Today it is difficult to find such a personal computer user who has never heard or used programs from the Microsoft Office package. This package is very popular in all countries of the world, and consists of programs that allow you to work with text documents of any format. The most famous of these programs is the Microsoft Word text editor .

Programs from the Microsoft Office package are paid and in order to use the full range of their capabilities, you must first activate the product using one of several available methods. Despite the fact that every day the number of people with knowledge of computer skills at the level of confident users is becoming more and more, some people may still encounter certain difficulties when trying to activate Microsoft Word . Our article contains detailed step-by-step instructions for activating the Microsoft Office package in several ways.

How to activate Microsoft Word on Windows 7, 8, 10: activation methods

Before proceeding directly to the activation of Microsoft Word , it is worth saying a few words about the product itself. As already emphasized earlier, this text editor is included in the Microsoft Office package and is purchased along with applications such as Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Outlook and others.

It is possible to purchase a licensed text editor separately from the above applications, but it will cost almost twice as much. There are two ways to activate the Microsoft Office suite:

• Software activation via the Internet;
• Activation via phone call;
• Activation using specialized activator programs;

The first two activation methods are official and the most reliable, while the last one is unofficial and when using it, the activation of applications from the Microsoft Office package may “fly off” over time. But first things first.

Can individual apps be activated?

But some users go even further in their questions, because for most in their daily work, only text and spreadsheet editors are enough. This is where problems arise that are no longer related to how to activate Office 2013, but to how to remove restrictions only on installed applications. In principle, there is a way out here too. If you do not want or do not have the opportunity to purchase the necessary programs in an official way, there is nothing easier than using the search for the appropriate keys on the Internet. Despite the fact that Microsoft specialists constantly claim that all licenses are checked for their official origin or registration, in reality this is very far from the truth.

Thus, you can use the keys that are freely available on the same Runet and use them to activate, say, only Word and Excel.

How to activate Microsoft Office Word online or via phone on Windows 7, 8, 10?

Before proceeding to activate the program Microsoft Office Word , first you need to install it on your computer. The text editor is installed from a CD-ROM purchased from a store, or using an installation file downloaded from the official Microsoft website .

The user needs to log in to his Microsoft account or register a new one, then click on the " Install " button, select the installation file suitable for the operating system and download it by clicking on the appropriate button. The name of the button depends on the browser the user is using.

Image 2. Buttons for saving a file in different browsers.

After downloading the installation file, you need to run it and follow the prompts on the screen to install the Microsoft Office Word text editor and other applications from the package. Once the installation is complete, you can proceed directly to activating the package. Activation is carried out as follows:

Step 1 .

• You can activate the Microsoft Office Word text editor through your personal account on the Microsoft website , but this method may not be suitable for everyone. It is best to activate Microsoft Office through one of its applications.
• Open the start menu, expand the " All Programs " section, find the " Microsoft Office " folder among them and launch any application from the package. For example, Microsoft Word .

Image 3. Launching Microsoft Office applications.

Step 2 .

• After the first launch of the program, you will see a window with a notification that this product supports the automatic update function. You can learn more about it by clicking on the " More information " link.
• Next, you need to agree to the terms of the license agreement. If necessary, you can familiarize yourself with the established conditions, but it is unlikely that you will learn anything new from them. Click the " Accept " button to continue.

Step 3

• In the next window, you will be prompted to choose one of the available ways to activate Microsoft Office: Internet activation or phone activation. If you have a product activation key on hand, then mark the line “ Activate this software via the Internet ” with a marker, click on the “ Next ” button, in the next window enter the activation key in the text field and click on the “ Activate ” button.
• If you do not have an activation key, then mark the line " Activate this software by phone " with a marker and click on the " Next " button.

Image 5. Choosing how to activate Microsoft Office.

Step 4

• In the event that you have activated the product via the Internet, then after entering the key you can immediately proceed to use all Microsoft Office tools.
• If you chose the activation method by phone, then in the window that opens you will need to select the name of your country from the list, and then call the phone number indicated below.
• Next, you need to tell the operator that you want to activate Microsoft Office, and then tell him the product installation code displayed just below.
• In the event that the installation code was named correctly and the Microsoft Office product was paid for, the operator will dictate an activation code to you, which must be entered in the appropriate field in the same window.
• After entering the activation code, you must click on the " Next " button and you can proceed to use Microsoft Office applications.

Activation of the entire office suite using the KMSAuto Net utility

But what if you have installed a full package with additional programs included in it, but you do not have a license, or you cannot buy it for financial reasons? How to activate Office 2013 in this case? In such a situation, semi-legal utilities come to the rescue, if I may say so, allowing you to activate not only any office suite, but also any modification of the operating system itself. Although such programs may be called illegal or infringing intellectual property rights, they are used very often. One such application is the notorious KMSAuto Net activator. You can download it anywhere, because sites with links to download this applet are never blocked, and the notorious "Defender" does not react at all to running the program in a Windows environment. You can download such program at the kmspico-download.cc

After starting the portable application in the form of a single EXE file (on behalf of the administrator), simply press the activation button, select the activation of the "Office" and confirm the operation. In some versions of the activator, you may sometimes be prompted to create a task in the Task Scheduler. You have to agree with this. The task itself is created only for the fact that the reactivation was performed every ten days. In the latest versions of this software, these steps are not required.