Required Processor
1 gigahertz (Ghz) or faster x86- or x64-bit processor with SSE2
Required Operating System
Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, or Windows Server 2012
Required Memory
1 GB RAM (32 bit); 2 GB RAM (64 bit)
Required Hard Disk Space
3.0 GB available
Required Display
Graphics hardware acceleration requires a DirectX10 graphics card and 1024 x 576 resolution
.NET version
3.5, 4.0, or 4.5
Required Browser
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8, 9, or 10; Mozilla Firefox 10.x or a later version; Apple Safari 5; or
Google Chrome 17.x.
Multi-touch
A touch-enabled device is required to use any multi-touch functionality. However, all features and
functionality are always available by using a keyboard, mouse, or other standard or accessible input
device. Note that new touch features are optimized for use with Windows 8
Additional requirements and considerations
Some functionality may vary, based on the system configuration. Some features may require additional or
advanced hardware or server connectivity.
Note: System requirements are rounded up to the nearest 0.5 GB, to be conservative. For example, if we
measure an applicationÂ’s required hard disk space to be 1.99 GB, we recommend 2.5 GB of disk space.
Our hard disk system requirements are intentionally larger than the actual disk space usage of the
software.
A graphics processor helps increase the performance of certain features, such as drawing tables in Excel
2013 or transitions, animations, and video integration in PowerPoint 2013. Use of a graphics
processor with Office 2013 requires a Microsoft DirectX 10-compliant graphics processor that has
64 MB of video memory. These processors were widely available in 2007. Most computers that are
available today include a graphics processor that meets or exceeds this standard. However,
if you or your users do not have a graphics processor, you can still run Office 2013.