Can't Save Pages Document - says it is locked

I have been using Pages for a couple of years with no major issues. Then recently (I am guessing as a result of upgrading my operating system), every time I work on a document, it won't autosave. A message comes up saying that the document cannot be saved, that I don't have permission. Then when I try click and manually save, it says that I don't have permission, that the document has been locked. When I go to the file and get info, it doesn't show as locked. As a result I keep having to duplicate the file any time I am editing it or else it won't save. I have done every update I can find and am using OS X version 10.9.2. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

You have 2 versions of Pages on your Mac.
Pages 5.2 is in your Applications folder.
Pages '09/'08 is in your Applications/iWork folder.
You are alternately opening the wrong versions.
Pages '09/'08 can not open Pages 5 files and you will get the warning that you need a newer version.
Pages 5.2 can open Pages '09 files but may damage/alter them. It can not open Pages '08 files at all.
Older versions of Pages 5 can not open files from later versions of Pages 5.
Once opened and saved in Pages 5 the Pages '09 files can not be opened in Pages '09.
Anything that is saved to iCloud and opened in a newer version of Pages is also converted to Pages 5 files.
All Pages files no matter what version and incompatibility have the same extension .pages.
Pages 5 files are now only compatible with themselves on a very restricted set of hardware, software and Operating Systems and will not transfer correctly on any other server software than iCloud.
Apple has removed almost 100 features from Pages 5 and added many bugs:
http://www.freeforum101.com/iworktipsntrick/viewforum.php?f=22&sid=3527487677f0c 6fa05b6297cd00f8eb9&mforum=iworktipsntrick
Peter

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i just had my old operating system reinstalled after a breakdown, and now i can't save pages documents. i don't know how to install word.

What was your old system?
What is your new System?
What version of Pages?
How did you install it?
I don't know if you can see what's on my screen, but I definitely can't see what's on yours.
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Probably not, but as you will have been unable to make any changes to the document with that warning window open, you're not going to lose anything by quitting (or force quitting) without saving. You'll still have the original document you were trying to import.
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However, unfortunatly I cannot use the previous version Pages on iOS (iPhone and iPad). When the new Pages app on iOS 7 opens a document created in Pages '09 it updates it to Pages 5 - without even asking!
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Hit File > Export... and choose Word Document.
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It's very unlikely that the Pages program is corrupt. Corruption of the Pages preferences would be much more common & does not require reinstalling the program to fix. Go to HD > Users > (your account) > Library > Preferences, delete the com.apple.iwork.pages.plist, empty the Trash & then restart Pages.

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You are alternately opening the wrong versions.
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