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Question: Can I use Marketing Engineering for Excel with a Mac computer?

Answer: Our software is not designed to work with the Mac version of Microsoft Office. You will need a Windows version of Office to use Marketing Engineering for Excel. If you are a Mac user, we recommend trying the following options in order to use Microsoft Excel for Windows on your Mac computer.


  1. Install a version of the Windows OS on your Mac
    1. You will need a Windows license for any of these options. 
      1. Your school may have a license to provide Microsoft products to you at no charge. Check with you computer center for details.
      2. Microsoft offers several discounts to students for Windows OS. You may find details on how to obtain free (check to see if your school is enrolled in MSDN AA) or discounted student pricing on Microsoft's website: http://www.microsoft.com/student/en/us/software/windows-7.aspx
    2. You will need to create a Windows Virtual Machine on your Mac. There are several ways to do this:
      1. Boot Camp from Apple - Mac Intel systems include the Boot Camp Option which will allow you to boot your Mac computer to a Windows OS.   (http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/)
      2. VirtualBox - free virtual machine software from Sun that will allow you to run Windows at the same time as your Mac OS. (www.virtualbox.org)
      3. Parallels or VMWare Fusion - virtual machine software that will allow you to run Windows at the same time as your Mac OS. (student discounts can be found at www.onthehub.com/)
  2. Install Microsoft Office for Windows
    1. Your school may have a license to provide Microsoft products to you at no charge. Check with you computer center for details.
    2. Microsoft offers several discounts to students for Office (http://www.microsoft.com/student/en/us/software/office-2007.aspx)
    3. Microsoft offers a free 60 day trial of its latest Office products.
  3. Install Marketing Engineering for Excel

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