Microsoft Office 2010 on Windows 8

As per Microsoft, if you are currently using Windows 7 and are planning to upgrade to Windows 8, install the latest version of Microsoft Office Starter 2010 on it before you start the upgrade process. If you upgrade without the latest version installed, your installed version will become redundant after the upgrade and you will not be able to use it.

The Microsoft Office 2010 productivity suite requires you to make sure that the minimum system requirements needed for the upgrade are met with. There aren’t any hardware requirements that you have to take care of, the rest includes:

1. 500 MHz processor or higher

2. 256 MB RAM

3. 3.5 GB Hard Disk space

4. 1024x768 or higher resolution monitor for display

The above however depends on the particular Microsoft Office 2010 edition you wish to upgrade to. Therefore, check out the latest minimum requirements list from the official website before you upgrade.

Out of the various editions of Microsoft Office 2010 available in the market, Windows 8 is compatible with the following editions:

• Microsoft Office Professional and Professional Academic 2010
• Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010
• Microsoft Office Standard 2010
• Microsoft Office Standard 2010
• Microsoft Office Home and Business 2010

Depending on your requirement, choice of applications and core competencies you can pick your choice from the list mentioned above. If you want to install standalone Microsoft Office 2010 products on your Windows 8 PC, you can go ahead and download Microsoft Word 2010, Microsoft Excel 2010, Microsoft PowerPoint 2010, Microsoft Visio 2010, Microsoft SharePoint Workspace 2010, Microsoft Publisher 2010, Microsoft Project Professional 2010, Microsoft Outlook 2010, Microsoft OneNote 2010, and Microsoft Access 2010.

Over and above, if you do not wish to continue using Microsoft Office 2010 Starter after you upgraded to Windows 8, you can uninstall or remove the program while your PC still has Windows 7 installed. To remove it, you will have to go to the Control Panel and uninstall the program from the list of installed programs displayed in the panel. Once you have successfully removed it, go ahead with your Windows 8 upgrade process.

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