I as not sure if this is an Office question or an Excel question, but I will start with the problem. If this should be posted in the Excel forum, please let me know and I will post there.

My old Mac desktop died a dirty death, and I bought a new Mac running 10.7.2

I was told by the folks in the Apple store that my version of Office (2008) would work with the new OS and Processor, but I am having problems. At first, I migrated my files to the new computer. When I would open a Word file, more than one would open. Then I reinstalled Office, and that problem 'may' be fixed, but I have an even more urgent issue: Excel won't run. When it starts, I get the following notice:

Microsoft Error Reporting log version: 2.0

Error Signature:
Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS
Date/Time: 2011-12-11 23:56:27 +0000
Application Name: Microsoft Excel
Application Bundle ID: com.microsoft.Excel
Application Signature: XCEL
Application Version: 12.3.1.110725
Crashed Module Name: CoreFoundation
Crashed Module Version: 635.15
Crashed Module Offset: 0x00033942
Blame Module Name: MicrosoftComponentPlugin
Blame Module Version: 12.3.1.110725
Blame Module Offset: 0x000edc87
Application LCID: 1033
Extra app info: Reg=en Loc=0x0409
Crashed thread: 0


The basic question is: Will Office 2008 work with the new OS? What have others experienced? Any thoughts as to how to fix Excel?