Stupid $#@*&! 30 Day Office Trial Version..... :(

This really torks me off. I've had my new iMac for about 2 months. A 30 day trial of the latest Office. I didn't pay much attention to it though I'm quite happy with my old version of Office (X) and even happier with AppleWorks.
Anyway, the trial version decided it wanted to become my default word processor. That was fine until the trial version expired and then I couldn't open any of my documents. Crap.
I think I've deleted the trial version but my documents are still screwed up. I can't open them unless I open my original Office X and then use Office to open the document. It's very annoying. If I try double clicking on a document on my desktop, I get an error code -10660.
How do I purge this stupid trial version completely, remove all of its evil from my lovely new computer and get back to my being able to use (X)?
Thanks.
Brian

Your fixed W on the Dock was probably connected to the trial version. But OS X is sometimes smart enough to find the correct replacement application if it exists when the original is gone. However, it's still really a link to the trial version, so you get a second one (linked directly to the application that's actually on your hard drive) when you launch via a document.
It's an easy fix, though. Drag the W off of the Dock onto the desktop. It will disappear in a puff of smoke. Go to the MS Office folder in the Applications folder. Drag and drop the Word application wherever you want it on the Dock. A new link/icon will be created. Now you won't (shouldn't) see a second W appear on the Dock when you launch from double clicking a Word document.

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