I have installed Microsoft Office onto my laptop. I have the product key. I am able to use everything except publisher. It keeps prompting me to enter the product key so I do and still doesn't work.
This can be caused by using a mis-matched key/product.
e.g. Some computers ship with a pre-loaded Office edition which includes extra features like Publisher. If you purchase a lower edition product license, they key for that lower edition product license cannot activate features of higher edition products.
Which edition product license did you purchase?
(Home & Student? Home & Business? Professional?) (Of these 3, only Office2010 Professional included Publisher & Access)
Your purchase may not include the Publisher feature, so you cannot activate the Publisher feature if that is your sce