Compatibility issues in Lion

I've heard quite a few people saying that there a compatibility issues with Microsoft office in Lion. How bad are they? I'm a student so Office is fairly essential, yet i would love to upgrade.

I am saying that for what I have normally used Office for Mac 2008 Suite for I have not had any problems with using it on Lion.
However, here is a link to what Microsoft has acknowledge as some of the issues that may exist:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2586538
I haven't verified all the issues that they are claiming on my own Office for Mac 2008 Suite, but I can tell you that I personally haven't run into an issue that prevented me to work with the applications. Regardless, Microsoft is aware that their Office for Mac Suites are having issues within Lion, so they will be fixing them. Again, even looking at the legitimate reported possible issues that you may have it is looking like the biggest issues are or can come from using Excell, but I never noticed any.
I would either just wait until you know the reported issues are fixed, or go ahead and update to Lion and see for yourself what works or doesn't work for your type of use. If nothing else I would try iWork out and see how you like that, as that is what I am personally using as my main office suite.

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Model Name:    Mac mini
Model Identifier:    Macmini5,1
Processor Name:    Intel Core i5
Processor Speed:    2.3 GHz
Number of Processors:    1
Total Number of Cores:    2
L2 Cache (per Core):    256 KB
L3 Cache:    3 MB
Memory:    4 GB
Boot ROM Version:    MM51.0077.B10
SMC Version (system):    1.76f0
Serial Number (system):    C0*******JD0
Hardware UUID:    ****
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GX30N:
Firmware Revision:    RP09
Interconnect:    USB
Burn Support:    Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
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Reads DVD:    Yes
CD-Write:    -R, -RW
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However i have Office 2011 for MAC and now Excel wont start so i will post on another thread for help with this
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