Microsoft Office Starter is a 32 bit program, why was it sold with my 64 bit Window 7 PC?

I purchased my PC because it came with Microsoft Office 2010 (so said the advertisement). I installed the Microsoft Office Starter as I was prompted. There was no option to select my OS otherwise I would've selected Windows 7 64 bit. I noticed the program
was installed as 32 bit and Word will not print my files. Why would you develop a 32 bit program to be sold on a 64 bit Operating System? Is there a 64 bit version I can download that I'm unaware of?

Hello,
As mentioned in the TechNet article, the 32-bit version of Office 2010 provides the same functionality and is also compatible with 32-bit add-ins. Therefore, the 32-bit version
of Office 2010 is installed by default.
64bit Office has better performance when running a single Excel larger than 2GB and also better performance when using Project files.
For normal use, 32bit Office did provide good performance
and more compatibility with existing
32-bit add-ins.
So, don’t worry about the 32bit or 64bit, go and enjoy Office 2010 new features!
Daisy Cao
TechNet Community Support

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