New Mac - old programs cant run due to unsupported PPC.

Just bought my Mac10.7 and notice that all of my old programs such as Office, Photoshop, etc aren't readable.  I get a 'program not supported for ppc'.  Is there anything I can do to make these programs work on my new mac? Thanks.

Office 2008, and 2011 are able to run in Lion.
Neo Office, OpenOffice, iWork, and Google Docs are also all alternatives that work as well.
Photoshop CS4 and later work with Lion with some limitations.
For a full listing of compatible applications, and what options you have, read my two tips:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2455
- at the end discusses if you have a dual-boot Snow Leopard compatible Mac, as well as Snow Leopard compatibility.
Lion upgrade questions
- for Lion compatibility and other questions answered.

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