IOS Pages 2.2.2 sent a .pages document to iMac 10.6.8 page '09. Required index.xml file is missing. Is it doable?

Saving iOS Pages 2.2.2 document to .doc and emailing produces a .docx document on iMac 10.6.8, which DOES open in Pages '09.

This kind of problem strikes from time to time with every versions of iWork applications and every versions of the Operating system.
As you are running Lion, go to :
Versions as a recovery tool
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3303794
In this thread I described a workflow allowing us to extract the stored versions.
The scripts are available, ready for use in my public BOX (address below)
Navigate to
public_YK > about_OSX
and download the archive
Versions as Recovery Tool.zip
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) lundi 27 février 2012
iMac 21”5, i7, 2.8 GHz, 12 Gbytes, 1 Tbytes, mac OS X 10.6.8 and 10.7.3
My Box account is : http://www.box.com/s/00qnssoyeq2xvc22ra4k

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I am trying to open a document I saved on a previous version of Pages, but ever since I updated, I get a message: "couldn't be opened: the required index.xml file is missing". Can anyone help me here?

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I have Pages '09 4.1 Not sure when that was put on or updated.
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Teacher72

http://www.freeforum101.com/iworktipsntrick/viewtopic.php?t=308&mforum=iworktips ntrick
Are you sure you haven't upgraded Pages on your Mac to Pages 5?
Check your Applications folder and the Applications/iWork folder. You may have 2 versions on your Mac.
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HT202879 How do I fix "the required index.xml file is missing?" when opening Pages documents?

I can't open any documents from my son's iPad. Error message: the required index.xml file is missing. How do I fix this error so that I can open his Pages documents? Before I ran the latest update as prompted when I opened Pages, I WAS able to open and view the document.
I did try restoring Pages using my Time Machine, but it still won't open the Pages document.
I have a brand new iMac that I just set up last week.
Son uses iPad at school, so we update when the school asks him to update. Will doublecheck his version of Pages but it should be pretty recent.
In general I don't like using Pages because it lacks a lot of the backwards / forwards compatibilty of Microsoft Word.
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Most of the time I have to export his files as WORD files because we never seem to have compatible versions of Pages between the iPad and the desktop iMacs.
Where can I recommend that Apple improve its compatibility issues with Pages?
This week I am going to receive a new iPad at my school (I am a teacher) but I am 100% certain that it will not be compatible with the older version of Pages on my classroom iMac. I also avoid using Keynote for the same reason. I have 15 year old Power Points that I can still open, but I am hesitant to switch over to Keynote because I want to be able to open my files any time, any where.
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Pages Error "The required index.xml file is missing."

When I try to open an existing Pages File by double clicking on the name in Finder (default application is Pages), I get the error message "The required index.xml file is missing."
If I select the pages file, then use Open With / Pages App (default), the file opens fine with no errors.
Is there some reason this is happening and is there a fix available. This error started after I upgraded to Mavericks, then upgraded to the latest version of Pages (5.1).

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.
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Pages 5.01 can not open Pages 5.1 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 5.1 files can not be opened in Pages 5.
Anything that is saved to iCloud 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
Archive/trash Pages 5, after exporting all Pages 5 files to Pages '09 or Word .docx, and rate/review it in the App Store, then get back to work.
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I have “hundreds” of pages documents that were created with pre Pages 09 that will not open now that I have upgraded to Pages 09. In every case I get the error “The required index.xml file is missing“.
I need a way to fix this or it will cost me many dollars since these files constitute legal backup for earlier federal jobs.
Anyone out there that can help rather than telling me to open (which I can’t) and save in Pages 08 format!

If a Pages '08 document doesn't open in Pages '09, the problem is not Pages '09, it's that the document is corrupted.
I will be disconnected for a few days but if you may wait until tuesday 26th,
on this day, send me a sample file.
I will try to understand what is wrong with it.
Click my blue name to get my mail address.
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE mercredi 20 mai 2009 21:33:43)

When I try to open a file I created in Pages, I get this: "The required index.xml file is missing." This has happened many times and I have forgotten how I've worked around it.

When I try to open a file I created in Pages, I get this: "The required index.xml file is missing."
This has happened many times and I have forgotten how I've worked around it.

That is wrong advice and you appear to have repeated it all over the forum.
All Pages files no matter what version have the same file extension, .pages, despite being radically different formats and that is the problem. The System does not distinguish between them when you double click on the file, it opens the first version of Pages it encounters.
You need to right click on the file and choose the correct App version for the file. Unfortunately there are no clues to tell you which is which.
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Hi Peter,
Could I get the Pages 2009 version as well?
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I upgraded to Mavericks a few days ago, and am using the same Pages '09 (4.0.3) I was using with Snow Leopard. I wrote a text document in Pages after I did the Mavericks upgrade, and now it won't open—I get the "required index.xml file is missing" message instead. I tried a workaround suggested in this forum of changing the ".pages" suffix to ".zip," then changing it back to ".pages," but that did no good. However, text documents saved before the upgrade to Mavericks seem to open OK.
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You have 2 versions of Pages on your Mac.
Pages 5.2 is in your Applications folder.
Pages '09/'08 is in your Applications/iWork folder.
You are alternately opening the wrong versions.
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Pages 5.2 can open Pages '09 files but may damage/alter them. It can not open Pages '08 files at all.
Older versions of Pages 5 can not open files from later versions of Pages 5.
Once opened and saved in Pages 5 the Pages '09 files can not be opened in Pages '09.
Anything that is saved to iCloud and opened in a newer version of Pages is also converted to Pages 5 files.
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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 almost 100 features from Pages 5 and added many bugs:
http://www.freeforum101.com/iworktipsntrick/viewforum.php?f=22&sid=3527487677f0c 6fa05b6297cd00f8eb9&mforum=iworktipsntrick
Peter

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Pages '08/'09 is in your Applications/iWork folder.
Pages'08/'09 can not open Pages 5.5.1 files and Pages 5.5.1 alters Pages '09 files.
Right click open to chose the correct version of Pages for your files.
Pages 5.5.1 is a supposed "upgrade" but has over 100 features missing. I am surprised you didn't notice the huge difference in the User Interface as well.
If you are unhappy about all this mess, say so by rating/reviewing Pages 5.5.1 in the App Store.
Peter

Since switching to the new pages, my old documents will not open, saying the index.xml file is missing

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Thank you!

Reopen these documents with the correct version (5) of Pages. Only Pages '09 documents contain an index.xml, and when you try to open a Pages v5 document in Pages '09, you get that dialog box.

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Options posted here: The required index.xml file is missing.
William Farrar posted:
Try this. It worked for me:
1. Single click on the document. This will "highlight" the document icon, but not invoke the error message.
2. Click on "File" in the menu.
3. Scroll down to "Open With".
4. One of my choices in the "Open With" selection is Pages (default) (5.0.1)
5. Click on that choice and the document should open.
In my "Open WIth" selection there is also a Pages (4.0.4), but that didn't work for me.
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fruhulda posted:
Try this:
1. Make a duplicate of the file (cmd D), just to be safe
2. Select .pages on the copy and change to .zip
3. When the System asks if you really want to do this, click Use .zip
4. Double click the new .zip file
5. It will now appear as a folder with no extension
6. Append .pages to the end of the folder name
7. Again click on Use .pages
8. Double click on this file to open it in Pages.
What you have done is extracted all the Pages resources from the .pages "package" and reconstructed it.
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Hi tomedo,
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