Parellels on Mac... Need full Windows XP? Or just Word/PPT?

Question

I have Parallels and a Home and Student Office with Word and Powerpoint, can I use this or do I need a whole Windows Operating system??

Answer 1

Hi,

There is an education version of Office for the Mac and for the PC. Each contains Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

If your version of Office is 2004 then it is Mac and you install it. Parallels has nothing to do with it at all.

If your version of Office is 2003 or 2007 then it is Windows based. In addition to Parallels you need to install Microsoft Windows, after which you can install Microsoft Office in Windows.

-Jim Gordon
Mac MVP