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Originally Posted by enijhuis
I did not mean that Microsoft will force their clients to upgrade.
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I wasn't referring to Microsoft either, but to your IT department.
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Most organisations changed or will change to 64-bit systems at some point. I think it's a matter of time before they'll want their Office software to follow suit; I can image that IT departments don't want to maintain 32-bit software on 64-bit computers indefinitely.
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There is a little practical difference between 32-bit Office and 64-bit Office, except that 64-bit Excel can work better with huge workbooks than 32-bit Excel and many Office addins are not available in 64-bit versions. There is also a vast array of other 32-bit software in use for which 64-bit replacements are simply not available. There is also little practical difference between supporting 32-bit software and 64-bit software on a 64-bit system; Windows has been designed that way.
An IT department that forced users to switch to 64-bit Office and refused to support 32-bit applications without taking proper account of such issues and the fact that many of the organisation's own VB/VBA apps would have to be re-written would be arrogant in the extreme; I doubt the IT Dept head would have a long career in IT ahead of them.
10-19-2016, 02:40 PM
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