Cannot open doc perviously saved with pages v5.0. Message states need latest version which I have!

Having created a new document using latest Pages ,v 5.0 (downloaded when I upgraded from Mountain Lion to OSX Mavericks) and saved it, when I try to open it, I get a message, " You need a newer version of Pages to open this document." The strange thing is that all my other previous docs created using iWorks , Pages, version 09, open successfully when I double click on them, although they now contain the "improvements" introduced by the upgrade to latest version of Pages. Can anyone suggest why new docs cannot open when created recently with the latest version.

Pages 5.0 is indeed the latest version, but are you sure you're using Pages 5.0 to open the document?
The Pages icon should look like this:
If it doesn't, you're actually using an older version of Pages to open the document.  This is quite possible, because the Pages update didn't always place the new icon in your dock.
If the new icon is not in your dock, find it in your Applications folder and drag it there.  You can drag the old one off your dock as well.

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