Can you put microsoft office 2007 on imac?

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Can you put microsoft office 2007 on imac?

I'm a new PowerPoint specialist for a medical publishing company that uses PCs and Office 2007. I've tried using Office 2008 on iMac and converting PowerPoints to 2007 PC version but I run into conversion problems. Our clients dictate what the graphics and such are, so I can't simply choose graphics that are listed as compatible with the 2007 version. I'm buying a computer to do work from home and am hoping to get an iMac but run Office 2007 as if I'm on a PC (I dislike PCs and want to avoid buying one). If you can't put 2007 on an iMac, can you use an iMac monitor but hook it up a PC tower along with a Mac-mini? Or wouldn't the monitor be compatible with a PC tower?

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Posted on May 9, 2011 6:28 PM

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MGW

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May 9, 2011 6:33 PM in response to nikmacuser

You should buy an intel iMac which will run Windows in a separate partition, or you can use a virtual platform like Parallels.

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Kappy

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May 9, 2011 6:35 PM in response to nikmacuser

You have several possible options that you can explore:

1. Office X 2011 for OS X is a native version of Office that runs on the Mac. Presumably files and data are interchangeable with the PC version.

2. Install Windows on the Mac and use Office 2007 in Windows.

3. Install virtualization software like Parallels to run Windows concurrently with OS X.

4. Install Open Office or Neo Office which are Open Source replicas of Office 2003 although recent versions may now be closer to Office 2007. There are versions for OS X, Linux, and Windows.

Windows on Intel Macs

There are presently several alternatives for running Windows on Intel Macs.

1. Install the Apple Boot Camp software. Purchase Windows XP w/Service Pak2, Vista, or Windows 7. Follow instructions in the Boot Camp documentation on installation of Boot Camp, creating Driver CD, and installing Windows. Boot Camp enables you to boot the computer into OS X or Windows.

2. Parallels Desktop for Mac and Windows XP, Vista Business, Vista Ultimate, or Windows 7. Parallels is software virtualization that enables running Windows concurrently with OS X.

3. VM Fusionand Windows XP, Vista Business, Vista Ultimate, or Windows 7. VM Fusion is software virtualization that enables running Windows concurrently with OS X.

4. CrossOver which enables running many Windows applications without having to install Windows. The Windows applications can run concurrently with OS X.

5. VirtualBox is a new Open Source freeware virtual machine such as VM Fusion and Parallels that was developed by Solaris. It is not as fully developed for the Mac as Parallels and VM Fusion.

6. Last is Q. Q is a freeware emulator that is compatible with Intel Macs. It is much slower than the virtualization software, Parallels and VM Fusion.

Note that Parallels and VM Fusion can also run other operating systems such as Linux, Unix, OS/2, Solaris, etc. There are performance differences between dual-boot systems and virtualization. The latter tend to be a little slower (not much) and do not provide the video performance of the dual-boot system. See MacTech.com's Virtualization Benchmarking for comparisons of Boot Camp, Parallels, and VM Fusion. Boot Camp is only available with Leopard or Snow Leopard. Except for Crossover and a couple of similar alternatives like DarWine you must have a valid installer disc for Windows.

You must also have an internal optical drive for installing Windows. Windows cannot be installed from an external optical drive.

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