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Office has been 64bit for 9 years. And this year it's the default.


Almost all Windows installers are 32-bit, even if the application installed is 64-bit. This is so the installer can do something elegant when run on a 32-bit-only system. While this might be changing, 32-bit support is effectively required for almost every Windows application ever released.




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