installing office on windows partition on iMac

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installing office on windows partition on iMac

HI all, brand new to Apple. Have just had aApple reconditioned iMac 27inch with i5 processor, 1Tb fusion drive and 16Gb ra. Have purchased MS Windows 8.1 and am intending to install into a partition on the hard drive using Boot Camp. Am intending to run only one OS at a time so don't want parallels or similar software. Once I have the windows partition I want to run Office. Can I install the full version of MS Office into the windows partition or do I have to install the Office for Mac version? Need to know before I buy. Any advice very much appreciated.

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on May 27, 2015 11:32 AM

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JimmyCMPIT

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May 27, 2015 11:34 AM in response to Scoobydrew365

once you boot into windows you are running windows

you don't need the mac software to run anything that you would have for windows

just buy the windows version and it's all you need.

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Answer 2

May 27, 2015 11:43 AM in response to JimmyCMPIT

Thanks Jimmy, I was hoping that was the case but couldn't find the answer anywhere.

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Old Toad

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May 27, 2015 11:45 AM in response to Scoobydrew365

If you're installing Windows only to run MS Office why not just buy MS Office for Mac and run it. That will relieve you of having to partition the hard drive and install Windows.

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JimmyCMPIT

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May 27, 2015 11:56 AM in response to Old Toad

there's no MS Access or MS Publisher on the mac version.

there are also slight differences in Word (no content controls in Mac) and there are some slight differences in the location of features if your proficient in one platform and not the other.

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Answer 5

May 27, 2015 11:55 AM in response to Old Toad

HI Toad, the reason is that I read loads of reviews about Office for Mac and the impression I got was that there were plenty of complaints about the software not being entirely reliable. I need it for work so want to be as certain as possible that I get the best version available so decided that the MS version would be preferable if it would work in a Windows partition.

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JimmyCMPIT

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May 27, 2015 11:58 AM in response to Scoobydrew365

MSO for Windows has a much larger user base, support base and update preference.

Which is strange because MSO for Windows came out after MSO for Mac.

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Kurt Lang

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May 27, 2015 12:25 PM in response to Scoobydrew365

The main issue with Office 2011 is that it's way behind the Windows version. There's a lot of extra features in the current Windows version of Office that can't be opened correctly in the current Mac version. However, if you can wait until later this summer or early fall, MS is releasing Office 2016 for Windows and Mac simultaneously. For the first time ever, they're supposed to finally be feature compatible.

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