Word won't work!

I've just updated to Yosemite and can't open Word any more, getting the following message: You can’t open the application “Microsoft Word” because PowerPC applications are no longer supported.
I've searched for help and tried to download OpenOffice which also appears to be incompatible with Yosemite!
It appears I have to now use iPages but is there any way to change all documents to iPages or do I have to do it one by one?
I only upgraded to be able to use iCloud and I can't even do that as I'm now having problems with my Apple ID not being recognised!
Why are Apple making things so difficult to use these days!? We aren't all technically minded and I just want to be able to work without spending hours and hours trying to solve problems that shouldn't be happening in the first place. Very frustrated and disappointed with Apple right now!

You need Office for Mac 2011 update 14.4.5 for compatibility with Yosemite. Office for Mac 2004 (PPC) is non-operational since 2011 with the release of OS X 10.7.

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