Corrupted Pages File Please Help!

Hi, saved my pages file last night in two locations. Today that files crashes Pages on either of my computers when I try to open it. Called Apple and they had me throw out the library files and run the disk utility and when those didn't work they told me I was SOL.
I have lost about 20 hours of writing work and I am desperate to at least save my text.
Does anyone have any solution that would allow me to open that file and at least pull out the text?
The computer didn't crash or anything, just situation normal until I tried to open the file again this morning.
Thank you,
Dr. Hans Conser

Hans,
Sorry to hear you're having problems. There is a way to get at the text, but it will strip every bit of formatting from it. Still, that's better than nothing. Try this:
In the Finder, control-click on the file, and select Show Package Contents from the menu. You'll see a file called index.xml.gz. Double-click on that file, and a new file will be created called index.xml. Double-click on that file, and you should see your text.
Hope this helps.
-Dennis

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