Installation of iworks 09 on snow leopard

I had to reinstall iworks 09 on my macbook alum laptop today because my son did something to the pages program causing it not to load.  The problem is iworks will install with no problems, but the programs will not open.  I keep getting a message about compatibility issues for all the componets of iworks.  Funny thing is the program worked fine until the crash.  I really do not want to purchase a new copy of iworks or upgrade my software to mt lion.  I have the store version of iworks, not the downloaded version on the app store.  Can someone please help me to reinstall the program.
Process:         Pages [1702]
Path:            /Applications/iWork '09/Pages.app/Contents/MacOS/Pages
Identifier:      com.apple.iWork.Pages
Version:         ??? (???)
Build Info:      Pages-7460000~8
Code Type:       X86 (Native)
Parent Process:  launchd [105]
Date/Time:       2012-10-02 22:32:03.084 -0400
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549)
Report Version:  6
Interval Since Last Report:          953112 sec
Crashes Since Last Report:           53
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   53
Anonymous UUID:                      D0688186-A388-43E7-ACA0-E7E86327F328
Exception Type:  EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread:  0
Dyld Error Message:
  Library not loaded: @rpath/Inventor.framework/Versions/C/Inventor
  Referenced from: /Library/Application Support/iWork '09/Frameworks/SFCompatibility.framework/Versions/A/SFCompatibility
  Reason: image not found
Binary Images:
0x8fe00000 - 0x8fe4163b  dyld 132.1 (???) <4CDE4F04-0DD6-224E-ACE5-3C06E169A801> /usr/lib/dyld
Model: MacBook5,1, BootROM MB51.007D.B03, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GHz, 3 GB, SMC 1.40f2
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, PCI, 256 MB
Memory Module: global_name
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x8D), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.42.4)
Bluetooth: Version 2.4.5f3, 2 service, 19 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: WDC WD10TPVT-00HT5T0, 931.51 GB
Serial ATA Device: HL-DT-ST DVDRW  GS21N, 557 MB
USB Device: Built-in iSight, 0x05ac  (Apple Inc.), 0x8507, 0x24400000 / 2
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, 0x05ac  (Apple Inc.), 0x0236, 0x04600000 / 3
USB Device: IR Receiver, 0x05ac  (Apple Inc.), 0x8242, 0x04500000 / 2
USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub, 0x0a5c  (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0x06100000 / 2
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, 0x05ac  (Apple Inc.), 0x8213, 0x06110000 / 3
Just so you know, I get the same message when I try to open keynote and numbers.

Have a look at this webpage discussing the same problem, with one solution by carlow1 shown at the link to do with corrupt fonts.
http://www.mactalk.com.au/11/72737-iwork-09-apps-crashing-snow-leopard.html#post 862633
Curiously he got it from this forum somewhere, but I couldn't find it

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