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This article contains information regarding steps to activate your Microsoft Office 2013 product

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Table of Contents:

1. Microsoft Product Activation
2. Activating Microsoft Office 2013

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1. Microsoft Product Activation

You will not need to call a Microsoft Product Activation Center to activate a Microsoft product. The Product Activation Wizard in the product will guide you through the process to activate this online in most cases.

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2. Activating Microsoft Office 2013

To start the Product Activation Wizard, follow these steps:

1. Open any Office Suite program. For example, open Microsoft Word 2013

2. Click the File tab

3. Click Account, then click Activate Product

4. In the Microsoft Office Activation Wizard, choose I want to activate the software by telephone, then click Next

5. Click the drop-down menu, and then choose the country or region that you're from

6. The Product Activation Center telephone number will appear under the drop-down menu in Step 1
   

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Helpful Links

• For more information about how to activate Office 2013, go to the following Microsoft Office Online website: Activate Office programs

• If you have activiation issues with the older Office 2010 version, go to the following Microsoft Office Online website: Activate Office 2010 programs

• For general support with Microsoft products please visit their website www.microsoft.com

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