New in Excel 2010

Excel 2010 is also available as a 64-bit version. Today, 64-bit processors are a standard even for desktop computers. Compared with 32-bit systems, they can use more virtual and physical memory. The user can work with larger amounts of data and perform more complex calculations. The additional capacity is required by Excel users working with worksheets larger than 2 GB.

Office 2010 includes components that allow you to run the 32-bit version of Excel 2010 on 64-bit Windows by using Windows-32-on-Windows-64 (WOW64), which is an x86 emulator that allow 32-bit Windows-based applications to run on 64-bit systems running the Windows operating system. 32-bit versions of Office 2010 applications running on 64-bit operating systems are ...

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