. I know that I can probably follow this up with Microsoft, but I was hoping to get this laptop to him today.![Activation Activation](/uploads/1/2/6/2/126244595/164689653.png)