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Online Registration and Activation

Register and Activate an Autodesk Product

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Offline Registration and
Activation
If for some reason online
registration and activation is not possible, you can still register
and activate your product offline. Your registration data can be submitted
by email, fax, or phone (Americas only). Within two business days,
your activation code is sent back to you by email or fax.
Offline registration
and activation is necessary under the following conditions:
- An online request has timed out
- A processing error occurred such as an
invalid serial number
To register your product
offline
- If you are unable to register online,
the Register Today’s Connect to the Internet page indicates the
reason why online registration and activation failed. Click the
Use Another Method link.
- On the Product Registration page, specify
the following:
- Whether the product will be registered
to a company or individual.
- The country or region where the product
will be used.
- Whether the product is an upgrade. If
it is, you also need the previous product’s serial number.
Click Next.
- Enter your personalization data on the
Customer Information page and choose how you would like to receive
your activation code - email, fax, or postal mail. Click Next.
- Review your personalization data on the
Confirm Information page and choose the method you will use to submit
your request. Your request can be sent by email, fax, or phone.
If you choose Send My
Request by Email, an email message will display for you to complete.
If you choose to forward your request by fax or phone, the Contact
Autodesk page will display with pertinent contact information.
You will be sent your
activation code by the method you specified on the Customer Information
page.
- If you want to print a copy of your registration
information, select the Open Activation Request Form. When you are
finished, click Close.
To activate an Autodesk
product during launch
- When you start the program, select Activate
the Product in the [Autodesk Product] Product Activation
wizard, and click Next.
- On the Activation page of Register Today,
select Enter an Activation Code.
- Select the method you would like to use
for entering the activation code you received from Autodesk.
- Select Paste the Activation Code if you
received your activation code by email or electronic fax. Copy the
code from the email and paste it into the activation code field.
- Select Type the Activation Code if you
received your activation code by postal mail or printed fax. Carefully
enter the code, in groups of four characters, into the numbered
fields.
NoteThe code is not case
sensitive and you may not need to use all 14 fields.
- After entering the activation code, click
Next.
- On the Registration - Activation Confirmation
page, click Finish.
To activate an Autodesk
product from the Help menu
- On the Help menu, click About.
- In the About [Autodesk Product] window,
click Product Information.
- In the Product Information dialog box,
click Activate.
- In the [Autodesk Product] Product
Activation wizard, select Activate the Product, and then click Next.
- On the Register Today page, follow the
on-screen instructions.