OFF97: Microsoft Office 97 System Requirements

This article contains a list of the system requirements of Microsoft Office 97 and Microsoft Office 97 SR-1.

For a list of qualifying upgrade products for Office 97 Upgrade, please see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

Note that the system requirements for Microsoft Office 97 SR-1 are slightly different than those for Microsoft Office 97. If your Microsoft Office 97 package includes the logo "Designed for Intel MMX" in the lower-left corner of the front of the box, you have Microsoft Office 97 SR-1.

To use Microsoft Office 97 or Microsoft Office 97 SR-1, you need:

• Personal or multimedia computer with a 486 or higher processor
  
  
• Microsoft Office 97: Microsoft Windows 95/98 operating system or later, or Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 Service Pack 5 or later (will not run on earlier versions)
  
  Microsoft Office 97 SR-1: Microsoft Windows 95/98 operating system or later, Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 Service Pack 5 or later, or Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 2 or later (will not run on earlier versions)
  
  
• For use on Windows 95/98: 8 (megabytes) MB of memory required to run applications individually (12 MB required to run Microsoft Access); more memory may be required to run additional applications simultaneously
  
  
• For use on Windows NT Workstation: 16 MB of memory required to run applications individually; more memory may be required to run additional applications simultaneously
  
  
• Microsoft Office 97: 73-191 MB hard disk space required; 121 MB required for typical installation, depending on configuration. Use the Office Upgrade Wizard during setup to maximize free disk space
  
  Microsoft Office 97 SR-1: 73-191 MB hard disk space required: 125 MB required for typical installation, depending on configuration. Use the Office Upgrade Wizard during setup to maximize free disk space
  
  
• CD-ROM drive (Coupon enclosed for 3.5" high-density disks. CD-ROM product contains Microsoft Internet Explorer, additional clip art, fonts, video files, and sounds not available on 3.5" disks)
  
  
• VGA or higher-resolution video adapter (Super VGA, 256-color recommended)
  
  
• Microsoft Mouse, Microsoft IntelliMouse, or compatible pointing device

Additional items or services required to use certain features:

• 9600 baud or higher modem (14.4 baud recommended)
  
  
• Multimedia computer required to access sound and other multimedia effects
  
  
• Microsoft Mail, Microsoft Exchange, Internet SMTP/POP3, or other MAPI- compliant messaging software required to use e-mail
  
  
• Publish to the Web feature in Microsoft Access requires Microsoft Internet Information Server for Windows NT or Microsoft Personal Web Server for Windows 95
  
  
• Microsoft Exchange Server required for certain advanced workgroup functionality in Microsoft Outlook
  
  
• Some Internet functionality may require Internet access and payment of a separate fee to a service provider