Microsoft KB Archive/870922

= Supported configurations for Microsoft Office 2003 =

Article ID: 870922

Article Last Modified on 12/18/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office 2003 Multilingual User Interface
 * Microsoft Office Basic Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Student and Teacher Edition 2003

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SUMMARY
This article describes the supported and the unsupported configurations of Microsoft Office 2003 and Microsoft Windows.



Supported configurations
For more information on versions of Windows on which Office 2003 is supported, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

822129 List of system requirements for Microsoft Office 2003

The following are supported configurations of Office 2003 and Windows:
 * English (U.S.) version of Office 2003 that is installed on any language version of Windows.
 * Non-English (U.S.) version of Office 2003 that is installed on the same non-English (U.S.) version of Windows.
 * English version of Microsoft Office 2003 plus an Office 2003 Multilingual User Interface Pack (MUI) that is installed on either the English version of Microsoft Windows with the same Windows MUI language, or on the English version of Microsoft Windows with language support enabled that matches the language of the Office 2003 MUI.
 * English version of Office 2003 that contains an additional Office 2003 Multi-lingual User Interface Pack (MUI) that is installed on a version of Windows that matches the language of the Office 2003 MUI.
 * Non-English version of Microsoft Office 2003 that is installed on the English version of Microsoft Windows either with the same Windows MUI language as the Office 2003 MUI, or on the English version of Microsoft Windows with language support enabled that matches the localized Office 2003 version.

For more information about support for international versions of Office 2003, view the Wwsuppt.xls workbook that is referenced in the &quot;International Information&quot; section of the following Microsoft Office Resource Kit Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/2003/tools/BoxA21.htm

Unsupported configurations
The following configuration is not a supported configuration of Office 2003 and Microsoft Windows:
 * Non-English (U.S.) version of Office 2003 that is installed on any other non-matching language version of Windows other than English.

United States and Canada Support
For more information about Microsoft Product Support Services offerings, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS

Or, you can telephone Microsoft Support Sales at (800) 936-3500.

International Support
If you are outside the United States or Canada and you have a question about a Microsoft product, do the following:
 * 1) See the information in your Microsoft program's Online Help. To do this, click Microsoft   Help on the Help menu in any Microsoft product.
 * 2) See the Readme files on your product CD-ROMs. The Readme files include general information that became available shortly before the product was released.
 * 3) Locate Support Online from Microsoft Product Support Services at the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx

If there is no Microsoft subsidiary office in your country, contact the vendor where you obtained your Microsoft product.

United States and Canada Support
For more information about Microsoft Product Support Services offerings, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS

Or, you can telephone Microsoft Support Sales at (800) 936-3500.

International Support
If you are outside the United States or Canada and you have a question about a Microsoft product, do the following:  See the information in your Microsoft program's Online Help. To do this, click Microsoft  Help on the Help menu. See the Readme files on your product CD-ROMs. The Readme files include general information that became available shortly before the product was released. Locate Support Online from Microsoft Product Support Services at the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx



If there is no Microsoft subsidiary office in your country, contact the vendor where you obtained your Microsoft product.

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