Updated: 2010-01-21
[This article is pre-release documentation and is subject to change in future releases.]
This article describes the system requirements for the Microsoft Office 2010 suites. A hardware upgrade should not be necessary when you upgrade to Office 2010 from Microsoft Office 2003 or the 2007 Microsoft Office system. You might need to upgrade a supporting operating system. If you upgrade to Office 2010 from Microsoft Office 2000 or Microsoft Office XP, you must ensure that the hardware and operating system meet the minimum system requirements for the Office 2010 suites.
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Office 2010 is supported for both 32-bit and 64-bit client applications.
We recommend that you install Microsoft Silverlight 3 along with Office 2010 to improve the online experience and to power the Office 2010 interactive guides.
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When you choose the product suite or individual program to deploy in the environment, evaluate the computer prior to deployment to ensure it meets the minimum operating system requirements.
Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010
The following table lists the system requirements for Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010.
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Component
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Requirement
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Computer and processor
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500-megahertz (MHz) processor or higher
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Memory
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256 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher
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Hard disk
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3 gigabytes (GB); a portion of this disk space will be freed after installation if the original download package is removed from the hard disk.
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Display
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1024 × 768 or higher-resolution monitor; 1024 × 576 or higher for Excel 2010, OneNote 2010, Outlook 2010, PowerPoint 2010, and Word 2010
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Operating system
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Windows XP with Service Pack (SP) 3 (32-bit), Windows Vista with SP1 (32-bit or 64-bit), Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit or 64-bit) with MSXML 6.0 installed, Windows Server 2008 with SP2 (32-bit or 64-bit), Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit). Terminal Server and Windows on Windows (WOW) (which allows installing 32-bit versions of Office 2010 on 64-bit operating systems) are supported.
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Additional
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Requirements and product functionality can vary based on the system configuration and operating system. Use of graphics hardware acceleration requires DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics card with 64 MB or higher video memory.
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Other
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Certain inking features require running Windows XP Table PC edition or later. Speech recognition functionality requires a close-talk microphone and audio output device. Information Rights Management features require access to a Windows Server 2003 with SP1 or later running Windows Rights Management Services.
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Connectivity to Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server or later is required for certain advanced functionality in Office Outlook 2007. Instant Search requires Windows Desktop Search 3.0. Dynamic Calendars require server connectivity.
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Connectivity to Windows Server 2003 with SP1 or later running Windows SharePoint Services is required for certain advanced collaboration functionality. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is required for certain advanced functionality. PowerPoint Slide Library requires Office SharePoint Server 2007. To share data among multiple computers, the host computer must be running Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows XP Professional with SP2 or later.
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Internet Explorer 6 or later, 32-bit browser only. Internet functionality requires Internet access (fees might apply)
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1 gigahertz (GHz) processor or higher and 512 MB of RAM or higher recommended for Business Contact Manager. Business Contact Manager not available in all languages.
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512 MB of RAM or higher recommended for Outlook Instant Search. Grammar and contextual spelling in Word 2010 is not turned on unless the computer has 1 GB memory.
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Silverlight plug-in. See Get started with Microsoft Silverlight (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=169372).
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Microsoft Access 2010
The following table lists the system requirements for Microsoft Access 2010.
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Component
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Requirement
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Computer and processor
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500-megahertz (MHz) processor or higher
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Memory
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256 megabytes (MB) OF RAM or higher
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Hard disk
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1.5 gigabyte (GB); a portion of this disk space will be freed after installation if the original download package is removed from the hard disk
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Display
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1024 × 768 or higher resolution monitor
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Operating system
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Windows XP with Service Pack (SP) 3 (32-bit), Windows Vista with SP1, Windows Server 2003 R2 with MSXML 6.0, Windows Server 2008 with SP2 (32-bit or 64-bit), Windows 7 or later operating systems.
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Other
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Connectivity with Windows Server 2003 with SP1 or later running Windows SharePoint Services is required for certain advanced collaboration functionality. Collecting data via e-mail requires Office Outlook 2007.
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Internet Explorer 6 or later, 32-bit browser only. Internet functionality requires Internet access (fees might apply).
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Importing data from Excel 2010 or Outlook 2010 requires Excel 2010 or Outlook 2010.
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Integration with Business Connectivity Services requires Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.
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Actual requirements and product functionality might vary based on the system configuration and operating system. See http://www.office.com/products (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=169378).
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Microsoft Excel 2010
The following table lists the system requirements for Microsoft Excel 2010.
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Requirement
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Computer and processor
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500-megahertz (MHz) processor or higher
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Memory
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256 megabytes (MB) OF RAM or higher
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Hard disk
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1.5 gigabyte (GB); a portion of this disk space will be freed after installation if the original download package is removed from the hard disk.
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Display
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1024 × 576 or higher resolution monitor
Video card requirements: Pixel Shader 20 and Vertex Shader 2.0. Driver date later than Nov. 1, 2004. WHQL certified.
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Operating system
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Windows XP with Service Pack (SP) 3 (32-bit), Windows Vista with SP1, Windows Server 2003 R2 with MSXML 6.0, Windows Server 2008 with SP2 (32-bit or 64-bit), Windows 7 or later operating systems.
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Other
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Certain inking features require running Microsoft XP Tablet PC edition or later. Speech recognition functionality requires a close-talk microphone and audio output device. Information Rights Management features require access to a Windows Server 2003 with SP1 or later running Windows Rights Management Services.
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Connectivity to Windows Server 2003 with SP1 or later running Windows SharePoint Services is required for certain advanced collaboration functionality.
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Internet Explorer 6 or later, 32-bit browser only. Internet functionality requires Internet access (fees might apply).
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Connectivity to a compute cluster is required for running user-defined functions on a compute cluster.
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Internet Fax is not available on Windows Vista Starter, Windows Vista Home Basic, or Windows Vista Home Premium.
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Actual requirements and product functionality might vary based on the system configuration and operating system. See http://www.office.com/products (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=169378).
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Microsoft InfoPath 2010
The following table lists the system requirements for Microsoft InfoPath 2010.
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Component
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Requirement
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Computer and processor
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500-megahertz (MHz) processor or higher
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Memory
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256 megabytes (MB) OF RAM or higher
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Hard disk
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1.5 gigabyte (GB); a portion of this disk space will be freed after installation if the original download package is removed from the hard disk.
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Display
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1024 × 768 or higher resolution monitor
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Operating system
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Windows XP with Service Pack (SP) 3 (32-bit), Windows Vista with SP1, Windows Server 2003 R2 with MSXML 6.0, Windows 7 or later operating systems.
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Other
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Information Rights Management features require access to a Windows Server 2003 with SP1 or later running Windows Rights Management Services.
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Connectivity to Windows Server 2003 with SP1 or later running Windows SharePoint Services is required for certain advanced collaboration functionality. Outlook 2010 required for e-mail-based collaboration. Sending forms as e-mail message requires Outlook 2010. Conversions of Word documents require Word 2010. Conversion of Excel worksheet requires Excel 2010. Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 required for browser-enabled InfoPath forms and additional collaboration functionality.
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Internet Explorer 6 or later, 32-bit browser only. Internet functionality requires Internet access (fees might apply).
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Internet Fax is not available on Windows Vista Starter, Windows Vista Home Basic, or Windows Vista Home Premium.
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Actual requirements and product functionality might vary based on the system configuration and operating system. See http://www.office.com/products (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=169378).
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Microsoft OneNote 2010
The following table lists the system requirements for Microsoft OneNote 2010.
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Component
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Requirement
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Computer and processor
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500-megahertz (MHz) processor or higher
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Memory
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256 megabytes (MB) OF RAM or higher
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Hard disk
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1 gigabyte (GB); a portion of this disk space will be freed after installation if the original download package is removed from the hard disk.
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Display
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1024 × 576 or higher resolution monitor
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Operating system
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Windows XP with Service Pack (SP) 3 (32-bit), Windows Vista with SP1, Windows Server 2003 R2 with MSXML 6.0, Windows Server 2008 with SP2 (32-bit or 64-bit), Windows 7 or later operating system.
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Other
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Some features require Windows Desktop Search 3.0, Windows Media Player 9.0, Microsoft Active Sync 4.1, microphone, audio output device, video recording device (such as a webcam), TWAIN-compatible digital camera or scanner. Sharing notebooks requires that users to be on the same network.
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WDS 4 preferred, DirectX no longer needed, router with UPnP no longer needed, Windows Mobile no longer needed.
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OneNote functionality works on both 32-and 64-bit.
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Sharing notebooks requires that users to be on the same network.
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Actual requirements and product functionality might vary based on the system configuration and operating system. See http://www.office.com/products (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=169378).
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For the OneNote print driver: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 or higher, Windows XPS features installed on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, XPS features installed before Office install on operating system.
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1.2-gigahertz (GHz) processor or higher and 1 GB OF RAM or higher recommended for OneNote Audio Search. Close-talking microphone required. Audio Search not available in all languages.
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Microsoft Outlook 2010
The following table lists the system requirements for Microsoft Outlook 2010, along with resources to help evaluate the applications and hardware that you might need to get the most out of Outlook 2010.
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Requirement
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Computer and processor
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500-megahertz (MHz) processor or higher
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Memory
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512 megabytes (MB) OF RAM or higher recommended for Outlook Instant Search, or when accessing large Outlook Data Files, such as files that are hundreds of megabytes in size or more.
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Hard disk
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1.5 gigabyte (GB); a portion of this disk space will be freed after installation if the original download package is removed from the hard disk.
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Display
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1024 × 576 or higher resolution monitor
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Operating system
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Windows XP with Service Pack (SP) 3 (32-bit), Windows Vista with SP1, Windows Server 2003 R2 with MSXML 6.0, Windows Server 2008 with SP2 (32-bit and 64-bit), Windows 7 or later operating system.
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For integration with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 (optional)
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For a list of some of the new Outlook 2010 features that are enabled with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, see Changes in Outlook 2010 and What's New in Exchange Server 2010 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkId=164425).
Exchange 2010 System Requirements (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkId=164426)
Learn more about Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkId=164427)
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For integration with Microsoft Communicator Server 2007 R2 (optional)
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For a list of some of the new Outlook 2010 features that are enabled with Microsoft Communicator 2007 R2, see Changes in Outlook 2010.
Supported Topologies and Infrastructure Requirements (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkId=164429)
Learn more about Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkId=164430)
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Other
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Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 is the earliest version for using Exchange Server with Outlook 2010.
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Certain inking features require running Windows XP Tablet PC Edition or later; speech recognition functionality requires a close-talk microphone and audio output device; Information Rights Management features require access to a Windows Server 2003 with SP1 or later running Windows Rights Management Services.
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Connectivity to Windows Server 2003 with SP1 or later running Windows SharePoint Services is required for certain advanced collaboration functionality. Connectivity to Office SharePoint Server 2007 is required for certain advanced functionality.
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Internet Explorer 6 or later, 32-bit browser only. Internet functionality requires Internet access (fees might apply).
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Actual requirements and product functionality might vary based on the system configuration and operating system. See http://www.office.com/products (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=169378).
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Grammar and contextual spelling in Outlook is not turned on unless the computer has 1 GB memory.
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Microsoft PowerPoint 2010
The following table lists the system requirements for Microsoft PowerPoint 2010.
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Requirement
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Computer and processor
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500-megahertz (MHz) processor or higher
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Memory
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256 megabytes (MB) OF RAM or higher. When embedding video, 512 MB OF RAM is recommended.
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Hard disk
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1 gigabyte (GB); a portion of this disk space will be freed after installation if the original download package is removed from the hard disk.
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Display
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1024 × 576 or higher resolution monitor
Video card requirements: Pixel Shader 20 and Vertex Shader 2.0. Driver date later than Nov. 1, 2004. WHQL certified.
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Operating system
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Windows XP with Service Pack (SP) 3 (32-bit), Windows Vista with SP1, Windows Server 2003 R2 with MSXML 6.0, Windows Server 2008 with SP2 (32-bit or 64-bit), Windows 7 or later operating systems.
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Other
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Certain inking features require running Windows XP Table PC edition or later; speech recognition functionality requires a close-talk microphone and audio output device; Information Rights Management features require access to a Windows Server 2003 with SP1 or later running Windows Rights Management Services.
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Connectivity to Windows Server 2003 with SP1 or later running Windows SharePoint Services is required for certain advanced collaboration functionality. PowerPoint Slide Libraries require Office SharePoint Server 2007.
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Internet Explorer 6, 32-bit browser only. Internet functionality required Internet access (fees might apply).
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User of graphics hardware acceleration requires DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics card with 64 MB or higher video memory.
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Actual requirements and product functionality might vary based on the system configuration and operating system. See http://www.office.com/products (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=169378).
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Internet Fax not available on 64-bit operating system.
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Microsoft Project Standard 2010
The following table lists the system requirements for Microsoft Project Standard 2010.
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Requirement
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Computer and processor
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700-megahertz (MHz) processor or higher
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Memory
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512 megabytes (MB) or higher
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Hard disk
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1.5 gigabyte (GB); a portion of this disk space will be freed after installation if the original download package is removed from the hard disk.
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Display
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Minimum 800 × 600; 1024 × 768 or higher resolution monitor recommended.
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Operating system
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Windows XP with Service Pack (SP) 3 (32-bit), Windows Vista with SP1, Windows Server 2003 R2 with MSXML 6.0, Windows Server 2008 with SP2 (32-bit or 64-bit), Windows 7 or later operating systems.
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Other
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Windows Server 2003 SP1 or later running Windows SharePoint Services is required for certain advanced collaboration functionality. Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 SP2 or later required to use the Import Outlook Tasks feature. Visual Reports require Microsoft Office Excel 2003 SP2 or later and Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2007 with SP1 or later running Windows Rights Management Services.
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Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007 and Office Project Server 2007 are required for Enterprise Project and resource management capabilities. Microsoft Office Project Web Access and Office Outlook 2003 SP2 or later required for importing tasks to the Outlook calendar or tasks list.
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Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (installed as part of Microsoft Office Project Server 2007) is required for publishing projects, Windows Workflow Foundation, and Project Tasks list. Microsoft .NET Framework version 2.0 is required for the Resource Substitution Wizard.
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To enable the feature that allows synchronizing Project 2010 with a SharePoint task list, you must install either Microsoft Access 2010 or Microsoft Visio 2010.
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Before installing Project 2010, to use Visual Reports with Office 2010, you must install Office 2010, Visio 2010 and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services 10.0 OLE DB Provider (available as a free download from Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Feature Pack, October 2008 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=110393).
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Internet Explorer 6 or later, 32-bit browser only. Internet functionality required Internet access (fees might apply).
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Microsoft Publisher 2010
The following table lists the system requirements for Microsoft Publisher 2010.
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Requirement
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Computer and processor
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500-megahertz (MHz) processor or higher
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Memory
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256 megabytes (MB) or higher
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Hard disk
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1.5 gigabyte (GB); a portion of this disk space will be freed after installation if the original download package is remove from the hard disk.
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Display
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1024 × 768 or higher resolution monitor
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Operating system
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Windows XP with Service Pack (SP) 3 (32-bit), Windows Vista with SP1, Windows Server 2003 R2 with MSXML 6.0, Windows Server 2008 with SP2 (32-bit or 64-bit), Windows 7 or later operating system.
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Other
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Certain inking features require running Windows XP Tablet PC Edition or later; speech recognition functionality requires a close-talk microphone and audio output device.
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Internet Explorer 6 or later, 32-bit browser only. Internet functionality requires Internet access (fees might apply).
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Actual requirements and product functionality might vary based on the system configuration and operating system. See http://www.office.com/products (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=169378).
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Internet connectivity and a Windows Live ID, to share Templates and Building Blocks.
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Microsoft SharePoint Workspace 2010
The following table lists the system requirements for Microsoft SharePoint Workspace 2010.
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Requirement
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Computer and processor
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500-megahertz (MHz) processor or higher
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Memory
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256 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher; 512 MB of RAM recommended for co-authoring.
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Hard disk
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1.5 gigabyte (GB); a portion of this disk space will be freed after installation if the original download package is removed from the hard disk.
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Display
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1024 × 576 or higher resolution monitor
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Operating system
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Windows XP with Service Pack (SP) 3 (32-bit), Windows Vista with SP1, Windows Server 2003 R2 with MSXML 6.0, Windows Server 2008 with SP2 (32-bit or 64-bit), Windows 7 or later operating systems.
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Other
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Integration with SharePoint Services requires connectivity to Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010.
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No support exists for downgrading or reverting to a previous version of an Office Groove 2007 account after starting the upgrade process.
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Internet Explorer 7 or later, 32-bit browser only. Internet functionality requires Internet access (fees might apply).
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Actual requirements and product functionality might vary based on the system configuration and operating system. See http://www.office.com/products (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=169378).
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Each computer will need to be upgraded to SharePoint Workspace 2010 to run SharePoint Workspace accounts on multiple computers.
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Microsoft Visio 2010 (Premium, Professional, Standard)
The following table lists the system requirements for Microsoft Visio Premium 2010, Microsoft Visio Professional 2010, and Microsoft Visio Standard 2010.
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Requirement
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Computer and processor
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500-megahertz (MHz) processor or higher
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Memory
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256 megabytes (MB) or higher. 512 MB OF RAM recommended for co-authoring.
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Hard disk
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1.5 gigabyte (GB); a portion of this disk space will be freed after installation if the original download package is removed from the hard disk.
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Display
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1024 × 768 or higher resolution monitor
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Operating system
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Windows XP with Service Pack (SP) 3 (32-bit), Windows Vista with SP1, Windows Server 2003 R2 with MSXML 6.0, Windows Server 2008 with SP2 (32-bit or 64-bit), Windows 7 or later operating (32-bit and 64-bit) systems.
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Other
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Certain advanced collaboration functionality requires connectivity to Windows Server 2003 with SP1 or later running Windows SharePoint Services.
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Multi-touch features require Windows 7 and a touch enabled device.
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Certain inking features require running Microsoft XP Table PC edition or later.
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Internet Explorer 6 or later, 32-bit browser only. Internet functionality requires Internet access (fees might apply).
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Actual requirements and product functionality might vary based on the system configuration and operating system. See http://www.office.com/products (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=169378).
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Microsoft Word 2010
The following table lists the system requirements for Microsoft Word 2010.
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Requirement
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Computer and processor
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500-megahertz (MHz) processor or higher
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Memory
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256 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher; 512 MB of RAM recommended for co-authoring.
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Hard disk
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1.5 gigabyte (GB); a portion of this disk space will be freed after installation if the original download package is removed from the hard disk.
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Display
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1024 × 576 or higher resolution monitor
Video card requirements: Pixel Shader 20 and Vertex Shader 2.0. Driver date later than Nov. 1, 2004. WHQL certified.
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Operating system
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Windows XP with Service Pack (SP) 3 (32-bit), Windows Vista with SP1, Windows Server 2003 R2 with MSXML 6.0, Windows Server 2008 with SP2 (32-bit or 64-bit), Windows 7 or later operating systems.
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Other
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Certain inking features require running Windows XP Tablet PC edition or later; speech recognition functionality requires a close-talk microphone and audio output device.
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Publications can be sent by using Office Outlook 2007, Outlook Express 6.0, or Windows Live Mail; recipients can view in a variety of e-mail clients and Web-based services.
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Internet Explorer 6 or later, 32-bit browser only. Internet functionality requires Internet access (fees might apply).
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Actual requirements and product functionality might vary based on the system configuration and operating system. See http://www.office.com/products (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=169378).
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Co-authoring requires Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 or SkyDrive, and might require more memory.
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Grammar and contextual spelling in Word 2010 is not turned on unless the computer has 1 GB memory.
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