Microsoft Office 365

movingtables · 21 Sep 2013 at 17:52

I can pick up a years sub for £69.99. (don't want the xbox sub deal).

I have Windows 7 64bit.
I know it sounds obvious but should i download the 32bit or 64bit copy?

heard a few rumours 64bit was troublesome.
scaremongering or true?

incidentally does anyone have office 365?
I'm only getting it to update my package skills as i recently got
my ECDL extra pass (looking for office work) but that was with office 2003-2007.

Sliver · 21 Sep 2013 at 18:37

movingtables said:
I have Windows 7 64bit.
I know it sounds obvious but should i download the 32bit or 64bit copy?

64 Bit. I have it and it works fine.

movingtables · 21 Sep 2013 at 18:49

Sliver said:
64 Bit. I have it and it works fine.

cheers. is it a big learning curve over office 2003 / 2007 ?

OracIe · 21 Sep 2013 at 18:49

Sliver said:
64 Bit. I have it and it works fine.

Same here. Although I have it via work, we're just about to go 2013.

this_is_gav · 21 Sep 2013 at 19:11

64-bit only offers any advantage when manipulating large Excel spreadsheets (thousands of rows of data) or complex Access databases. For 95% the 64-bit offers zero advantage.

Also, if you use plugins for any of the office programs the 32-bit version is compatible with all, which certainly isn't the case for the 64-bit version. Microsoft themselves even advised people continued to use the 32-bit version of Office 2010 (and the same will apply to 2013) for this very reason.

movingtables · 21 Sep 2013 at 19:29

do most offices use office 2007 ?

on average.

Sliver · 22 Sep 2013 at 11:29

movingtables said:
cheers. is it a big learning curve over office 2003 / 2007 ?

The main difference is after 2003 they introduced the Ribbon.

When you get used to it, it's actually very good in my opinion. It's used in Excel, Access and PP too.

OverDrive · 22 Sep 2013 at 13:48

I'm also running the 64-bit version.

Some useful info here:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/s...-or-64-bit-version-of-office-HA102840825.aspx

theheyes · 22 Sep 2013 at 18:40

movingtables said:
do most offices use office 2007 ?

on average.

I see a lot of 2007. Take into consideration migrations away from 2003. I'd say anything 2007-2013 is fair game but thankfully they're quite similar (2007 and 2010 especially)