Cant open old page doc. on my MacBook Pro

I work from my back-up (iMac 20) and will open page documents, the pop-up says to save this document first in page 09.
Only how to do? Im working on my MacPro Book with  OS X Yosemite version: 10.10.1 and use the new page program from the Apple Store.
On this moment I can't use the iMac 20 because it's by the apple store to repair.
Thanks Rob

So you are trying to open Pages '08 documents with Pages 5.5.2?
Pages 5 won't open Pages '08 files, so you have to export them from Pages '08 to Word .doc/x that it can open.
Or simply use Pages '08 on your new Mac.
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