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Office 2010 introduces 64-bit editions

12/13/2009 4:59 AM

vipul taneja

Joined: 10/7/2009

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Office 2010 introduces 64-bit editions

Processors that are 64-bit are quickly becoming the standard for systems ranging from servers to desktop computers. The 64-bit systems can use more virtual and physical memory than 32-bit processors. This allows users to work with much larger data sets than they could previously, to analyze and solve large computational problems. Office 2010 introduces native 64-bit versions of Office products to take advantage of the additional capacity provided by 64-bit processors. This additional capacity is only needed by Office users who require Excel spreadsheets that are larger than 2 GB, for example. The 32-bit version of Office 2010 provides the same functionality and is also compatible with 32-bit add-ins. This is why Office 2010 will install the 32-bit version by default.

To learn about the supported operating systems, supported scenarios, setup process, and deployment considerations for 64-bit Office 2010 clients, see 64-bit editions of Office 2010 in the Office 2010 Beta Resource Kit. To see a visual representation that includes the Setup process, see 64-bit Client Installation of Microsoft Office 2010. This is a poster-sized document that is available in formats including Microsoft Office Visio 2007 files (.vsd), PDF files, and XPS files. To open these file types, you need the following software:

· .vsd files: Office Visio 2007, or the free Visio viewer (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=118761&clcid=0x409). If you use the Visio viewer, right-click the VSD link, click Save Target As, save the file to your computer, and then open the file from your computer.

· .pdf files: Any PDF viewer, such as Adobe Reader (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=134751&clcid=0x409).

· .xps files: Windows Vista, Windows XP with .NET Framework 3.0, or XPS Essentials Pack (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=134750&clcid=0x409).

Developer resources

Along with the introduction of 64-bit editions of Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft is releasing Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications 7.0 (VBA 7) to work with both 32-bit and 64-bit applications. For more information, see Compatibility Between the 32-bit and 64-bit Versions of Office 2010. The article discusses the changes that apply to the 64-bit version of Office 2010 and introduces the new VBA 7 code base.

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