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Discover a smarter work experience: Office XP simplifies productivity, enables effective collaboration, and extends your experience beyond the desktop. Get the facts.
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A Dozen Reasons to Upgrade
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Experience improved reliability and security:
- Recover your documents. In the event of an error, Office XP keeps a backup of your work, giving you the chance to save and recover it so you don't lose valuable time or data.
- Protect from virus attacks. Powerful new antivirus tools help IT pros control team security settings to help prevent virus attacks, thereby avoiding costly downtime.
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Simplify deployment and control:
- Reduce downtime during deployment. The Office Profile Wizard saves personal computer settings to a file or on the Web—create them once, and instantly apply them to any computer, anywhere.
- Customize desktop configurations. IT pros can use the Custom Installation Wizard to customize security settings and Outlook profiles, eliminating unnecessary features or applications.
- Control your environment after initial deployment. Administrators can use the new Custom Maintenance Wizard to make changes, and update user profiles without a full redeployment.
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Find Out More
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Office XP Trial
Try Office XP for yourself. Order the Office XP Professional 30-Day Trial CD, which includes the latest versions of the following Office programs: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft Access. Get it today.
System Requirements
To use Office XP, the recommended system configuration is Microsoft Windows® 2000 Professional on a computer with a Pentium III processor and 128 megabytes (MB) of RAM. Below are the minimum requirements your computer needs to run Office XP. Some Office XP features have additional requirements.
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Computer/Processor |
Computer with a Pentium 133-megahertz (MHz) or higher processor |
Memory |
RAM requirements depend on the operating system used:
- 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
64 MB of RAM plus an additional 8 MB of RAM for each Office program (such as Microsoft Word) running simultaneously
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Hard Disk |
Hard disk space requirements will vary depending on configuration; custom installation choices may require more or less hard disk space.
- 245 MB of available hard disk space with 115 MB on the hard disk where the operating system is installed.¹
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Operating System |
Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me), Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 6 (SP6) or later,² or Windows 2000 or later |
Drive |
CD-ROM drive |
Display |
Super VGA (800 × 600) or higher-resolution monitor with 256 colors |
Peripherals |
Microsoft Mouse, Microsoft IntelliMouse®, or compatible pointing device |
Additional items or services required to use certain features:
- For multimedia and sound:
- Accelerated video card or MMX processor for improved graphics rendering
- For speech recognition (available for U.S. English, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese only):
- Pentium II 400-MHz or higher processor
- 128 MB of RAM or more
- Close-talk microphone and audio output device
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later
- 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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