All old pages documents are blank

Did the update to Pages 4.0.3. iWork '09. Running 10.5.8. MDD Dual 1.44
Now all old Pages documents are blank.
Suggestions?
Thanks,
Rich

Kensey,
Have you recently begun using Lion? Has it been more than 2 weeks since you last opened those documents?
Did you notice a button marked "Unlock" in that dialog that informed you that the document was locked?
Jerry

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