Office 2011 totally breaks links in the OS?

After installing Home Student version of Office 2011 for Mac, mouse behaviour is altered, appllication bar no longer can find associated apps. Clicking on the desktop no longer brings Finder to the fore. Also, booting the computer results in numerous thunderous bumping sounds and a white screen. Already had Office 2004 installed when adding 2011, so deleted 2004 which seemed to help, however after rebooting the problem is back. Am deleting Office 2011 now, to see if that may be a cure.
Please HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I feel your pain. I have had similar issues, but have yet to find a fix. There are some VERY knowledgeable "techies" on here, but unfortunately, most of them speak way above anything that I am able to comprehend. If you do a search using some keywords like maybe "Lion Office 2011 crashes" (or something like that) you will find lots of threads on this topic. But the fixes might as well be written in Chinese---I have no clue what any of them are talking about (and I've been a loyal Mac user for over 25 years). Good luck.

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Office 2011 not opening on Mavericks.

Hey
First time posting. Updated to Mavericks and Office (word, excel and PP) wont open at all. I have deinstalled and reinstalled, deinstalled and cleared every bit of micorsoft and then reinstalled.. still wont work. I checked for the latest software- hasnt changed any thing.
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Application Specific Information:
dyld: launch, loading dependent libraries
Dyld Error Message:
Library not loaded: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreAUC.framework/Versions/A/CoreAUC
Referenced from: /System/Library/Frameworks/MediaToolbox.framework/Versions/A/MediaToolbox
Reason: no suitable image found. Did find:
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EtreCheck version: 1.9.11 (43) - report generated 14 June 2014 4:07:44 pm AEST
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
          1 2.9 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2 cores
          8 GB RAM
Video Information:
          Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: (null)
System Software:
          OS X 10.9.3 (13D65) - Uptime: 0 days 2:15:25
Disk Information:
          APPLE HDD HTS541075A9E682 disk0 : (750.16 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 749.3 GB (124.96 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
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          Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
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          [loaded] com.ea.origin.ESHelper.plist Support
          [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
Launch Agents:
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User Launch Agents:
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          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Safari Extensions:
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Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
          AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
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User iTunes Plug-ins:
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              11%          WindowServer
               4%          ReportCrash
               2%          Microsoft Word
               2%          Dock
               2%          steam
Top Processes by Memory:
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          172 MB          Safari
          164 MB          com.apple.IconServicesAgent
          156 MB          softwareupdated
          126 MB          com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
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          3.64 GB          Active RAM
          179 MB          Inactive RAM
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Library not loaded: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreAUC.framework/Versions/A/CoreAUC
Referenced from: /System/Library/Frameworks/MediaToolbox.framework/Versions/A/MediaToolbox
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          Microsoft AutoUpdate:          Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.4
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          Microsoft Clip Gallery:          Version: 14.4.2 - SDK 10.5
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          Microsoft Document Connection:          Version: 14.4.2 - SDK 10.5
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          Microsoft Graph:          Version: 14.4.2 - SDK 10.5
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          Microsoft Language Register:          Version: 14.4.2 - SDK 10.5
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Office for Mac 2011: Remove Office
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Look on the MS Office 365 website for links to the download version. You could also buy an External DVD drive that connects by USB port. Any brand will work with your Mac Air. It does not have to have the Apple name on it for it to work on your Air.

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Wish I had an answer for you... but I do feel less lonely knowing someone else has the exact same issue!
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