How to re-enable Editing on a Mac (Office 365 Error)

Occasionally, when starting up the Office for Mac versions of Office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) you may encounter the following error message:

View Only - Editing is disabled on this account

To resolve this issue you'll have to reactivate Office manually. 

To reactivate Office manually:

  1. Open Word.
  2. On the Menu Bar at the top of the screen select the Word dropdown.
  3. In the Word drop down select "Activate Microsoft 365".
  4. Sign into your account. You may need to restart the office suite in order for the activation to take effect. 
A screenshot of the Word drop down options on the Mac OS Menu Bar showing the Activate Microsoft 365 option.

This should force it to recheck the license being used to access your Office products and allow it to reactivate editing capabilities on your device.

If you have any questions or are still encountering errors, please submit a ticket, send us an email or call us at 360 650 3333.

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