Open MS Office documents on Windows 7 guest VM in OS X host using Office for Mac
Once you've checked the &quot;Open your Windows files and web links using Mac applications&quot;, the following should work (providing the file resides in one of the folders shared from the Mac according to this VMware Fusion guide):

Right-click on one of the file types you wish you open in the VM and click &quot;Open&quot; or &quot;Open With...&quot; if the program already has an associated application (if you selected &quot;Open&quot;, in the window that appears, check the &quot;Select the program from a list of installed programs&quot; radio button and click OK).

In the window that appears there should be a VMware icon in the top-left that says &quot;Default Host Application&quot;, select it and click OK. (You can also check the &quot;Always use the selected program to open this kind of file&quot; so that it opens with the host application next time too).

If the VMware icon is not in the top-left, you may have to drop down the list with the &quot;Other Programs&quot; heading and you should see it there instead.



The document in the VM should now open in the default application on the host. For example, a pdf should open with Preview and a docx with Word for Mac.