Anyone notice Powerpoint, Word and Excel do not work after Lion install? Is there a work around?

I just upgraded to Lion. Now when I try to open Word, Powerpoint or Excel I get an error which says: You can't open the applicatoin Microsoft Excel because Power PC appliactions are no longer supported.
Has anyone seen this? Is my software too old or do I need another software upgrade?
Thank you

You software is too old. You need to move to Office 2008, 2011 or use iWork or use Open Office (or Libre Office, or NeoOffice, etc.)

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