OFF95: Minimum System Requirements for Running Office 7.0
Article ID: 131173
Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Office 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft PowerPoint 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q131173
SUMMARY
The minimum hardware and software requirements for running Microsoft Office
version 7.0 for Windows 95 are the following:
OFFICE STANDARD ON FLOPPY DISK
- Personal computer with a 386DX or higher processor (486 recommended)
- Microsoft Windows 95 operating system or Microsoft Windows NT
Workstation operating system version 3.51 or later (will not run on
earlier versions of Windows)
- 8 MB of memory to run two programs on Windows 95; 16 MB of memory to run
two programs on Windows NT Workstation; more memory recommended to run
three or more programs simultaneously on Windows 95 or Windows NT
Workstation
- Hard disk space required: 28 MB compact; 55 MB typical; 89 MB custom
(maximum)
- One 3.5-inch high-density disk drive (for Office on floppy disks)
- One CD-ROM drive (for Office on CD-ROM)
- VGA or higher-resolution video adapter (SVGA 256-color recommended)
- Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
Options
- Windows-compatible network required for workgroup functionality and
WordMail
- Microsoft Exchange client required for workgroup functionality and
WordMail on Windows NT
- 2400 or higher baud modem (9600 baud modem recommended)
- Audio board with headphones or speakers
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