Can't open Word and Excel documents after updating to Yosemite

I have updated to Yosemite and now every time I try to open the application of Word or Excel or any of the documents I have i get the following message:
"You can’t open the application “Microsoft Excel” because PowerPC applications are no longer supported."
I need to fix this please as these are business documents. I also have Templates for MS Office but they don't open what I have.
Thanks

You need to open them in Office 2008 or newer, LibreOffice, Pages/Numbers, or similar software.
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