Keynote compatibility concerns

In light of the updated iWork apps for MacOS X, iOS and iCloud, I have a few questions to ask:
I have some questions about iWork for MacOS, iCloud and iOS: I currently own an iMac (late-2012 slimline model, running MacOS 10.8 and iWork 2009). I am considering buying a refurb iPod Touch or iPad Mini from Apple-direct. I have never owned/used an iOS device before.
If I create business or personal presentations in Keynote 5.3 on my iMac, will I be able to store these documents on iCloud for easy access while I'm on the road? And will iWork for iCloud and iOS be able to open them and handle them without any compatibility issues? What if I'm travelling light and I want to playback one of these iWork documents on someone else's device? Would they work?
I have some questions about iWork for MacOS, iCloud and iOS: I currently own an iMac (late-2012 slimline model, running MacOS 10.8 and iWork 2009). I am considering buying a refurb iPod Touch or iPad Mini from Apple-direct. I have never owned/used an iOS device before.
If I create business or personal presentations in Keynote 5.3 on my iMac, will I be able to store these documents on iCloud for easy access while I'm on the road? And will iWork for iCloud and iOS be able to open them and handle them without any compatibility issues? What if I'm travelling light and I want to playback one of these iWork documents on someone else's device? Would they work?
I currently own an iMac (late-2012 slimline model, running MacOS 10.8 and iWork 2009). I am considering buying a refurb iPod Touch or iPad Mini from Apple-direct. I have never owned/used an iOS device before.
If I create business or personal presentations in Keynote 5.3 (2009) on my iMac, will I be able to store these documents on iCloud for easy access while I'm on the road? And will iWork for iCloud and iOS be able to open them and handle them without any compatibility issues? What if I'm travelling light and I want to playback one of these iWork documents on someone else's device? Would they work?

In a perfect universe all these facilities would work. In practice they are unreliable, from practical experience, completely relying on other systems out with your control is a disaster waiting to happen.
Always play safe, keep the file on your Mac, playback on your Mac and have at least one backup of all your files available.

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