Find and read an Office product key
Knowledge: Used software from VENDOSOFTThe Office licence key is usually located on the outer packaging of the data medium or is communicated to you immediately after you download your purchase. If you didn’t archive this code when installing the software or if your Office licence key has been lost, there are various ways to extract the Microsoft Office licence key retrospectively. The prerequisite for this is that the program has already been activated once on the PC.
How to view your product key
To extract your licence key for Office 2010 or for even older program versions up to Office 2003, you need an additional tool that can locate the Office product keys on the PC itself. All you need is a utility to extract this 25-digit code. Such programs scour your PC’s registry entries and provide them as a human-readable numeric code identical to the original Windows Office product key.
Some online magazines for PC and Mac users offer various links to such programs on the Internet. As the owner of a Microsoft account, you can also display the product keys of your Microsoft licences by clicking a dialog box in your account management area.
What you need know when extracting the Office licence key
Once you’ve recovered the key for your Office program, a few aspects that apply to all software products need to be taken into account: if a program version is only licensed for use on one device, you cannot simultaneously install and activate the Office program online on another device. I.e. if you want to sell it, you have to make sure that the original version has been deactivated or uninstalled.
Do you need help finding and extracting the Office product key?
Microsoft itself offers extensive support when it comes to finding the Office product key. You’re also welcome to contact us directly – VENDOSOFT will be happy to help you find your Office product key and will take any licences you no longer need in payment. You can reach us on +49 (0) 8143-99694-0 or via our contact form.