Description of the versions of Office that are supported on Windows Vista

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Article ID	:	932087
Last Review	:	December 4, 2007
Revision	:	2.1

INTRODUCTION

This article describes the versions of Microsoft Office that are supported on Windows Vista.

Microsoft Office 2000, Microsoft Office XP, Microsoft Office 2003, and the 2007 Microsoft Office suites are all supported on Windows Vista. The 2007 Office suites were extensively tested on Windows Vista for best compatibility.

MORE INFORMATION

Because Office 2000 and Office XP are in Extended Support, there have been no fixes for issues that occur when these products are run on Windows Vista. For more information about the support policy status on these versions and on other versions of Office, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifeselectoff (http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifeselectoff)

Because these versions of Office are in Extended Support, there will no more service packs for them.

The 2007 Office suites were designed to run on Windows Vista. Therefore, the 2007 Office suites are the recommended and best versions of Office for this platform. For more information about applications that are supported on Windows Vista, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

933305 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933305/) Applications that have earned the "Certified for Windows Vista" logo or the "Works with Windows Vista" logo

For more information about Microsoft Support Lifecycle policies, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifepolicy (http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifepolicy)

APPLIES TO

•	Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007
•	Microsoft Office Small Business 2007
•	Microsoft Office Standard 2007
•	Microsoft Office Professional 2007
•	Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007
•	Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007
•	Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007
•	Microsoft Office Basic 2007
•	Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003
•	Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003
•	Microsoft Office Student and Teacher Edition 2003
•	Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003
•	Microsoft Office Basic Edition 2003
•	Microsoft Office XP Professional Edition
•	Microsoft Office XP Small Business Edition
•	Microsoft Office XP Standard Edition
•	Microsoft Office XP Standard Edition for Students and Teachers
•	Microsoft Office 2000 Premium Edition
•	Microsoft Office 2000 Professional Edition
•	Microsoft Office 2000 Standard Edition
•	Microsoft Office 2000 Small Business Edition

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