Can't open Numbers file on iPad

On my iPad 2, I duplicated a Numbers file and made edits. I then closed it and tried to open it minutes later. I saw the spinning "loading" icon for a split second and then nothing happens. I just remain on the list of files screen. Has anyone else come across this? It's very annoying.

I really warn to use "documents in the cloud" at all. If you like contact/mail/bookmark sync - this all works as advertised, but the iwork storage in cloud is a desaster that has deleted 100s of users work files.
Try to make backup copies locally, i.e. share with itunes to Mac/PC, and then turn icloud off for all iwork apps. It really is not worth the risk at all if our files vanish in the dust. Also Apple seems to be completely silent on this issue as well not providing help into recovering these lost files.

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