Trouble opening Microsoft Office after computer transfer

I just got a MacBook Air and transferred all my data from my old Macbook Pro last week.  My microsoft office will not open.  It opens the M.O. set-up assistant and I run through the steps and check for new updates, install the updates, and then it doesn't open the program.  I try to click on the program again, and it runs me through the set-up assistant and updates everytime.

I repaired disk permissions and it didn't fix the problem.  I still had to run through the set-up assistant and it didn't open.  I looked at my sharing and permissions for admin (me) and it says "read and write."  I'm assuming this is correct.  Also, it is microsoft office 2008...is this an issue?  I read some posts where it might be?

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