Keynote won't open some Office Open XML / .pptx files

I'm a developer trying to generate .pptx documents (i.e. Office 2007, Office Open XML) and would like to open them in Keynote. I already can successfully generate .pptx files which PowerPoint opens fine, but those same documents don't open in Keynote. I get the following errors in Console.app:
3/3/08 6:39:24 AM Keynote[68427] Couldn't generate XML from /Users/tlrobinson/Downloads/1204554878463.pptx
3/3/08 6:39:24 AM Keynote[68427] errors (1):
3/3/08 6:39:24 AM Keynote[68427] (0) The document is not in PowerPoint format.
Has anyone been able to generate .pptxs that Keynote will open?

Welcome to the discussions, tlrobinson.
To my knowledge, Apple only supports opening of .ppt documents, hence the error message you're getting.

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