Reseting Outlook if it doesn't start

Recently had a problem with Outlook on the Mac. It would try to start and die every single time. I found the link below that said to click Option-Outlook to start it and recreate the database. That did the trick for me. http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/mac/forum/macoffice2011-macoutlook/outlook-wont-open-splash-screen-comes-up-briefly/35a2d605-bb39-4100-ac2d-137111dec2cb