Clippings in AppleWorks 6

I have been using the seach feature in the clippings for years and love it! Suddenly it isn't showing the graphics when I do a search. The dialogue box appears that indicates that the search is happening and show the number of matches found but none of them appear in the clippings box...HELP!

Hello
Just a sample.
In my AW5 folder there is a subfolder entitled "Clippings".
One of the stored library file is entitled: Animals.
I put a COPY on the desktop and renamed it Animals5
Then, I moved the file in the AW6's Clippings folder.
Then re-start AW6.
Create a new doc.
menu "File > Show Clippings"
I see a new locked TAB entitled "Animals5".
I may use the items embedded in this TAB but can't edit the TAB's content.
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE dimanche 25 décembre 2005 12:12:14)

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http://www.apple.com/feedback/pages.html
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here's a general timeline of my problem– hopefully someone can see a flaw or step i've missed:
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URGENT SITUATION:
I have been using this application for some time and lately it stared acting strange, and now tells me "You cannot open the application AppleWorks 6 because it may be damaged or incomplete".
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