Keynote 3.0.1 Corruption  of saved file

When preparing a presentation, I repeatedly saved it. There was the working file and the backup. Unfortunately, on the last save, something went wrong. The first time I tried to reopen it, the icon shown was a blank document (for backup also), referred to in Preview as "Kind: 'Package'".
Warning message, 'There is no default application specified to open etc."
Why did this happen? Can it be avoided?
Is there some way the presentation can be retrieved?

This is what's on the Software Update info window for
the update. It is not on the webpage (at least not
yet):
This update to Keynote 3.0 addresses issues with
three-dimensional charts and textures. It also
addresses a number of other minor issues. This update
should be installed on all computers that share your
Keynote 3.0 files, so that textures display
properly.
Excellent! Does this mean that 3.0.1 allows us to change 3D textures?
Has anyone tried the update, and does it work okay?

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