Microsoft office 2011 not working on macbook air?

Hi,
I have just installed microsoft office 2011 on my macbook air, it appeared to be installed correctly but I can not open Word, Powerpoint etc. Upon trying to open the programs an error message saying I should rebuild the Database utility appears, once I click out of that it just freezes and I can do nothing, not even close it.
I'm not overly tech savvy, so any help would be really appreciated.
Thanks

Uninstall Office (do it correctly, per Microsofts instructions) and then reinstall it.
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