Cannot activate Office Apps with High Sierra

I am also having the exact same problem. Is there an answer to this, or are we now no longer able to use Office programs with Mac OS 10.13.6?

There are numerous references on the internet giving advice on how to activate Office on High Sierra but almost all are dated a few years ago and I suspect that, since then, Microsoft has changed things so that activation cannot be done. I have tried everything that I could find but without success and have now installed Libreoffice - it is not ideal but does provide a means of working. The recent issues of Libreoffice do not work on High Sierra and you will need the archived version of 7.4.0.1 at this link:

https://downloadarchive.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/old/

If you do manage to activate Office, please post back here the way you did it.

I am having the exact same problem. A formerly activated office that I've not used for a few months. It's now deactivated, and when I try and activate it, I just get a blank page after clicking 'Next' having entered my email address.

Thank you so much for the Libre Office idea, I downloaded version 7.4, a slightly newer one, and it works on my Mac. High Sierra. I guess that is what I am going to have to do, going forward. It will be a learning curve, I have used Word since it first came out in the late 80s, and it's a shame I need to change now, but if my legitimate copy of Office no longer authenticates, I have no choice.

However, having spent so much money on perpetual licenses in the past dictates that I cannot just leave a computer behind that still works fine, and I still have working copies of Adobe Creative Suite on it I bought before everything went to a subscription. I love it and want to keep using it, so older OS is the way to do it.

Thank you so much for the Libre Office idea, I downloaded version 7.4, a slightly newer one, and it works on my Mac. High Sierra. I guess that is what I am going to have to do, going forward. It will be a learning curve, I have used Word since it first came out in the late 80s, and it's a shame I need to change now, but if my legitimate copy of Office no longer authenticates, I have no choice.

However, having spent so much money on perpetual licenses in the past dictates that I cannot just leave a computer behind that still works fine, and I still have working copies of Adobe Creative Suite on it I bought before everything went to a subscription. I love it and want to keep using it, so older OS is the way to do it.

In this day and age when we are constantly being exhorted to avoid waste, protect the environment and conserve resources, it is unforgivable for companies like Microsoft and Apple to force us to abandon perfectly serviceable technology, both hardware and software. I am not expecting life-time support (not that there seems to be much support anyway), accept limitations and recognise that bells and whistles aren’t there but it is not asking much for companies to refrain from deliberately sabotaging working items. Yes, we expect that our 10-year old car will not work as well as the latest model and that it might become increasingly difficult to maintain but we don’t expect the manufacturer to destroy its electronics to force us to buy a new vehicle.

Thanks FFS MS! You put into words exactly what I was feeling about this. Thanks for adding that excellent addition. I am betting more people will become fed up with paying for the same software over and over again. The timed kill switch apparently programmed into perpetual licenses really bothers me.