Keynote 6.1 won't open file created in 6.0

I erased my hard disk, and installed the latest version of keynote (6.1). I downloaded a keynote file from dropbox that I had create with version 6.0 (or 6.01, I can't remember). When I try to open the file, it says I need the latest version of keynote. Others with similar issues had older versions of keynote still on their computers. I do not. I just erased my hard disk and installed 6.1 fresh. I've put hundreds of hours into this keynote presentation, and I'd hate to lose it.

Its become apparent that presentations created in Keynote versions 6.0 and 6.01 are causing major problems when opened in version 6.1. I would guess your files were created in these earlier versions which is why you may have this issue. As a test, right click the file, choose Open With and select Keynote 6.1. If it open correctly all is good.
If not, I would start recreating the presentations from scratch. Corrupted Keynote files stay corrupted.
One of The Golden rules is to never, absolutely never change Applications or the Operating System while you have ongoing projects still being worked on. I learned this in the 1970's with main frame computers.
My workflow is to only use 6.1 to create new presentations.
Presentations created in 5.3 are played back or edited in 5.3.
I deliberately did not use version 6.0 and 6.01 as they caused more problems than it was worth. Keynote 6.1 is now stable and usable.

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