大多数现代计算机、笔记本电脑、二合一设备、平板电脑甚至许多智能手机都在 64 位处理器上运行。除此之外，这也导致了软件世界(software world)向 64 位应用程序的普遍运动。由于微软(Microsoft)是世界上最大的软件公司之一，他们开发的许多软件都有 32 位和 64 位版本。一些用户可能更喜欢64 位的Office 365，这就是为什么在本文中，我们将向您展示如何使用它。我们还将告诉您为什么您可能想要使用 64 位版本的Office 365 ，而不是(Office 365)Microsoft推送给其订阅者的默认 32 位版本。开始吧：
为什么您更喜欢Office 365 64 位而不是Office 365 32 位？
一个原因是您可能想要Office 365 64 位，因为您希望尽可能保持最新。根据您打算如何使用Office 365应用程序，它们的 64 位版本可能比 32 位版本更好。以下是您应该使用Office 365(Office 365) 64 位的主要原因：
- 您可以使用非常大的Excel 工作簿(Excel workbooks)。例如，您可以处理具有复杂计算、连接到外部数据库或每个大于 2 GB的Excel 工作簿。(Excel workbooks)
- 您可以处理具有大图片、高分辨率视频和复杂动画的大型PowerPoint演示文稿。(PowerPoint)
- 您可以处理不只是文本的大型Word文档。(Word)如果他们有大图像或大表格，Microsoft Word 64 位版本的性能会更好。
当然，使用64 位Office 365也有缺点：如果您开发了一些只能在 32 位版本的Office中工作的加载项，它们在 64 位版本中将停止工作。但是，这种情况在创建特定插件以满足特定需求的企业中最常见。不使用插件的家庭用户或企业用户不应偶然发现此类问题。
如何下载和安装Office 365 64 位
因为我们谈论的是Office 365，所以我们假设您已经有一个有效的订阅计划(subscription plan)并且您知道您的Office 365 用户帐户和密码(user account and password)。如果这是真的，请前往Office.com并使用您的帐户登录。(Sign in)
登录后，单击或点击“安装 Office”("Install Office")链接。
然后，在Office 365 网页上(web page)，单击或点击“在所有计算机上安装 Office”("Install Office on all computers")部分中的“安装Office(Install Office) ”按钮。
微软(Microsoft)随后会显示一个名为“下载并安装 Office 365...”("Download and install Office 365...")的对话框。默认情况下，您获得的是 32 位版本的Office 365，因此不要急于单击/点击安装(Install)按钮。
如果您想要 Office 365 64 位，请单击或点击“其他选项”("Other options")链接。
现在您应该看到“选择语言”("Choose a language")和“选择版本”("Choose a version")下拉列表。使用第一个选择您喜欢的语言，然后使用第二个列表选择“Office - 64-bit”。如果需要，您还可以选择“下载离线安装程序”("Download an offline installer")。完成后，单击或点击安装(Install)。
按下Install后，您的 Web 浏览器将开始下载Office 365 64 位安装程序。您可以选择直接运行它，或将其保存在设备上的某个位置。
然后，要在您的 PC 上安装Office 365(Office 365) 64 位，剩下要做的就是运行安装程序并等待(installer and wait)它结束安装。
完成后，如果您想仔细检查您是否获得了Office 365 64 位，您可以使用我们在此处详细介绍的方法之一：5 种方法来查找您正在使用的Microsoft Office的确切版本。(Microsoft Office)
如果您也没有时间阅读该指南，您应该知道查找Office 365版本的最佳方法之一是打开其中的任何应用程序，例如Word，然后前往"Home -> Account -> About"。
在“关于(About)”窗口中，您可以看到您正在使用的应用程序的版本。关于(About)窗口应该显示类似“ Microsoft Word for Office 365 [...] 64-bit”。
你更喜欢Office 365 64 位还是 Office(64-bit or Office) 365 32 位？
下载和安装Office 365 64 位应用程序并不复杂。只需稍加注意，您就可以立即获得想要的东西。既然您知道如何获取它，请告诉我们：您更喜欢使用Office 365 64 位还是更喜欢坚持使用 32 位版本？在下面的评论部分分享(Share)您的意见。
How to download the 64-bit version of Office 365
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Why might you prefer Office 365 64-bit over Office 365 32-bit?
One reason is that you might want Office 365 64-bit because you prefer to be as up-to-date as possible. Depending on how you intend to use your Office 365 apps, their 64-bit versions might work better than the 32-bit ones. Here are the main reasons for which you should go with Office 365 64-bit:
- You can work with very large Excel workbooks. For instance, you can work on Excel workbooks that have complex calculations, connect to external databases or are larger than 2 GB each.
- You can work with large PowerPoint presentations, that have large pictures, videos at high resolutions and complex animations.
- You can work with large Word documents that are not just about text. If they have large images or large tables, the Microsoft Word 64-bit version is going to perform better.
Of course, there are also drawbacks when using Office 365 64-bit: if you have some add-ins that were developed to work only in the 32-bit version of Office, they stop working in the 64-bit version. However, this is a situation that is mostly encountered in businesses where specific add-ins were created to fill specific needs. Home users or business users that do not use add-ins should not stumble upon such problems.
How to download and install Office 365 64-bit
Because we are talking about Office 365, we assume that you already have an active subscription plan for it and you know your Office 365 user account and password. If that is true, head to Office.com and Sign in with your account.
Once you logged in, click or tap the "Install Office" link.
Then, on the Office 365 web page, click or tap the Install Office button from the "Install Office on all computers" section.
Microsoft then shows a dialog called "Download and install Office 365...". By default, you get the 32-bit version of Office 365, so do not hurry to click/tap the Install button.
If you want Office 365 64-bit, click or tap the "Other options" link.
Now you should see the "Choose a language" and the "Choose a version" drop-down lists. Use the first to select the language you prefer and use the second list to select "Office - 64-bit". If you want, you can also opt to "Download an offline installer". Once you are done, click or tap Install.
Once you have pressed Install, your web browser starts downloading the Office 365 64-bit installer. You can choose to directly run it, or save it somewhere on your device.
Then, all that is left to do to have Office 365 64-bit on your PC is to run the installer and wait for it to end the installation.
When done, if you want to double-check that you got Office 365 64-bit, you can use one of the methods we have detailed here: 5 ways to find the exact version of Microsoft Office that you are using.
If you do not have time to read that guide too, you should know that one of the best ways to find the version of your Office 365 is to open any of the apps in it, such as Word, and head to "Home -> Account -> About".
In the About window, you can see the version of the app that you are using. The About window should say something like "Microsoft Word for Office 365 [...] 64-bit".
Do you prefer Office 365 64-bit or Office 365 32-bit?
Downloading and installing the Office 365 64-bit apps is not complicated. With just a bit of attention, you should get what you want in no time. Now that you know how to get it, tell us: do you prefer to use Office 365 64-bit or do you prefer to stick with the 32-bit version? Share your opinion in the comments section below.
