Endless loop on file opening issue in MS Word 2011 pro on Mac OS Mavericks

MS Word 2011 Pro on Mac OS Mavericks.
The problem:
When open Word (Office 2011 on Mac), it will start opening all previous files on the mac until it crashes with error. The problem duplicates when force quite MS Word. Reinstall Office 2011 won't fix it. Deleting com.microsoft.word.plist won't help. No duplicated
fonts in Fron Book. Did not know what caused this problem. Excel works fine. This is a problem only appeared on Word so far.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Liyun

Hi,
We provide support for Office programs on Windows in this forum, since you are using Word 2011 on Mac, to get a better assistance, please post the question to Office for Mac forum:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/mac
The reason why we recommend posting appropriately is you will get the most qualified pool of respondents, and other partners who read the forums regularly can either share their knowledge or learn from your interaction with us. Thank you for your understanding.
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