None of my word processing applications will open.

My word processing applications will not open, this includes anything from Microsoft Office (powerpoint, excel, word, etc) and Appleworks.
Anytime I try to open these applications I get a message that says "the application quit unexpectedly" and gives me the options of report, ignore, or reopen. When I try to reopen it just gives me the same message.
I have restarted multiple times and have attempted (and failed) a hardware test. I have not attempted to uninstall or reinstall anything because I am scared to mess it up further, I'm not really technologically inclined.
I am running
Mac OS X 10.6.8
Microsoft Office X
Appleworks 6 (I know no one cares about Appleworks but I like it)

You will need to fully uninstall Office, then reinstall it from scratch and from the original distribution media. You will need an AppleWorks installer to reinstall it. I would consider getting a backup drive so you can backup your computer before going further.

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kBirr wrote:
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