I can't open pptx files on keynote 6.2

Hi. I am an Iwork user who got a pptx file from a windows user. The problem is that I can't open it on keynote, even when I can open it on my ios devices. I can see it in preview, but can't save it. It is strange because I had been aple to open other powerpoint's docs. before. I had tried changing the doc title, the doc .name, and if might be useful, might even try to convert it to something else. But, my question is, isn't keynote supposed to open it? Thanks.
jro

Gary: thanks for your reply. Neither one or the other. As my title states, I am using the latest version of keynote, and also, as I said, I am able to open it on my ios devices (ipad and iphone) so, that means that the file isn't corrupt.

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