Filename.pages can't be opened

I have created a file 6 months ago with Pages 4.3, written in that file, converted it when I have updated Pages to 5.1, written in that file and today I have suddenly got the error "filename.pages can't be opened".
What should I do? How can I open my document?

What version of Pages was the thesis created in?
Do you have more than one version of Pages on your Mac?
Use Spotlight to search for "Pages" to find out.
Peter

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Probably you have 2 versions of Pages on your Mac.
Pages 5 is in your Applications folder.
Pages '09/'08 is in your Applications/iWork folder.
You are alternately opening the wrong versions.
Pages '09/'08 can not open Pages 5 files and you will get the warning that you need a newer version.
Older versions of Pages 5 can not open Pages 5.2 files and you will get the warning that you need a newer version.
Pages 5 can open Pages '09 files but may damage/alter them. It can not open Pages '08 files at all.
Once opened and saved in Pages 5 the Pages '09 files can not be opened in Pages '09.
Once opened and saved in Pages 5.2 files can not be opened in Pages 5.
Anything that is saved to iCloud and opened by newer Pages versions anywhere, is also converted to Pages 5 files.
All Pages files no matter what version and incompatibility have the same extension .pages.
Pages 5 files are now only compatible with themselves on a very restricted set of hardware, software and Operating Systems and will not transfer correctly on any other server software than iCloud.
Apple has removed over 95 features from Pages 5 and added many bugs:
http://www.freeforum101.com/iworktipsntrick/viewforum.php?f=22&sid=3527487677f0c 6fa05b6297cd00f8eb9&mforum=iworktipsntrick
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Back up all data, then take each of the following steps that you haven't already taken. Stop when the problem is resolved.
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From the menu bar, select
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Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
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Launch the Keychain Access application in any of the following ways:
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The application "Pages" can't be opened

I click on the Pages application and it will not open.

Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.
The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
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from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar at the top of the screen.
Click the Clear Display icon in the toolbar. Then try to launch Pages. Select any messages that appear in the Console window. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
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the message is: " the file name.pages" can't be opened. i upgraded all versions and deleted the old ones but nothing happened. I also tried to use different online website to convert the file to any other format but all trials failed. Please help!
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Matthew
I do not know if you have come across warnings against using Pages 5 for any valuable work.
I have posted them almost incessantly, but you are only one of a series of users with unopenable files.
There are obvious warning signs against the new file format. It is incredibly complex and undocumented, proprietary and constantly shifting. Pages 5 damages older files and has a very restricted feature set that is not constant.
The only thing that opens Pages 5.1 files (and then not always) is Pages 5.1 running on very restricted hardware and very restricted software/OS.
It is handled across multiple conversions if it passes through iCloud and iOS devices, perhaps even iWork for iCloud beta. Despite what Apple says these are not the same.
If something goes wrong in the compressed bundle, that is the Pages 5 file format, then there is no known way of parsing the contents. All you can do is right click on the file to open the package and open Document.iwa which will reveal the occassional snippet of text amidst a lot of hexadecimal code.
Pages 5 is beta in all but name.
DO NOT USE PAGES 5 FOR VITAL WORK.
In fact avoid it at all costs.
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