Can't open Keynote

I get the message Keynote can not be opened while it is being updated. But there's no update running. And I need to open Keynote. What do I do?

Had the same problem: Keynote just wouldn't launch.
Then I noticed that the MacAppStore was also crashing (sometimes launching, but never fully working) >> I had a hunch that this was a MacAppStore problem, messing with a Keynote update.
If you encounter the same problem, here's how I fixed it:
1/ Fix your the MacAppStore problem (you'll find several fixes on the forum)
2/ Open the MacAppStore tab, and go into the "Bought Apps" tab (don't know how that tab is named in the english version -- it's the one on the left of "Updates").
3/ You should see a progress bar for Keynote (even though there in't any Keynote update in the "Update" tab): if that's the case, let it finish and Keynote will work again.
Hope that helps!

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+I had this query in the Keynote 8 section, but was getting no replies - so I'm posting it here too.+
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"Can't open file "+File path: file name+.key"
To clarify, the text in italics above shows the actual file's file path and name.
The file will then will appear on screen, but is unresponsive to any clicks or menu commands.
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The same applies when creating a new file from Keynote: All screen menus / buttons are dead - all I can do is drag the main window around the screen.
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Can't open keynote file after upadating to 1.3.1 !!

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I thought that was new interface but suddenly it has error opening the file.
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Message was edited by: Bill Clarke

It is not a Keynote 08 problem - I removed Keynote 08 and I tried opening the file in Keynote 09 from the File->Open menu. I even tried using a hex editor to see if I could find where the corruption might be from comparing with non-corrupt files - no luck.
I had to cancel my lecture (which was the next morning) and recreate the presentation from scratch - a big pain.
I've been using Keynote 09 since my original problem (Feb 2) without a problem - until just now. Another lecture to give - this time the day after tomorrow. The presentation file will not open with the same error message. I think I may have an earlier version backed up with Time Machine in my office, I'll have to check tomorrow to see how much work I'll have to do to get the lecture redone.
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As I said, I do not have keynote. Also I did not notice these files included in the keynote 09 manifest. I believe it is part of Mac OS.

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Not having much luck and not sure which forum to post in as this could be a Mountain Lion issue, an iWork issue, but is also an iWork and/or IOS6 issue!
Until last week I had Lion on iMac and IOS5 on iPad. I was able to log on to my work network server (school network, I am a teacher) and open powerpoint, word or excel files in keynote, pages or numbers on my iPad. I then upgraded to IOS6 and now none of the files will open up on my iPad. I get the open in screen when I choose a file to open, then nothing happens.
In the meantime, I upgraded my iMac from Lion to Mountain Lion. Since I was having problems accessing my work files and viewing them on my iPad, I decided to buy Keynote on my iMac in the hope that I could get on with some work on iMac rather than iPad. I logged on to my school server and tried to open a powerpoint file and for some reason it downloads it as a pptx.exe and if I try to open it I get an error message saying "You can't open the application xxx.pptx.exe because Microsoft Windows applications are not supported on OSX". It shouldn't be a .exe file it should just be a powerpoint file! When I open Keynote and look for available files on my iMac, the file I just downloaded is greyed out.
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Now having forked out for Keynote on my iMac, I have the same problem.
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Thanks for the response but I think you've misunderstood the problem. I can not open any type of PowerPoint file off my server in keynote. This includes .ppt and .pptx files. (Also includes .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx in pages and numbers).
Even if what you said worked it would take forever to go through every file and save them all as ppt 2007. Plus of course, I don't know what files I will need when. There are hundreds of resources I need to access when I'm at home. I need the flexibility to view the files when i need to and on the go. Normally I can download them off my school network on to my iPad in keynote and edit them then I email them back to myself ready to use the next day or to save back to my network. Currently I can not download any Microsoft office file. So I am now forced to have to lug my laptop home everyday, rendering my iPad and iMac useless. I can't pre-empt what I'll need and save it as .ppt as that is completely inflexible and that won't open anyways as this is not an issue with the version of PowerPoint file. This is an issue with how all Microsoft files are downloading from my school network to my iPad and iMac. I want Apple to allow this to work like it used to before the upgrades in operating systems. I wish I hadn't upgraded as it worked perfectly. :(

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