Cannot find Microsoft Office 2016 after Reinstalling Windows 10

[ManeeshBajaj]

Cannot find Microsoft Office 2016 after Reinstalling Windows 10. Did not use HP Recovery Manager as the technician had to format the HDD in order to install the SSD and make it the Operating System Drive. Windows 10 was download through the net and the BIOS automatically picked up the key. At least that was the technician informed me. The laptop came with 2016 Home & Student 2016 edition of MS Office pre-installed.

[Dragon-Fur]

@ManeeshBajaj 

Office is a Microsoft product.

Microsoft Office - Product and License Information 

Three of the ways to “get” Office Software:

Purchase Microsoft Office when you purchase your computer (look for your license key with your purchase paperwork),

Receive a “free one year subscription to Office 365 when you purchase the computer (quite rare).  If you have trouble with this exact type of “installed” Office, contact HP Support for recovery options.

Purchase Office separately from Microsoft or other merchant.

 Please Read

 Microsoft - Activate Office

What if:  “I found Office already installed on the computer.”

Except as noted, any “pre-installed” Office software is a “Trial” version.

Trial software cannot be activated nor can it be “recovered”.

Regardless, Microsoft Office software belongs to - and is under the control of - Microsoft.

Installation and License Key Options

With Key - Install Office on your PC or Mac

Calls / links to:

Where to enter your Office product key

 Where to enter your Office product key

          To see help options:  Scroll down to the middle of the page and select product

          Need more help?  Scroll down to find out how to contact Microsoft.

Purchase Options

Microsoft Office Products - Choose your Office

Things that are Office Software Repair

Office Products Troubleshooting

Open the Website > Select categories on the left to narrow the focus

Includes instructions to “completely remove office” from the computer

Microsoft - Uninstall Office from a PC

"What if" Information

Life is possible without Office

5 free open source alternatives to Microsoft Office

Yeah, but - My situation is different, special, not covered, impossible

Please contact HP Support

Why?

Our Community simply cannot address Microsoft Office license issues – we are a peer-to-Peer user group.

Thank you for participating in the HP Community.

The Community is a separate wing of the HP website - We are not a business group of HP..

Our Community is comprised of volunteers - people who own and use HP devices.