File can't be opened in pages... How do I download from icloud or access it?

Dear Apple forum users and Apple,
I'm writing you about a fairly serious problem. I have an iPad that I use Pages on it to write notes for my research and my PhD dissertation when I study in a cafe. I found today that one document that I finished up last night is not opening, stating that it cannot be opened. I've had trouble with Pages before, especially with iCloud but this time it is much more serious.
iWork doesn't exist now, so it seems impossible to download the file itself and try to salvage it. There seems to be no real way to access it. I'm extremely frustrated and disappointed that Pages is so highly unstable when it comes to such important material. I make back ups, but I can only do it so frequently.
Please, this is an extremely important document and I need to know what my options are. I have a PC at home and I am considering trying to break into the files of the iPad but there has to be another way.
(I'm in Japan, and no where near an Apple store, and don't feel I should even have to, so I need a way to access my file to salvage what I can.)
-BB

If you have access to a computer - and if you have been using iCloud - log into your iCloud.com account on a computer and access your Pages documents that way.
After you sign in to your account, click on the iWorks tab in the browser window, then click on Pages in the next window. All of your Page files should be in there.
You can also try quitting/closing Pages and restart the iPad and see if you can access the files.
Go to the home screen first by tapping the home button. Double tap the home button and the recents tray will appear with all of your recent apps displayed at the bottom. Tap and hold down on any app icon until it begins to wiggle. Tap the minus sign in the upper left corner of the app that you want to close. Tap the home button or anywhere above the task bar.
Restart the iPad by holding down on the sleep button until the red slider appears and then slide to shut off. To power up hold the sleep button until the Apple logo appears and let go of the button.

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