Office: Amount of Required Disk Space to Install Applications

Last reviewed: September 9, 1996
Article ID: Q111391

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Office for Windows, version 4.0

SUMMARY

The amount of hard disk drive space you need to install each application in Microsoft Office will vary based on whether you install programs to run from the server, whether you run complete installation to the local hard drive, or whether you run a minimal local install.

MORE INFORMATION

The approximate hard drive requirements are as follows:

                                                    Access 1.1     Shared
Type of     Microsoft               Microsoft       (Office 4.0    Files
Install     Excel 4.0a    Word 6.0  PowerPoint 3.0  Professional)  MSAPPS)

Complete    11 megabytes 16.5 MB    13 MB           10.2 MB        5.5 MB
on local    (MB)

hard drive

Laptop (or  5 MB         5 MB       4.8 MB          4 MB           NA

minimum) on local hard drive

Workstation Install:

   Windows on the network - 4 MB
   Windows on local hard drive - 11 MB

New application versions:

   Excel 5.0 - 25 MB (complete)
   Excel 5.0 - 8.5 MB (laptop)

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Last reviewed: September 9, 1996
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