How can I open a document in yosemite pages without going to yosemite

I have been sent a pages document that will not open.  (I have pages 5.2)
I get an error message that says that I must upgrade to Yosemite and use new pages.
Does anyone have a work round?  (I do not wish to upgrade - I have heard too many bad things about Yosemite on older computers)
While I realise that apple has never been good at backward compatibility, for as basic a product as a word processor, this is vital.
At least Microsoft provided a conversion utility that allowed old versions of word to read docx files.
Charley

The default file format on Yosemite with Pages v5.5.2 is single file format. Pages v5.2.2 on Mavericks can only read package file format.
Tell the person that sent you the document to open that document in Pages v5.5.2, and then in the File menu:
Advanced ▸ Change File Type ▸ Package
Follow this document conversion with a File ▸ Save. That is important. Then they can send the document to you and Pages v5.2.2 can open it.

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