You may see a message stating that your copy of Microsoft Office is not activated, similar to the one below:
Office remains active as long as you are logged in with your university account (it does not require a licence key). The issue may have happened if you have logged into Office with a personal Microsoft account, or there is an issue with your account. Logging out and back into Office will resolve the issue.
To re-activate Office, please follow the steps below;
1. Open an office application such as Word for example (Excel and PowerPoint can also be used) and click your username icon at the top;
2. Select Sign out;
3. Click Yes to confirm;
4. Close Word, and re-open it, then click Sign in at the top;
5. Sign in with your university account
Students: enter your student number (aka your username) followed by @unimail.derby.ac.uk
Staff: enter your username followed by @derby.ac.uk
6. Enter your account password if asked;
7. Once signed in, you may be asked to use the account to sign in everywhere, DO NOT Click "YES", instead un-tick the box Allow my organisation to manage my device and click on This app only to continue as shown below:
8. Office will now be licenced.
Note: If the 'Word (Unlicensed Product)' message still shows at the top of Word, please close and reopen all instances of Word.