How do I get my mac to stop accessing the wrong version of the program?

When I got my iMac, I also got Works '06 and have been quite satisfied with it. I only use Pages, but when I upgraded iLife, there was a try out program of Works '08 and I thought I would give it a look see for Keynote. Unfortunately because it appears to be an LE program, I never really got into it and it just sits there. Only problem is if I happen to open the program be pulling up a recent document rather than starting from the applications. Then '08 is opened and I don't notice until I try to print and am informed that I am not allowed to do that. I moved '08 to trash, but when testing to open Pages with a document, told I couldn't do that because the app was in the trash. How can I eliminate '08 so that my docs don't look for it?
Thanks in advance,
AmandaPup

Amanda,
Welcome to Apple discussions.
If you saved any of the documents using Pages '08, then those docs will only open in '08. What you need to do with them is open them in '08, then do a Save As. At the bottom of the Save As dialog, you'll see an option to save as iWork '06. Choose this option. Once you're sure you've done this with all affected files, drag the '08 folder to the trash, then empty the trash. From now on, all Pages files should open in '06.
-Dennis

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