# Microsoft Office 2003 ReadMe File: General Information

Microsoft Office 2003 ReadMe File: General Information

© 2003 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

This document provides late-breaking information about the Microsoft® Office 2003. The Contents section lists all of the information contained in this file; for late breaking information specific to an individual Office system product, see the Readme file for that product.

Product | Filename
--- | ---
Word 2003 | WDREADME.HTM
Excel 2003 | XLREADME.HTM
Outlook 2003 | OLREADME.HTM
PowerPoint 2003 | PPREADME.HTM
PowerPoint Viewer 2003 | PVREADME.HTM
Access 2003 | ACREADME.HTM
FrontPage 2003 | FPREADME.HTM
InfoPath 2003 | INREADME.HTM
OneNote 2003 | ONREADME.HTM
Publisher 2003 | PBREADME.HTM

### How to use this document

To view the ReadMe file on the screen, maximize the browser window. To print the ReadMe file, click the Print button on the toolbar.

### Readme file locations

Before installation, the Readme files are located on CD1 in FILES\PFILES\MSOFFICE\OFFICE11\LCID, where LCID is the number for the language of your product. After installation, these files are located on your hard disk in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11\LCID, where LCID is the number for the language of your product.

Language | LCID
--- | ---
Arabic (Saudi Arabia) | 1025
Bulgarian | 1026
Chinese (Hong Kong SAR) | 3076
Chinese (PRC) | 2052
Chinese (Taiwan) | 1028
Croatian | 1050
Czech | 1029
Danish | 1030
Dutch (Netherlands) | 1043
English (United States) | 1033
Estonian | 1061
Finnish | 1035
French (France) | 1036
German (Germany) | 1031
Greek | 1032
Hebrew | 1037
Hindi | 1081
Hungarian | 1038
Italian (Italy) | 1040
Japanese | 1041
Korean | 1042
Latvian | 1062
Lithuanian | 1063
Norwegian (Bokmal) | 1044
Polish | 1045
Portuguese (Brazil) | 1046
Portuguese (Portugal) | 2070
Romanian | 1048
Russian | 1049
Serbian (Latin) | 2074
Slovak | 1051
Slovenian | 1060
Spanish (Modern Sort) | 3082
Swedish | 1053
Thai | 1054
Turkish | 1055
Ukrainian | 1058

### System requirements

All Microsoft Office editions in the 2003 release have approximately the same minimum system requirements.

Processor | Pentium 233 Mhz or higher processor; Pentium III recommended
Operating system | Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 or later, or Windows XP or later (recommended)
Memory | 64 MB RAM (minimum);128 MB RAM (recommended)
Disk space | 245 MB, including 115 MB of available space on the hard disk that contains the operating system. Hard-disk space usage varies depending up the configuration. A local installation source requires approximately 2 GB of hard-disk space during the installation; the local installation source that remains on users' computers requires as much as 240 MB of hard-disk space beyond that required for Office.
Monitor | Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher resolution with 256 colors
Disk drive | CD-ROM drive
Pointing device | Microsoft Mouse, Microsoft IntelliMouse®, or compatible pointing device

Note None of the Microsoft Office editions in the 2003 release runs on the Microsoft Windows Me, Windows 98, or Windows NT operating systems. If any client computers are currently running one of these operating systems, you must upgrade the operating system before installing Microsoft Office.

Certain programs in the Microsoft Office System require additional items or services:

- Speech recognition requires a Pentium II 400 Mhz or higher processor.
- Microsoft Office InfoPath™ 2003 requires Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or greater.
- Handwritten notes in Microsoft Office OneNote 2003 require Tablet PC pen input for capturing digital ink.
- Advanced collaboration features in Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 may require Microsoft Exchange Server 2003.
- Internet functionality requires separate dial-up or broadband Internet access.