Pages 09 Saving using applescript automatically makes a package

I can manually save a document as a flat file, but when I run my applescript, it saves as a package, even though "Save new documents as packages" in the Preferences is unchecked.
Is this the same issue as this thread? http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2141532&start=15&tstart=0

OK, I am using Pages 09
Here is a sample letter I want to save:
Marcus Welby, M.D.
666 Hemingway
Kansas City, KS 66111
Re: Joe Jones
5/3/80
Dear Dr. Welby:
I appreciated the opportunity to see your patient in the office today
Thank you very much for letting me help with the patient’s care.
Sincerely,
Dr. Doolittle
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--sets the date as a string yymmdd
set theyear to (year of (current date)) - 2000
if theyear < 10 then
set theyear to "0" & theyear
end if
set themonth to (month of (current date) as integer)
if themonth < 10 then
set themonth to "0" & themonth
end if
set theday to (day of (current date) as integer)
if theday < 10 then
set theday to "0" & theday
end if
set datefolder to theyear & themonth & theday
set datefolder to datefolder as string
--gets the patient's name from the document (all my documents have "Re: patient's name" at the top of the page
tell application "Pages"
set newdoc to front document
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to "Re: "
set ptdoctext to text of newdoc as string
set ptname to 1st paragraph of 2nd text item of ptdoctext
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
--save the document in datefolder under ptname
set filen to ":Users:[home folder]:Documents:Dictation:" & datefolder & ":" & ptname & ".pages" as string
save newdoc in filen
end tell
If I run this script on the document, it saves as a package
If I save the document manually, it saves as a flat file (because the preference to save as a package is not checked)
It's not a big deal to save as a package, just takes up more disk space.
Please try running the script on your system with Enregistrer les nouveax documents comme pacquets not checked. I bet it still saves as a package.
Merci

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