I have a project in hand so I can’t be bothered with fussing over Office 16. Instead, I’ve downloaded Libre and carried on working.
I’ll probably uninstall Office 16 later … 
I finally got this one back by activating with a new key.
Pound for pound another year, for a tenner, is cheaper than paying a monthly fee for a 365 version.
I think I’ll stick with Libre - MS Office 2016 has wasted a lot of my time … 
While waiting for something else, I just clicked on “Word” and Office started loading the application - I had to enter my key, username and password and now it seems that I have Office access again … :shock:
AFAIK, I’ve done nothing to initiate a recovery, so maybe the fault was elsewhere than on my PC …
Curiouser and Curiouser!
As I have said before, Libre Office can do everything I want to do. If I didn’t already have MS Office 2007, I’d use that all the time.
Libre Office is a good alternative to MS Office for the most part. The only trouble is that professional organisations use MS Office to create their documents. If downloading a form with textboxes, tables or checkboxes in it, Libre Office might open it with errors. For instance, checkboxes, text fields or tables may be out of place.
Only MS Office will open the form/document as the person who created it intended.
I didn’t know that as I have never used such forms with LibreOffice. I do know, though, that LibreOffice documents can be saved as Word documents.
That is not entirely true.
The only problem with Libre Office is that it uses a different form of Basic rather than VBA. So Word or Excel macros/or VBA forms don’t work. That is the only reason I am stuck with M$ Office.
However if you only need to read and print a Word document M$ used to provide a program that could correctly read and print a Word document including text boxes etc. I seem to recall it was called something like Microsoft Word Viewer 2007(?) and was a free download from M$.
There are other ways to read/print complex M$ Word documents including using the free version of M$ Word supplied with mobile devices or using Google Docs (just upload the word doc file and tell Google to convert it to their own format - you need a free Google account for that)
I think this need for M$ Word for forms is dying out because most organisations use PDF forms now which any computer can read and edit appropriately.
Yes, points taken Bruce. Personally, I bought the 2016 Home & Student version of MS Office from Amazon for around £80. A cut down version with only Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote (no Outlook - Publisher - Access) but it takes care of everything I need that type of program for with no compatibility problems. I see it’s gone up to £102 now. Glad I bought it when I did.
I wonder how many of the downloaded, cheapie, versions of Office Pro Plus 2016 are still working.
Word on the street is that these have mostly died off.
Possibly because MS has found them to be pirate versions, or possibly because the version in use was for only one year or only one sign on.
Someone nearby found that, on powering up his Office package, he was told that it had to be re-registered, after he’d been using it for several months, and his pass key was then not accepted.
Think a Microsoft update might have triggered this.
If this happens you have to buy a new package or get a new key.(watch out - lots of scammers selling duff keys!!!)
Make sure your emails are well backed up.
Mine’s still working … 
So is mine (Amazon).
However, when looking at the current listings, on EBay, for example, i see that some are on offer for just a few pounds.
When you look at the seller’s instructions they often say something like “Must be installed/used/ Registered within 24 hours of receipt”
I cannot see MS making such a demand.
To anyone one else who is thinking of buying one of these, I suggest that you read the Reviews first.
There are loads of people spelling out all the usual problems like “the key didn’t arrive, or the key didn’t work, or the seller is not returning messages.”
I put this post up as a warning.
Hope it helps.
I have never used, and intend never to use, Fleabay.
Mine is in use every day (Outlook, Access and Excel mainly) with no issues.
You have no idea what you are missing out on.
He’s certainly missing out on the Russian scams, which I was caught up in recently, whereby Ruskies hack into your account and change your shipping and other account details before ordering up stuff in your name.
I was rescued by EBay but mainly use Amazon nowadays.
:shock:
Ebay can be good. I bought a used Samsung surround sound system and it’s proved to be reliable and good. Mrs Mart buys craft supplies from sellers on there. Good value for money she says.
Looked more closely at one of the Pro Plus victims.
He has two sign in accounts (as recommended by many) and had installed Pro Plus in both of them.
Trouble is, he had only activated the Office account in one of them.
Following a recent update, his log in screen appeared slightly different and he just logged in without checking that he was still checking into the activated one!
In the un-activated one he gets two weeks to activate that copy of Office and then it’s gone.
Bingo!
:-p
Yeah, yeah… If this sort of thing happens to you it is generally your own fault. Usually because of your carelessness, poor passwords and/or poor security.