Can't Open MS Office 2008 in 2nd User Account

Bought a new iMac, transferred everything from my old Mac including Office 2008 and now want to setup a separate user account for my wife. However, Office in the new user account starts in setup mode, checks for updates but then doesn't launch. I've tried repairing permissions still no luck.
Any ideas?
Thank you.

Where is Office 2008 located?
If it is located in the Applications folder in your Home directory that could be the reason that it can't be open from the second account. In order to be opened from all accounts on the Mac, it must be located in the Applications folder at Root.
Allan

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