Keynote 09 Theme Chooser

Hi! This just happened after I installed the current update of iWork 09 two days ago. Seems that I cannot select theme "Gradient" (which is my favorite and often used). The first slide came up plain with a big "X" across the entire slide. There was a document error warning citing that "One or more colors could not be properly read, and may not display correctly on some systems." Anyone has a solution? Seems this happens only for "Gradient" and not for others. Thanks!

yup - the iWork 09 folder is in Applications. I may have to re-install from discs and update. However, I still think something went amiss during update because prior to that I was using the affected theme for dozens of presentations. I also tried re-installing the update too - same result.

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