Can't run Pages (or iWork '08 apps) from external drive

My MacBook Pro is back at Apple for repair, so I created a bootable clone of that machine's hard drive to an external hard drive. While I can boot from that drive on another MacBook, none of the iWork '08 apps will run. They start up, show a menu bar, but won't open any existing files or allow me to create new ones.
Any help?

If you've not previously used iWork on the temporary Mac, you might consider downloading the iWork '08 trial to use. You will get all the functionality of the registered version.
For anyone with more than one Mac that they might ever want to run iWork on, I suggest getting the family pack from the beginning. For only $20 US more, you get to legally install iWork on up to five different Macs in the same household.

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