Compatibility Vista 64 with Office

[Peter Hartley]

My 64-bit system (AMD 3200Hz; 2Gb RAM) prevously running on Windows 2000 has
just been upgraded to Vista 64 & I need new Office software to go with it (I
think). I looked at MS Office Home & Student 2007 but cannot determine
whether that product is available in 64-bit format (or does it matter?)
In the 'system requirements' section for the trial download version it is
stipulated ONLY to use a 32-bit browser........

 

[David R. Norton, MVP Shell/User]

My 64-bit system (AMD 3200Hz; 2Gb RAM) prevously running on
Windows 2000 has just been upgraded to Vista 64 & I need new
Office software to go with it (I think). I looked at MS Office
Home & Student 2007 but cannot determine whether that product is
available in 64-bit format (or does it matter?) In the 'system
requirements' section for the trial download version it is
stipulated ONLY to use a 32-bit browser........

MS Office XP and later (maybe earlier also?) will run just fine on
Vista 64 so, to answer your questions, you don't need new Office
software, Office 2007 is not available in 64 bit format and no, it does
not matter.

 

[Patrick Schmid [MVP]]

If you get the Home & Student edition, then you'll get OneNote. OneNote
has a feature to send any kind of document to it via a printer driver.
That printer driver is not available for Vista 64 bit.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
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[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Peter,

There aren't 64 bit versions of the MS Office desktop products. This is is a MS article on Office support in 64 bit Windows
versions:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/895361/en-us?FR=1

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My 64-bit system (AMD 3200Hz; 2Gb RAM) prevously running on Windows 2000 has
just been upgraded to Vista 64 & I need new Office software to go with it (I
think). I looked at MS Office Home & Student 2007 but cannot determine
whether that product is available in 64-bit format (or does it matter?)
In the 'system requirements' section for the trial download version it is
stipulated ONLY to use a 32-bit browser........ >>
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Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

 

[Richard LeVitre]

DO you have any idea of when the printer driver will be updated to function
with 64bit vista?

If you get the Home & Student edition, then you'll get OneNote. OneNote
has a feature to send any kind of document to it via a printer driver.
That printer driver is not available for Vista 64 bit.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
RibbonCustomizer Add-In: http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribboncustomizer
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed

MS Office XP and later (maybe earlier also?) will run just fine on
Vista 64 so, to answer your questions, you don't need new Office
software, Office 2007 is not available in 64 bit format and no, it does
not matter.

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Richard,

You may want to use the link below to check with the folks in the MS Office OneNote discussion group.

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DO you have any idea of when the printer driver will be updated to function
with 64bit vista? >>
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Please let us know if this has helped,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

LINKS
A. Specific newsgroup/discussion group mentioned in this message:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.onenote
or via browser:
http://microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/?dg=microsoft.public.onenote

B. MS Office Community discussion/newsgroups via Web Browser
http://microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx
or
Microsoft hosted newsgroups via Outlook Express/newsreader
news://msnews.microsoft.com