Will boot camp, VMware, or Paralles allow me to open a password protected powerpoint file?

Everyting I'm reading says I have to use either a windows computer, or have the creator send the document to me as unprotected.
Seems like if you didn't have access to a windows computer, and didn't have time to wait for the creator to send a new version, there would be a work around.
I've moved over Mac, and am trying to convince my wife to do the same.  However, she's concerned that since she runs her legal firm out of her home office, she will run into situation in which can can get something done if she's on a Mac.  I almost had her convinced this would never happen, and then she got this password protected powerpoint that she had to share with another attorney, who responded to her that when she tried to open it, she got a message that it couldn't open a password protected document.  I tried it on my Macbook Pro and got the same message.
Anyone know if there's an easy work around for this?
(p.s. I saw a post where someone used NeoOffice for a similar situation with a password protected Excel document, but since I'm on Lion and it requires a $10 donation, I didn't want to shell out $10 just to find out it wouldn't work.)
Thanks,
Jeff

Yes... and it works...
Because you really are running a full-up Windows inside a window running on Lion....
VMWare emulates a hardware computer....   and you install Windows, then Microsoft Office for Windows...
And  you end up with a "machine within a machine"...
BUT...   BUT....
You have to purchase one of each:
   VMWare Fusion
   Microsoft Windows
   Microsoft Office for Windows (not the same license as Microsoft Office for MAC..)
This won't be cheap...  it will cost money...
But I do it all the time... 

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