Does MS Word work yet with Lion?

I keep reading that after people have downloaded Lion that MS Word refuses to work - my work depends on Word running smoothly.  Has anyone managed to make it work yet after installing Lion... have Microsoft released an update yet?  I really want to upgrade to Lion but if I do that and Word does not run then I will be in serious trouble with the boss - need help!!
Many thanks,
Jack

The problems you have been hearing about are specific to Word 2004.  Word 2004 was written for Macs that used the PowerPC processors.  When Apple released the Intel machines back in 2006, they included code (Rosetta) that allowed applications designed for the older PowerPC hardware to run on the Intel machines.  Rosetta was included with all OS X releases through Snow Leopard.  It is not practical to support older hardware indefinately.  So, Apple chose to not include Rosetta with Lion.  As a result, applications written for the PPC processors will not be able to run under Lion. 

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