Microsoft Office / License activation issues

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To identify errors in Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) and provide corresponding causes and resolutions when:
- An Office product does not allow access
- An Office product does not allow editing or other function

Students, Faculty, Staff
- Alumni/Alumnae, Emirate/Emeritus, Former Students, Former Staff, Former Faculty are not licensed users.

Error Message
	View Only. Your Account ****@miamioh.edu doesn't allow editing
Affected User / Client Office / Action	Personally owned Windows computer user receives this error when saving a document in Microsoft 365
Cause	Office activation issue on a personally owned computer — this issue does not apply to University-owned computers
Applied Resolution	Click Use Another Account and log in again Follow this Microsoft Office support document to sign in to Office If the issue continues on Windows, review the instructions on how to reset activation state

Error Message
	View Only. Your Account ****@miamioh.edu doesn't allow editing on a Mac
Affected User / Client Office / Action	Personally owned Mac computer user receives this error when saving a document in Microsoft 365
Cause	Office activation issue on a personally owned computer — this issue does not apply to University-owned computers
Applied Resolution	Click Use Another Account and log in again Follow this Microsoft Office support document to sign in to Office If the issue continues on macOS, review the instructions on how to remove Office license files on a Mac

Your Office product indicates that it has been deactivated

Affected User / Client Office / Action

Personally owned computer user receives this error when attempting to access an Office product

Cause

Office activation issue on a personally owned computer — this issue does not apply to University-owned computers

Applied Resolution / Workaround

Click Use Another Account and log in again
- Follow this Microsoft Office support document to sign in to Office
If the issue continues on macOS, review the instructions on how to remove Office license files on a Mac
If the issue continues on Windows, review the instructions on how to reset activation state

Article ID: 40001

Created

Mon 10/2/17 6:04 PM

Modified

Tue 1/6/26 10:06 AM

Supported Office or Community

University Community of Students, Staff, and Faculty