I cannot move, rename, or delete a Microsoft Word Document on my Finder

I had no clue which category to put this in as I cannot find another with a similar problem.
Basically I have a new Macbook Pro and a licenced version of Microsoft Office for Mac 08.
I had a problem with a file the other day which would not save, and over a long process I lost the file (luckily use time machine) had to reinstall office as word wouldnt open without option of sending error report, then many a times I got the error of it not being possible to move the document into the trash after making other copies etc etc etc
Now however that issue seems to be sorted, I have six versions of this document showing up in Finder, when I right click, the only options are to Open, Open Containing Folder, Get Info, and Quick Look.
The files are all Microsoft Documents but they wont open with this, when I click it, it says The alias “Final model plan and process.docx” can’t be opened because the original item can’t be found. and then find alias which I dont want to click on Microsoft Office incase it corrupts it again!
Also the files only show up in ALL MY FILES not however MY DOCUMENTS
I want to delete all these files as I feel they are somehow the problem that lead to all of this. However I cant move rename or delete it.
Any help is appreciated,

Thanks Alfie.
I do not get 100% of the meaning of your first sentence (English is not my mother language).
Repair permissions is easy. Just launch Disc Utility (or Utility Disc in English ?) you find it under Utility folden in Applications.
Select your main Disc in the left side of the window and at bottom click on Repair Permissions. It will take few minutes. You will see a list of repairs performed: don't care if something will remain not repaired; important is at the end of the job you get the result "Repair succesful" or something like that.
Be carefull with Antivirus. I do not know Sophos but I know for sure that some Antivirus can give more troubles than advantage. And we do not need antivirus on Mac.
Thanks for the points. I like this Community, it is my pleasure, like many others here, to help if I can and to develop our hobby we need problems

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