Word document opens in Readonly mode and not able to edit and shows unlicensed product on top

All office suites, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, display messages about unlicensed products. The unlicensed product is inactive meaning you are unable to update or save your documents if you see a word "unlicensed" notification at the top of the desktop.

 

If you want to edit the word files, you should have an activated office programs. Word unlicensed message shows only on word files. If you see the don’t see the word unlicensed message on other excel or power point documents or outlook mail, then there are temporary glitches on your computer.

Solutions for unlicensed products


We should manually repair the word program and then reopen the document. If you have the files in an non-editable formats, then the issues are not only with the unlicensed product errors but also due to the read only permission issues. First read the unlicensed product messages on the top of the menu bar in order to conclude the issue.

  • If you see the unlicensed product message, then you can follow the below steps to see if that gets fixed.

  • You can restart your computer once.

  • You can also try to re-login to your office account on your word program.

  • Try to repair the word program

  • Try to reinitialize the word related services.


The product key is most important to keep in hand before you ask for support. If you have a subscription based product, you should see the product as not renewed on time. We have to ensure the renewals are done on time and also make sure the system date and time are set correct. For more information visit our website.

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