To see if your PC is ready for Microsoft Publisher 2010, Your computer system must have the following minimum requirements for installing :
- Operating system : Windows XP with Service Pack (SP) 3 (32-bit), Windows Vista with SP1, Windows Server 2003 R2 with MSXML 6.0, Windows Server 2008 or later (32-bit or 64-bit), Windows 7 or later operating system.
- processor : 500-megahertz (MHz) processor or higher
- Hard disk : 1.5 gigabyte (GB) available disk space
- Memory : 256 megabytes of RAM
other requirements :
- Internet connectivity and a Windows Live ID, to share Templates and Building Blocks.
- Use of graphics hardware acceleration requires DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics card with drivers dated 11/1/2004 or later.
- Certain inking features require running Windows XP Tablet PC Edition or later; speech recognition functionality requires a close-talk microphone and audio output device.
- Internet Explorer 6 or later, 32-bit browser only. Internet functionality requires Internet access (fees might apply)