Keynote 6.5 Couldn't auto-save document

Hi all,
I just pasted and copied pages of tables to keynote, it couldn't auto-save document. How do fix it ??
OS X Yosemite 10.10.1 , Keynote 6.5(2110)

I have the same problem just now. I've been working on a keynote for days, been saving it regularly and as of 10 mins ago it refuses to save all of the sudden. What the...
I've tried to move the document to another folder and then save (doesn't allow)
I've tried to duplicate the document and then save (doesn't allow)
I've tried to rename and then save (doesn't allow)
What did work?
Create a new keynote file
copy paste slides to new file
save it

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