How can you repair a pages document that crashes the program so it won't crash anymore

Question

I have a Pages file 09' that crashes the program. I want to keep the file because of the time spent on it and formatting it. I am using a iMac with OS 10.8. I called support and they told me there was a Pages 11 out. I could not find it in the app store. I am using Pages version 4.3. This is the latest version I can find. You know the one, the one with the broken spellcheck program. I need to find a file repair utility. I do not want to just save the text. I want to save the file. Thanks.

Answer 1

I said you were using Snow Leopard because that is what is listed at the bottom of your first post. I don't know if it's just me, but I do find it difficult to edit that information since these forums moved to the current format.
I don't rely on the spell checker, mostly because spelling has always been a forté. Pages uses the system spell checker & does pick up the typos I make, so I don't know what to say about that.
Since the file can be opened biut crashes when editing it, you might try an old trick that often worked with AppleWorks & I've known of it working with Pages, too. Save the file with a slightly different name as an iWork '08 file format & then open that copy in your current Pages. You do not need to have Pages '08 to do this. In Mountain Lion, hold down the Option/alt key while clicking on the File menu & choose Save As…, check the box next to Save a copy as: & select iWork '08 from the drop-down menu like in this screenshot. This can often correct minor corruption.