Can't open and Office programs since loading Leopard

Since upgrading to Leopard I cannot get any Office programs to open. I get an error "Microsoft has encountered an error." Then it gets stuck in a loop trying to load the file.

Many MS Office programs are not Leopard compatible - others need to be updated, either with patches or with newer versions.
Sometimes removing and reinstalling them works.

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    Matthew Owen2 wrote:
    I just upgraded to snow leopard and now, none of my office programs will open. I am running office 2008 for mac on os x 10.6.1. When I click on any office program, I just get a never ending beach ball of death and I have to force quit out of it. Does anyone know of a fix for this?
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