Iworks 08 - Template

I have Iworks 08 and when I am trying to type black comes out white and the other colors work except black. I have noticed this on my mac book pro but not my macbook, it does the loading template for the macbook and not the pro. I believe this is the problem, hopefully someone with a more in depth knowledge of iworks can help me.

What app are you talking about?

Is it only this document, and it does the same if you copy and paste, but if you open a new document and type something else black font works fine?

It doesn't work for any documents, I tried to copy and past, open old documents or just type. I tried this with Keynotes, Numbers and Pages and the black appears as white from what I can tell and the templates do not load.