MS Office 32bit/64bit

Cardew

I have MS Office Professional 2010 discs 32 bit for my Desktop PC.

I have been told that it can be downloaded on a 64 bit laptop.

However is there a loss of functionality?

Are there any other pitfalls?

System

There is no loss of functionality with using the 32 bit version on a 64 bit platform.

The recommendation is not to use a 64 bit version of Office unless you need the enormous worksheet size in Excel that the 64 bit will give. The 64 bit version of Office has shortcomings.

John_Gray

Microsoft actually recommends running the 32-bit version of Office under 64-bit Windows!

Zeitgeist

64-bit Office works absolutely fine. There are fewer add-ins for this edition compared with the 32-bit version, but that's about it.

[Deleted User]

Also if you wish to stick Office 2010 on a MS Sharepoint 2010 server for perhaps dev purposes you need the 64bit version...

Take_it_like_a_man,_sonny

32 Bit works fine on ours, but the 64 Bit edition does not connect with the Windows 6 phone.