Strange white, grey dots after editing time and date

Hi, I have a strange problem with iWork Pages (and Numbers as well). When I use the "edit date & time" option or double click on the selected date in my file... Well, each time I use it, one white dot appears on my screen. The dot is more like a very small white square with grey stroke. After using "edit date & time" there many of these squares. Only thing I can do to make them dissappear is to quit Pages (or Numbers) whit Cmd+Q and start it again. The screen is clear then until I use the time editing button again.
Does anyone have a clue what's happening?
I use a 13" MacBook Pro 2010 whit Mountain Lion.
I didn't such problems some time ago. I dont' think it is because of Mountain Lion, I think that it started some time ago on Snow Leopard after one of the iWork updates, but I'm not sure.
P.s. I'm attaching a screenshot of this issue. What on earth are those grey dots above the date???

Sadly, it didn't help. I've reinstalled iWork from my DVD. Twice.
First time with your script, reinstalled, updated from App Store. Same ugly dots again.
Second time I've removed manually iWork09 folder in the apps directory, then deleted Library->Application Support->iWork '09 and User->Library->Application Support->iWork '09 as well.
What I also did this time was to skip update process and check if the DVD version works fine, but... it doesn't.
Maybe it is something wrong with Mountain Lion? What could those dots be anyway?

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