Lion doesn't support PowerPC applications?

My purchased Microsoft Office 2004 applications don't work with OS X Lion anymore. When I start one of the application up I get the message "You can't open the application Microsoft ..... because PowerPC applications are no longer supported". Any other user who suffer from the same problem?

AldousH. wrote:
rob,
before the fanboys chime in to tell you that you should have known that upfront because it was discussed in certain channels: no, rosetta is not implemented in lion anymore, powerpc support is dropped. all you can do is go back to snow leopard.
You can also upgrade your software to make it work with Lion
Regards,
Colin R.

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Read and print out these instructions, your computer is going to be offline and you wil be cutoff from help until your machine is restored.
Clear the Desktop, Downloads and Trash of anything you wish to keep by placing their files in the respective Documents, Music, Pictures, Movie folders.
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Update OS X to 10.6.8 using the Combo Update for best results.
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1399
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