Yosemite & Word 2008

Trying to keep my computer up-to-date, I installed Yosemite. Everything seemed fine, until I had to reset my screen saver. I noticed, at that time, System Preferences > Security & Privacy indicated my system was using an older version of Fire Vault. I followed the instructions to update Fire Vault and everything began acting strange. The file tree is different and all of my documents were moved to a "Users" file. The screen saver will not stay on the file I indicate. Word 2008 will not open, instead the office assistant opens and wants to create an identity, then, will not "continue".
Is there a way to restore my identity for Word? Microsoft does not service the '08 program any longer and insists on having to purchase a newer product. Safari says I do not have enough memory to download the link I followed this community suggested to update Word. I have copied my files to a flash drive and deleted a huge quantity of data to accommodate the 'lack of memory' issue and it still says there is not enough memory available.
Does Apple have a program that can create documents, letterhead, billing, inventories, etc.?
Or is there an update for Yosemite that addresses these issues?
Thank you in advance for your assistance in this matter.
Respectfully,
2Prevail

I back up my documents on a regular basis.
Unfortunately, I did not back up the operating system prior to the upgrade. Our other MacBook Pro was not updated to Yosemite, I will be able to use it to do my work.
I will make due with Yosemite on this machine and hope Apple issues an update to fix some of the issues I see everyone talk about.
Thank you again for your replies.
Respectfully,
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