Can't open documents through the finder

Hi,
I hope this isn't the wrong forum for this question.
I have a new Mini Core Duo running OS X 10.4.5.
I've installed MS Office 2004 (including the latest patches).
If I try to open a Word (or Excel, Powerpoint, etc.) document by double-clicking on it in the Finder, I get an "operation could not be completed" message box (the error code is -10660).
If use Word to directly open the document it works fine.
I am pretty new to OS X so I am not sure where I should even start looking for the problem...
Any tips would be appreciated!
BT
G5 20", Mac Mini Core Duo 1GB + 100 GB Mac OS X (10.4.5)
G5 20", Mac Mini Core Duo 1GB + 100 GB Mac OS X (10.4.5)

I found my problem:
http://blog.wilsonet.com/archives/2003/12/31/error-code-10660/
I moved the trial version (included with the OS) to the trash, then installed the full version of office.
I guess whatever keeps track of file associations got confused - the Finder was still trying to use the trial version of Office, so all I had to do was empty the trash and the problem disappeared!

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