It is also perfect for installing Office on multiple PCs as you can simply copy the installer on a USB flash drive and use it to install Office on different PCs without having to download Office repeatedly. It removes the complication of logging in with a Microsoft account and validating your product key in advance prior to downloading Office in case of Office 2016 installation. After, open any Microsoft Office application and sign in with your to make edits.Offline Office installation has many advantages over online installation. Quit all Office applications and run the License Removal Tool.You can find the link to download that here. Please heed the warnings in the tool as this will remove all licenses of Office from your computer, including one-time purchases of the license that you may have made in the past. To remedy this, you must use the Microsoft License Removal tool to erase the existing license from your computer.

If this still does not work, it is due to the old license being stuck on your Mac.

Next, if that doesn't work, try quitting all Office applications and restarting the computer, and then try signing in again.

First, try signing in with your and see if that activates the license and allows you to edit.Note that the UBC Student Microsoft Office license grants students the latest desktop version of Office, so this is simply an error and you actually can edit on a Mac.īelow are steps on how to resolve this issue. This can also happen to students who had a license with their high school or previous institution. Even after signing in with their users may still be faced with this issue. This is often due to the previous licensing system, which, in UBC's case, used the credentials, being stuck on the computer. Sometimes when users are trying to use Microsoft Office applications, they will be faced with a message that says 'Your license doesn't allow editing on a Mac' and they won't be able to make changes to their Office files.

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