The problem is that I have documents in Windows that I would like to open with Mac version of Word (comes with Office for Mac). Double clicking the document opens it in Windows Wordpad. If I select Open on Mac (right click -> windows commands -> open on Mac) the document opens with Mac version of Word correctly. Obviously the default application is now wrong and Word is accessible so I would like to associate the document file to open automatically with Word but I cannot choose the application from Open With menu (right click -> windows commands -> open with). I can see several Mac applications there but Word (or any of the installed Office products) isn't there to be selected. What kind of dark magic do I have to conjure to get the Office applications to appear in the menu? Applications folder in OS X has Microsoft Office 2011 folder that has Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook inside. I already tried dragging Word to applications, reinstalling Parallels Tools, rebooting Windows, rebooting OS X but I just can't get Word to appear in the "Open with" selections. OS X 10.8.2 Parallels Desktop 8 Office for Mac 2011 Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Reinstalling Parallels Tools was the key but I also had to Isolate Mac from Windows before reinstalling tools. After the tools had been reinstalled I could end the isolation and then I had Office for Mac products in Open with menus.
