Microsoft word not opening

Hi.
my microsoft word 2008 was working fine a few months ago and when i tried to open it it crashed, no error message, no nothing. I can't reinstall because this mac I bought off someone.
please help.
P.S. all the office apps don't work

Most excellent! Glad you found a solution that works for you!
And thanks for posting back with it. It may be helpful to other users!
Cheers,
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Path:            /Applications/Microsoft Office 2004/Microsoft Word
Identifier:      com.microsoft.Word
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Interval Since Last Report:          113484 sec
Crashes Since Last Report:           30
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Anonymous UUID:                      B005CBEE-0069-4DF2-9D95-EDDAF8370D04
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