Microsoft Office 08 apps quitting unexpecteldy

All my Office '08 apps would open; error message details of error message as follows: HELP, PLEASE. I am a MAC Newbie!

Process: Microsoft Excel [773]
Path: /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Excel.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Excel
Identifier: Microsoft Excel
Version: ??? (???)
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [131]

Interval Since Last Report: 38616 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 10
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 0 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 15

Date/Time: 2009-10-30 08:50:20.964 -0400
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.8 (9L31a)
Report Version: 6
Anonymous UUID: 9CBC80AD-5454-41B1-9123-8FECB526F166

Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 0

Dyld Error Message:
Symbol not found: __ZN7MHIView7ReleaseEv
Referenced from: /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Excel.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Excel
Expected in: /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Excel.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/MicrosoftComponentPlugin.framework/Versions/12/MicrosoftComponentPlugin

Have you tried uninstalling the application and then reinstalling it?

Microsoft Office 08 quits

thanks, that's what i'm going to try now. fingers crossed. ps this is also the first time i've ever tried a forum. hard to imagine, isn't it?

Hi Betsy:

Also, make sure you install the latest updates and service packs for MS Office 2008. If you have any further problems with MS Office for Mac, you might want to post a question to the MS Mac Office forum located here. That's where all the Office experts hang out.

Regards.