File opens only in Pages

I create a document in Pages 08 and save it to the desktop. When I click on the desktop
icon later, a message pops up telling me it cannot be opened. So I have to go into Pages,
and open it using Recent Items. Obviously, this is a big problem. What am I doing
wrong that is making the icons not open? I also have Pages 06...the problem does not
occur there. Please help. Thank you.
- Robert

I think Jerrold is right in that your Mac is trying to use Pages 2/iWork '06 to open Pages 3/iWork '08 files. But there is no reason you can't have both versions on your Mac. I do & don't have a problem. I think you can overcome this problem by using Get Info to "tell" OS X which application/version to use.
Highlight a Pages document in the Finder, highlight it & choose Get Info from the File menu. In the Get Info box, click the triangle next to "Open With." Click on this drop-down menu & choose Pages. To make sure you're choosing Pages 3, choose "Other" & navigate to the iWork '08 folder in Applications, then to the Pages application. Now click the "Change" button under the text that asks if you want to open all documents like this with Pages.

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