File suddenly "cannot be opened" after no changes

Hi
I made this file about two weeks ago, and when I went to go look at it today, it just said "file cannot be opened" without any other information.
I sent to a friend via Dropbox (the file had a bunch of pictures in it) after I made it and all was well,
But she just emailed saying she cannot open it because it says she dose not have the newest pages.
I thought I would just convert the file to Word and then put it through Dropbox, but when I tried to click on it that error message came up.
I am 90% I have the newest update
I can't seem to access file anywhere now. I cannot even download it again from Dropbox. I have made no adjustments since the last time I sent it.
Is there anyway I can figure out how to get that file again? It's pretty important and I have spent a lot of time on it!
I would really appreciate any help!
Thank you

I went back and re-read your original post. I want to assume that you created this document in Pages v5+, but not assuming anything, is there a chance that you could have created it in Pages ’08. That certainly would generate a terse, unable to open dialog. Since your friend could not open it in Pages ’09, I suspect that it is a v5 vintage document, possibly created with a version of Pages v5 before the v5.2 update.
I have a couple of Pages v5.2 authored documents that sit on my Desktop. They each get opened at least twice daily. Sometimes, Pages v5.2 refuses to open one or the other. It might refuse 2 -3 times, and on the next try, opens normally. Pages v5+ is not Apple's finest effort.
There are possibilities:
Try pressing the shift key as you try to open your document.
If your friend still has the document you e-mailed her, have her send it back to you. See if you can open it.
Can you open the document with Preview, or Quick Look (click to select, then space bar)?
Do you have this document on a Time Machine backup?
Otherwise, thanks to Apple's penchant for proprietary, cryptic document architecture, nothing on earth can resurrect the content.

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