Ok I'll give that a go when I get home from work tonight.

As you mention I have tried going through the orb button, word options and
then hit activate but absolutely nothing happens? Should I get a flash up
box telling me it's activated or is there anything else I should be looking
for? I'm guessing it means I'm activated because if it doesn't there's no
option given by which to activate?

I know when I installed MS Office Professional Plus 2007 that I entered the
product code supplied with the disk I bought. Does that not activate it or
is there anything else I need to do to activate and if so how?

Thanks

--
MacNelbo


"DL" wrote:

> "If" you had a trial version you failed to remove origonally this would be
> the case.
> Currently if you start Word, then select Word Options from the Orb Btn,
> Resources the about will indicate the version and type ie Trial
>
> And, Activate will indicate whether its activated
>
> "macnelbo" <macnelbo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:195D0656-20D1-4363-8FB1-6DDE40B3441B@microsoft.com...
> > I'll try wiping everything to do with office again but I had done this
> > before. The only thing I'm not sure if I did was wipe all the temp files.
> > Could this be the problem?
> >
> > If so once I have wiped all programs to do with office off my laptop,
> > reboot
> > and then re-install with the same activation key will this sort everything
> > out?
> >
> > Thanks for you help, it's really apreciated
> > --
> > MacNelbo
> >
> >
> > "DL" wrote:
> >
> >> If you failed to uninstall any trial version, then rebooted, prior to
> >> installing your paid for version, that is the cause of your problem
> >> Using ad/remove dialogue you need to uninstall all and any versions of
> >> Office 2007 shown, together with any activation assistant, clear temp
> >> files,
> >> then reboot, prior to installing your paid for version
> >>
> >> "macnelbo" <macnelbo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:52212DD7-BBA2-4BBB-8C74-CEF90C6B5A23@microsoft.com...
> >> >I bought the full version of MS Office Professional Plus 2007 in the
> >> >middle
> >> > of March 2009 and it was working fine for just over a month. Just
> >> > yesterday
> >> > I went to use Word and Excel and both are locked with the message -
> >> > 'This
> >> > modification is not allowed because the selection is locked'.
> >> >
> >> > I've gone through all the info I can find and everything is saying that
> >> > my
> >> > trial version will have run out. I have bought the full version so
> >> > this
> >> > not
> >> > possible.
> >> >
> >> > What can I do to unlock all my office programs????
> >> >
> >> > Please help...
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > MacNelbo
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>