No content displayed on Outlook

[Lookleft]

After a recent download all of a sudden Outlook doesn't display the contents of the message. It also wont open Word documents from Office 2010 or allow me to reinstall it from an original disc. Anyone had similar problems and more importantly does anyone know how I can fix it?

[Booglebox]

Your message store (.ost) could be corrupted. Go to control panel > mail and make a new profile, set it as default, launch Outlook and put in your details again.

[Ancient Observer]

That could be a job for scanpst. Google for it, knowing your versions of software, and your version of Outlook. It'll be in there somewhere.
I have also had to go to Outlook/tools/account settings and delete my account, then re-entering it.