New to Mac - does upgrade to Leopard require reinstall of existing apps?

We've moved my wife from a PC to a MacBook Pro a couple of months ago (running Tiger). We purchased & had installed several apps such as Parallels (pointing to a Boot Camp instl of Windows XP Pro) and Photoshop Elements, etc. that she needs for her work.
If we make the upgrade to Leopard, will those applications that are not a "nominal" part of the Leopard OS have to be re-installed? (I know it would for such a major upgrade on the PC side...not familar enpough yet with the Mac OS to know if requires such a re-instl.)
And we're located in Southern Italy, so it is not an option of running to an Apple or Mac store to review this with a "genius" - we bought the new machine while back in the 'States on home leave.
Thanks in advance,
Chris

Hi Chris,
when you do an "archive & install" all your apps and accounts will stay as in 10.4..
I did it with 3 diff. Mac's and all is working very well, incl. PhotoshopCS3 , IndesignCS3 and MSApps as well..
Hope that helps!

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