Botched file type/application associations...

I'm not a Mac guy. I've been extremely lucky when helping my client that I have been able to solve their connectivity/networking problems even though I'm not at all proficient with a Macintosh computer, a testament to how intuitive the Mac really is. The extent of my knowledge with a Mac comes from messing around with this computer. My client thought that all was lost when the screen blew in her iMac (CRT), which is used to work from home. I was impressed that Apple had made a way to transfer files, settings and applications by simply connecting a firewire cable and holding a key while powering on!
After the transfer...guess which application is botched? Microsoft Office. Today I found that Office was nagging my client to purchase the full version. The new Mac Mini had apparently bundled a "Test Drive" trial version of Office 2004 (v11). When I browse in the Applications folder, I see more than one Office 2004 "Test Drive" folder (one was probably copied from the old computer). When running the uninstall utility from each, it tells me that it can't be removed because it's not installed! I found an Office X (v10) application folder on the desktop that had been copied from the old computer. I moved it to the Applications folder and did everything I could to associate DOC, XLS, and PPT files with the correct version of Office. Every time, the files keep trying to launch with the expired Office 2004 instead of the full-version Office X. If I Ctrl+Click, Open With>Office X 10.1, it will open correctly. I even use File>Get Info and associate/Assign-to-All and it keeps reverting to Office 2004! I moved the two Office 2004 application folders to the trash. Even after restarting, the Open With option still shows Office 2004 as the default application. As long as the system thinks that there is a newer version of Office installed, it simply will not allow me to force permanent association with an older version. Is there any way to remove these traces and make it as if Office 2004 had never been installed?
Please help!
[edit]
I probably also should have mentioned that the Open With menu has more than one version of Office X listed, both of which seem to work fine.
For instance, when I click on a word document:
Microsoft Word 2004 v11 (default)
Microsoft Word v10.1.0
Microsoft Word v10.0.0
Mac Mini    

Ichinisan
Sorry not to get back to you earlier.
Because the files generate an error when it tries to open with Office 2004 v11,What error are you getting? Is it by chance "-10660"?
Panther is brand new, no? Would these procedures really differ in an incremental 10.3-10.4 OS upgrade?Hardly. Panther is at least 2 years old, and 10.3 to 10.4 is not an incremental upgrade either. 10.4 (Tiger) came out at the end of April 2005 IIRC.
Unfortunately the place where these associations are stored has changed in every new version of OS X, from 10.1 through 10.2, 10.3 to 10.4. But I suppose I could give you instructions for both 10.3 and 10.4, but lets see your answer to my question about the error message first.

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