Problem opening Microsoft Word:mac

I have Mac OSX 10.6.8 and after stupidly trashing my Word application, I reinstalled Office: Mac 2011 but the program still doesn't work.( I did check for updates but didn't get any which seems strange.) The error msg is the usual Microsoft "encountered a problem and must close." . Also, Excel and PowerPoint are working just fine. Any ideas? Thanks

i would post this question here: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/mac?auth=1

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    This forum is for general questions and feedback related to Word for Windows, it's better to post your question to the forum for Mac as our MVP suggested:
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