I now have Catalina but Word and Excel are 32 bit. If I upgrade "Office' will all my current documents in Word and Excel on my laptop be able to be opened, used and modified?
I upgraded to Catalina but my excel and word are 32 bit. If I go to the ap store and get new ones will all my word and excel files on my laptop be able to be used and modified?
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15
Right-click (control-key + click) any any of your Office app icons in Applications folder and select "Get Info". If the copyright date is 2016 you're in luck, and you can update your Office 2016 from the older 32-bit version, to a newer (Catalina-compatible) 64-bit version of Office 2016.
If your copyright date is anything older than 2016 you will have to purchase a new version of MS Office or look at one of the alternatives.
If your copyright date does equal exactly 2016 in the "Get Info" window then use the "Manual Update" file on Microsoft's website here:
Right-click (control-key + click) any any of your Office app icons in Applications folder and select "Get Info". If the copyright date is 2016 you're in luck, and you can update your Office 2016 from the older 32-bit version, to a newer (Catalina-compatible) 64-bit version of Office 2016.
If your copyright date is anything older than 2016 you will have to purchase a new version of MS Office or look at one of the alternatives.
If your copyright date does equal exactly 2016 in the "Get Info" window then use the "Manual Update" file on Microsoft's website here:
Yes. You can also switch to a product such as LibreOffice instead of buying an upgrade.
In any case, you should have a backup.
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yes you will be able to open and edit your documents/spreadsheets. Office 2019 and Office 365 are 64 bit apps.
word and excel 32 but upgrade
