Installation problems with Office 04 on Intel Mac

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I recently installed Office 04 on my MacBook Pro using the set-up
assistant on the CD. Unfortunately, I missed the instruction about
removing Office 04 trial before installing.

The program installed, and the first time I launched Word, I got the
error message about the framework library. I got the same message when
I launched Excel. When I tried to lauch Word again to make sure I knew
exactly what the error message said, it did not launch at all. The icon
bounced twice in the dock then disappeared.

I took my computer back to our systems specialist, who used the remove
tool to remove the recent installation and the trial. She also repaired
the permissions. She reinstalled Office 04, but the problem was still
there.

I searched the MS support site and found something related to the error
message, which instructed me to install the 11.2 update, which I did.
Retarted the computer and the problem was still there.

Tried running the remove tool from the CD, but the remove tool screen
that allows you to choose which components to remove did not show
anything.

Booted my new computer in target disk mode and used my older PowerBook
to launch the remove tool from the CD (I didn't not copy the tool to my
hard drive). It identified an installation of Office 2004 (which was
only on the new computer, not the old one), and I removed it.

Restarted the new computer, and the Office 2004 folder was still in the
application folder. Ran the remove tool again, but it does not find any
Office components installed. Manually dragged the folder to the trash
and emptied the trash.

Reinstalled Office by dragging the folder from the CD to my hard drive,
because the set-up assistant exhibits the same behavior as trying to
launch an application.

Used the Autoupdater and found the 11.2.5 update, which I installed.
Restared the computer, tried to launch Word. Same behavior -- icons
bounce once, then disappear.

I'm kind of at my wits' end at this point. What should I try next?

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