Changing Atomator to 32 bit mode

I am running 10.6.1 in 64 bit mode, and because of a problem with Pixelmator Actions want to invoke Automator as 32 bit.
However when I use Get Info for Automator (or any other application) there is no check-box available for the 32 bit option, or Rosetta, or any other.
Is there somethng I need to install to make the options appear?

Truly, you gain nothing by running in 64-bit mode. So, just start up in 32-bit mode. Still, note that Automator can be forced to use 32-bit mode, but right clicking on the app, getting info, and choosing 32-mode. Here are the pertinent facts for what I said above.
As indicated, there is no advantage to running 64-bit software (or 32-bit software) in 64-bit kernel mode. However, a great deal of 32-bit software will run in 64-bit mode. The disadvantage of 64-bit mode is that all 32-bit software (e.g., Photoshop) will not run in this mode--so if you suddenly decided to run Photoshop, then you'd have to reboot.
From another perspective there is no disadvantage to running all software in 32-bit mode (which is good news for those with 64-bit processors and without the ability to boot into 64-bit mode). The point is that 64-software invokes 64-bit processing even if run in 32-bit kernel mode.
To demonstrate what I say check out the results of this brief test. I have both Geekbench 32-bit and 64-bit. I made five benchmark passes for each of the four possible combinations of Geekbench “bitness” and Sno kernel mode (e.g., 32-bit Geekbench and 64-bit kernel mode is one such combination). Below are the Geekbench averages for each combination.
(1) 64-bit Geekbench run in 64-bit mode--4,268 avg of 5
(2) 64-bit Geekbench run in 32-bit mode--4,264 avg of 5
(3) 32-bit Geekbench run in 64-bit mode--3,910 avg of 5
(4) 32-bit Geekbench run in 32-bit mode--3,907 avg of 5
Note that there is no significant kernel-mode-related difference in performance for 64-bit Geekbench. Same with 32-bit Geekbench.

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