The no-activation scheme of Office in the enterprise contrasts with Windows Vista, which will require product activation in businesses. Copies of Office pegged as fake downshift into a reduced-functionality mode that only lets users view and print documents. Office 2007 continues that practice, although it slashes the grace period in half to 25 launches from Office 2003's 50. Retail copies of Office have required some form of activation - an anti-piracy program intended to cut down on counterfeits or copies that use stolen volume licensing keys - since the 2000 edition. "So Office 2007 is using the old way of activating," said Rob Helm, an analyst with Directions on Microsoft, "which is really no activation at all." "The 2007 Microsoft Office system will continue to use product keys that bypass product activation," Microsoft said in the online document.
Outside of activation, a network connection is not needed to use Office. Office 365 requires activation the first time after a new installation or upgrade. You must connect via the Internet at least once every 30 days to keep Office activated.
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