Would upgrading from 32-bit version of Office 365 Home to 64-bit version allow me to open/use my Office Open XML word processing documents on my MacPro 11,3 laptop (mid-2014)? I recently upgraded to MacOs 10.15.2 (Catalina 15.2), which was probably a mistake. Thanks.
MacBook Pro 15", macOS 10.15
Hi bozdogan,
To expand on what @razmee209 said yes but you don't have to purchase a subscription if you don't want to.
Microsoft offers it a one time purchase for $149.99. See Office versions.
I hope this helps.
Thanks to razmee209 and Soren Pearson for their prompt replies. I already have a subscription for Office 365 Home. So, intend to upgrade to the 64-bit version. Hope this works. Cheers. Kirk
PS: By the way, on Catalina, when I double-click on my docs, they are compressed. This then requires unzipping them. Strange. Any insights on this? Thanks.
Hi bozdogan,
My pleasure, good to hear you already have an Office 365 subscription. You would login to your account to download the latest, 64 bit version and then install it.
Not sure why your docs would be compressed. Are they in .doc format or .docx or another format?
I hope this helps.
yes.
Thanks again to Soren Pearson for his kind follow-up reply. Most of my docs are in .docx format. Why the docs become compressed upon double-clicking on them in Catalina is a big surprise.
My pleasure, glad I could help!
UPGRADING OFFICE 365 ON CATALINA TO SOLVE THE 32-BIT PROBLEM
