Stop Numbers from Automatically Checking for Updates?

Is there a way to do this?
Every iLife app (except GarageBand) has a "Check for updates automatically" preference that can be disabled in order to prevent the "update is available" dialog box from appearing during the program's launch. However, none of the iWork apps seem to have such a preference.
Thanks in advance for any helpful suggestions!

The message "A Numbers update is available. Would you like to open Software Update?" appears when you launch an outdated version of Numbers while you're connected to the Internet.
In fact, a similar message appears for each of the iWork and iLife apps given the aforementioned circumstances. In iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, and iDVD, however, it can be permanently disabled in the app's preferences. Not so with GarageBand, Keynote, Numbers, or Pages.
While "just ignore the dialog" may be an acceptable solution for experienced users, the teachers and primary school students for whom these machines are being configured will "freak out" if they encounter anything out of the ordinary. Thus, it would be considerably better to prevent the message from occurring in the first place than to tell hundreds of novice users how to handle it.

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Thanks in advance for any helpful suggestions!

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Thanks in advance for any helpful suggestions!

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Hi,
Yeah I had figured that the updates were for the device OS.
Here's the problem. You updated software and somewhere the installation
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loaded.
Ordinarily you would go to the vendors site and download the device OS to your PC.
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I suggest you contact AT&T in the morning and have them help you with the download.
Here is the website, please double check that I didn't miss it.
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Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards, if applicable. Start up in safe mode and log in to the account with the problem. You must hold down the shift key twice: once when you turn on the computer, and again when you log in.
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