Microsoft KB Archive/895361

= A summary of the support boundaries for Office programs that run on 64-bit versions of Windows operating systems =

Article ID: 895361

Article Last Modified on 3/7/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Professional 2007
 * Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter x64 Edition
 * Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
 * Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Standard 2007
 * Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007
 * Microsoft Office Student and Teacher Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Small Business 2007
 * Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Basic 2007
 * Microsoft Office Basic Edition 2003

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INTRODUCTION
Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office 2003 and Microsoft Office XP are designed to run on 32-bit versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems. When you run any of these programs on a 64-bit version of a Windows operating system, the program runs in the 32-bit layer of the Windows operating system. Microsoft supports running the versions of Office 2007, Office 2003, and Office XP that are listed in the &quot;More Information&quot; section in the 32-bit layer of 64-bit versions of Windows.



MORE INFORMATION
The following Office products were tested on Microsoft Windows XP x64 Edition and on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions:
 * The original release versions of 2007 Microsoft Office suites or later versions of 2007 Office suites
 * Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 1 or later versions of Office 2003
 * Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3 or later versions of Office XP

Note Microsoft Office 2000 has not been tested on any 64-bit versions of Windows operating systems.

Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003 and Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003 both include Business Contact Manager 2003 (BCM). Outlook 2003 with Business Contact Manager Update is not supported on 64-bit operating systems.

Additional query words: Winx64 Windowsx64 64-bit 64bit

Keywords: kbhowto KB895361

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