This month Microsoft is scheduled to launch Office 2010. We have tested PracticeMaster Version 15.3 with the 32-bit version of Office 2010 and we are compatible with these products. We will also integrate with the 64-bit version of Office 2010, but not until Version 16 is released.
The 32-bit version of Office 2010 should be more than sufficient for law firm use, and we expect a vast majority of PracticeMaster clients to use the 32-bit version for some time. Microsoft agrees.
“…Office 2010 includes both 32- and 64-bit versions for a single computer. We recommend the 32-bit version, which runs great on both 32- and 64-bit versions of Windows. People who routinely use very large documents or spreadsheets that need more than 2 GB of memory may want to run the 64-bit version, but many common add-ins for Office don’t run correctly in the 64-bit edition.”
http://store.microsoft.com/microsoft/Office-Home-and-Business-2010/product/B4D93AC9
Some firms are buying 64-bit computers today and some may end up with the 64-bit version of Office installed on their new computers. To be clear, PracticeMaster will work just fine on 64-bit computers. It is only integration with the 64-bit version of Office 2010 that will be an issue until Version 16 is in beta.
If a firm tries to integrate the 64-bit version Office 2010 with Version 15 or prior of PracticeMaster, here is what will happen. PracticeMaster should run fine, with these exceptions: e-mail integration will fail when they start PracticeMaster; the toolbars in the Office products will install, but fail when they are used; and the calendar and contact sync will fail when they are used.
To avoid any inconvenience, you should advise your PracticeMaster clients to install and use the 32-bit version of Office 2010 until they receive a Version 16 beta or later version of PracticeMaster.