Microsoft office 2008 opens at startup

my friend called me in on this to help.  got me stumped.
he had a relatively new powerbook laptop.  it has microsoft office 2008 installed.  he is running lion.  i made sure both the os and software are up to date and running the latest.
quit (not just close) all programs.
system preferences only has one user.  and nothing is listed in the Login Items.
restart computer and all the microsoft applications start up when booting up the computer.
i'm not too familiar with Lion.  so is there another location that is making this happen?
appreciate any help with this.  thanks!

turns out you were both right.  and it took both pieces to make it happen.
my buddy didn't understand the difference between closing and quiting.  he knows that now.
but he didn't think it was important, because he thought shutting down should quit all applications.
i explained that yes, (per lkrupp) you can have it that way, or take advantage of the feature and keep windows open if you want.
he is very happy.
thank you both for your help!

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