Having trouble getting Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 to run.

I recently upgraded my iMac to ML, but since then I've had difficulty getting the app to run.  It would give me an error message and an error log.  Then I created a new user profile to see if it'll run there (under system prefs, then under users & groups).  Well, it did run.  It opened just fine under the new user profile.  So it can't be a problem with the new OS.  So what is it with my primary user profile?  What is keeping Office from running in one user profile and not another?

I am assuming that you are attempting to download a copy of Microsoft Office directly from the Microsoft Store ... correct? If so, you cannot use the product key from the CD as this key is specifically used for the software on that CD. You would need to acquire a new product key as you would need to purchase another copy of Office for your MacBook Air.
The Mac version can be found here.

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