A summary of the support boundaries for Office programs that run on 64-bit versions of Windows operating systems (895361)


The information in this article applies to:

  • 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 Students and Teachers Edition 2003
  • Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003
  • Microsoft Office Basic Edition 2003

INTRODUCTION

Microsoft Office 2003 and Microsoft Office XP are designed to run on 32-bit versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems. When you run either 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 2003 and of Office XP that are listed in the "More Information" 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:
  • 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). This version of BCM requires the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1. The .NET Framework 1.1 is incompatible with any Windows 64-bit operating system. Therefore, BCM is not supported or compatible with any 64-bit Windows operating system.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:5/25/2006
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