Just upgraded to Lion and MS Word no longer works

Not only does Word not work, but I can't even open a word doc in Pages.

What version of Word do you have?
If it is Word 2004, that is no longer supported. It is coded for PowerPC which has been dropped with Lion.
What version of Word were the files created with?
I know Pages always opens any Word files that I am sent.
Allan

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