Word and Outlook Crashed and won’t open

Hi,

What version of Office and Mac are you using?

First please force quit and restart:

• Quit both Word and Outlook by selecting "Quit" or "Force Quit" from the Apple menu.
• Restart your iMac.

Then Remove Preferences Files:

• Quit all Microsoft Office applications.
• Open Finder, then click "Go" > "Home" > "Library" (hold down the OPTION key if the Library folder is hidden).
• Open "Preferences" and drag com.microsoft.Word.plist and com.microsoft.Outlook.plist to the desktop.
• Restart Word and Outlook to see if the issue is resolved. If it is, you can delete the plist files; if not, restore them to their original location

I also suggest you refer to this support article to uninstall Office for Mac completely and re-install it:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/troubleshoot-office-for-mac-issues-by-completely-uninstalling-before-you-reinstall-ec3aa66e-6a76-451f-9d35-cba2e14e94c0

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