Setting default version for iWork files

I installed the trial version of iWork '09 and decided not to purchase it. I deleted these applications, but when I reset the default version of Numbers to Numbers '08 (v.1.0.3) rather than Numbers '09 (v.2.0) using the "Open with:" then "Change all..." feature in Get Info, it opens correctly only once, and I have to reset it every time. I have the same problem with Pages and Keynote. Any ideas how to solve this problem?

Thanks for the response, but this has nothing to do with how files were saved. It has to do with setting the default application used to open any word processing or spreadsheet or presentation file.
In the meantime, I've solved my own problem. I discovered a little application called AppDelete, and after I used this application to delete all of the iWork '09 applications, the defaults were re-set to iWork '08 applications.

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