Cannot open Office for mac files since update

Updated to Maverick 10.9.5 and since then I cannot open existing excel, word files. It will allow you to open a new workbook but will not save nor open an existing file. It says "cannot open workbook" and " does not recognise invalid Character"
Any ideas

I suggest you post your question on the MIcrosoft Mac forums since it's their software you're having trouble with...
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/mac

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