Overview
From time to time, Office for Mac licenses become deactivated and begin showing the error in a yellow band across the top of the document:
View Only. Your account yournamehere@cedarcrest.edu doesn't allow editing on a Mac. To learn more, contact your admin about your Office plan.
It is necessary to reactivate Office on your Mac in order to continue normal use.
Directions
- Open any Office application, for this example we will use Excel -- Open Microsoft Excel.
- Open a new document - you should see the error in a yellow band at the top of your document.
- Click on the word "Excel" in the Menu Bar across the top of your screen.
- Select "Activate"
- Activate Office with your FalconNet email address and password.
- You should now have normal use of all Office applications.