No more layouts on iPhotos's Calendar

As in the title..
for the first time in eons i wanted to print a calendar from my iPhoto's images.
I just found out, though, that i just have a single layout, called "picture-calendar" , but nothing else.
I wanted to reinstall iphoto over the existing one, but the AppStore won't let me do it, and as it's updated, no action is permitted.
So, i am waondering what can i do in order to fix this problem?
Thank you,
D

Did you MBP come with Lion or Mt. Lion preinstalled? If so then you'll need to use the App Store to reinstatall iPhoto from the Purcahses section.
If the MBP came with Snow Leopard or earlier preinstalled use the disks that came with the MBP or (if you purchased an iLife disc) the iLife disk to reinstall iPhotos and update it to the latest version thru the Apple - Support - Downloads website.
OT

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