I used disk share to put Iwork 08 on my new macbook air 13".

IWork 08 is installed on the MBA and it opens to start page, but I cannot write any text. In addition, previously saved documents opened blank -- no text there either. I loaded directly from the original installer CD and transfered from the MB using ethernet sharing and the Public Folder. There is no message box to explain what is happening. I never upgraded to '09 and can't find any answers how to do that retroactively. General opinion seems to be that IWork 5 isn't terrific so I'd be happy to stick with '08 for the time being even if I do have to make extra steps to open it. Can any one tell me what I need to do to get the text to work? I'm guessing it might be something missing with fonts. I am a complete novice at self access support and troubleshooting so simple explanations would
go a long way.

Any program that requires an installer is unlikely to work if you just drag the application to another computer which is why this failed. Use DVD sharing to directly install the programs on your computer.

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