Can't read document in pages

My documents in Pages are invisible, or perhaps just turned into negatives, because I can see an negative-type image of a photo I embedded in a resume document but can not see any text. How can I see the old document? I recently installed Snow Leopard on my 3-year-old MacBook and this is the first time since that installation that I have tried opening my Pages files.

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Since you're using Pages 3, the correct place to post would be the Pages ‘08 forum.
That being said, I think the solution is the one I & others have written several times in the Pages '08 & '09 forums.
First, use the Mac OS 10.6.3 combo updater. This fixes a problem with the Hoefler Text font that is not fixed using the delta update (10.6.1 > 10.6.2).
Second, make sure your iWork applications are updated. For iWork '08 that is Pages 3.0.3 & Numbers 1.0.3. For iWork '09 it's Pages 4.0.3 & Numbers 2.0.3. If you're not running the latest versions & Software Update says your software is up to date, make sure the applications are where the installer initially put them. The updaters are very picky. If the location is not where the updater is programmed to look or if the folder doesn't have the name the updater looks for, it will not work. The applications cannot be renamed or moved. They must be in the iWork '08 or iWork '09 folder in Applications. That iWork folder must be named iWork '08 or iWork '09. If it doesn't have the '08 or '09 Software Update won't find them & the updaters won't work.

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