System Requirements for Microsoft Office XP

   Recommended System

• Windows 2000 Professional or Above
• 128 MB of RAM
• Intel Pentium III equivalent or higher

   Minimum System Requirements

• Intel Pentium 133 MHz equivalent or higher
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  • Windows 98, or Windows 98 Second Edition
    24 MB of RAM plus an additional 8 MB of RAM for each Office program (such as Microsoft Word) running simultaneously
  • Windows Me, or Microsoft Windows NT®
    32 MB of RAM plus an additional 8 MB of RAM for each Office program (such as Microsoft Word) running simultaneously
  • Windows 2000 Professional (or NT 4.0 SP 6 or later)
    64 MB of RAM plus an additional 8 MB of RAM for each Office program (such as Microsoft Word) running simultaneously
    
• 245 MB of available hard disk space with 115 MB on the hard disk where the operating system is installed.
• Mouse, SVGA, CD-ROM

    Addition Requirements for some features:

• For multimedia and sound:
  • Accelerated video card or MMX processor for improved graphics rendering
• For speech recognition (available for U.S. English only):
  • Pentium II 400-MHz or higher processor
  • 128 MB of RAM or more
  • Close-talk microphone and audio output device
• Microsoft Exchange Server, Internet SMTP/POP3, IMAP4, or other MAPI-compliant messaging software required to use e-mail
• Exchange Server required for certain advanced collaboration functionality in Outlook
• Collaboration features compatible with Office 97 or later
• Some Internet functionality may require Internet access and payment of a separate fee to a service provider; local or long-distance charges may apply
• 14,400 or higher-baud modem
• Graphics tablet recommended for handwriting-input features
• Microsoft Windows Media™ encoder-compatible video camera for broadcasts including video; Microsoft Exchange Chat Server to enable chats during live broadcasts; Microsoft Windows Media Server to enable multicasts of live broadcasts to more than 10 audience members
• 100 MB of additional hard disk space for installation of Office XP Media Content
• 50 MB of additional hard disk space for each additional language interface installed

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