Opening Word-- blue screen-- all applications shutting down?

Hi everyone! Today I closed my laptop to put it in sleep mode, it was not connected to power.
I came back an hour or so later, opened it up, and entered my password to log in. It started to log in and then I got a blue screen! In a few seconds it brought me back to my desktop, but all of the applications had shut down and Mail (which starts automatically) was opening and asking me for my passwords.
I thought that was weird behavior so I got my external hard drive and attempted to back up my computer. I started Googling the problem and then Safari randomly quit. I tried to email a paper I'm working on to myself, and I got the blue screen again! I plugged my computer in, hoping that would help. However, I got the blue screen two or three times before I was able to get a current backup. Each time the blue screen popped up, all of the applications would be shut down by the time the desktop came back.
EDIT: Ok, it definitely seems to be a problem with Microsoft Word. Every time I open it, the blue screen comes up! Such a pain. I'm going to Google it and try to work this out, but if anybody has any insights please let me know!
SECOND EDIT: Sorry to be such a pain, but I thought I had figured it out and then it happened randomly again! If anyone has dealt with this before, please let me know!
Message was edited by: mmmeredith
Message was edited by: mmmeredith

If the problem only occurs with MS Word then it's clearly a Word issue. Please repost at the MS Office forum located at:
http://www.officeformac.com/productforums/
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