Office 2008 and 2011 do not open on Macbook Pro with Mountain Lion

Can someone please tell me how to get Microsoft office to open in Mountain Lion. I had Office 2008 when I upgraded to Mountain Lion. I could not open it after that so I bought MS Office 2011 and it does not open either. I need to use these applications. What is the fix for this. I unloaded and reloaded 2008 and loaded, unloaded and reloaded 2011 - that does not seem to be the solution. Is there a setting I need to change, or a complete unload I need to do, or what. Can someone give me some answers that work?
Thank you if you can.
ng

I don't know about Office, but you can use this for free to get back to work
https://www.libreoffice.org/
And check here for compatability with 10.8
http://roaringapps.com/apps:table

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