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1. Change Office Product Key Mac

The following explains how to install and activate Office 2016 on a Mac.

Type the 25-digit product key and click Next. The product key is printed on a card that came with your purchase or on the (digital or paper) receipt. Once your product key is confirmed, Step 3 will expand on the page. Once your key is validated, you won't need it anymore because it's associated with your Microsoft account. (We only show you the last five characters of the product key for security reasons so that it’s not easy for an unauthorized person to discover your product key) Refer to the article shared by J.B.Patnaik above to find your product key. If you still cannot find it, you might want to contact the Customer Service directly.

Installation and activation

1. Go to Office 2016 for Mac in IUware. (You'll need to log into IUware, even if you are already logged into CAS.)
2. Click Get product key to see your assigned product key.
3. On the Office setup page, enter your 25-character product key from IUware, and click Get Started.
4. On the 'Welcome to Office Online' page:
   • If you already have a Microsoft account: At Office Online, enter your Microsoft account email address and password. Proceed to step 5.
   • If you don't have a Microsoft account: Create one, as follows:
     1. At the bottom of the page, click Sign up now and complete the required fields. UITS recommends creating an account with your primary IU email address (e.g., username@iu.edu) to ensure the least margin of error.
     2. You'll receive an email message requesting verification. Follow the instructions to finish creating the account.
        If the email message does not arrive within a few minutes, use the resend email option.
     3. Log into Office Online with your newly created Microsoft account. After selecting your country/region and language, click Continue. When prompted, enter a first and last name for the account.
5. Verify that 'Microsoft Office Home & Business 2016 for Mac' shows on your account page.
6. On the Microsoft page, click Install to download the installation file. Alternatively, download the installation file from IUware directly.
   The Microsoft account must show the 'Microsoft Office Home & Business 2016 for Mac' registration in step 5. If this is not completed, it will not be possible to activate the Office 2016 product after installation.

   If you downloaded the .dmg file from IUware, open the Finder, select Downloads, and then open Microsoft Office 2016 Installer.pkg. Click Continue.

7. Once Office is installed, a new window will open. Click Get started >.
8. You will be prompted to sign in to activate Office. Select Sign In, and then enter the email address and password for the account that you activated with the Office 2016 product key from IUware.
9. Enter your Microsoft account email address and click Next.
10. Choose Microsoft account.
11. Finish the activation process by signing in with your Microsoft credentials.
12. In the 'How would you like Office to look' interface, choose Colorful or Classic, and then click Continue >. You should then have full use of Office 2016.

Troubleshooting

To troubleshoot installation or activation errors, see the Microsoft Guide.

Microsoft Office Retail comes with a Product Key you use at setup. Once you got to office.com/setup and enter it. It makes you tie registration to a MS account. It then gives another product key. So when you log in to your MS account and look at your registered products the keys listed online do NOT match the one on the box. IN windows you can run the following command in command prompt that will give you the last 5 of your registered key.

cscript 'C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft OfficeOffice16OSPP.VBS' /dstatus

Change Office Product Key Mac

Is there anything on the Mac side that we can use to help identify what MS account and key is associated with the mac install? I have the original Key. I just need to know what MS account and 'Other' key it is associated with.