Can't open numbers files

Hello,
I've been using numbers for a week or so, and have made lots of numbers files, but today, none of them will open. I have had some problems with my Imac and have had to reload lots of stuff, and restore from back up etc, could this have cause the problem?
The numbers icon is in my dock, when I try to open the file from finder, it flashes but doesn't open. Sometimes the inspector opens, but not the document. I've also tried open recent from file within numbers and get the same problem.
Any ideas? Thanks Sally

Try to open them from an other user account.
If it behaves well we will know that the oddity is linked to your main user account.
If it's that, try to trash the preferences file :
<startupVolume>:Users:<yourAccount>:Library:Preferences:com.apple.iWork.Numbers. plist
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) mercredi 6 janvier 2010 19:40:33

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