Unable to open files from Finder

I just bought my Macbook Pro yesterday.  This is my first Mac so bear with me.  I bought and installed Office for Mac.  The problem is that I cannot open files directly from Finder or the folder stack on my Dock.  If I trt to open a Word or Excel file from there i get this message:
     Microsoft Excel cannot be opened because of a problem.  Check with the developer to make sure Microsoft Excel works with this version of Mac OS X.  You may need to reinstall the application...............
I have already reinstalled the program (Now I have duplicate icons in Launcher). 
The only way to open a file seems to be to open the program and then open the file from within the program.  I have already set the "Open With" preferences and this does not seem to help.  If Word/Excel is running, I can double click a file from the stack and it opens with no problem. 
Any ideas???

I fixed the problem.  Stupid me forgot to check for software updates when I installed Office.  Seems the most recent updates have fixed this problem. 

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