See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=822519 "When you try to
activate Office programs over the Internet, you receive an error
message".

Mohavered wrote:

I installed Trial verison of Word. Now when I open Word it request to be
activated but an error message says that it can't find the internet. I am
connected via WI so I don't know how to complete the activation.

I used the Key numbers to install.