Numbers -installed new version, now can't open files saved in new version - ???

I said yes to upgrading a file to newer version, and now it says I need newer version to open that file. When I go to apps, it says the new version has already been installed. Any suggestions?

Hi cretzlaff,
If you check About Numbers (first items in the Numbers menu) when it fails to open a documents, I suspect you will find that it is Numbers 2.3 that is attempting to open the file.
The instaler for the new version creates a new folder, names it iWork 09, places it in the Applications folder, and moves the existing iWork '09 applications into that folder. It does NOT delete them from your machine (and you should consider carefully before taking that step yourself).
The new versions are then installed directly into the Applications Folder.
Suggested actions:
In Finder, open the Applications folder, locate Numbers.
Select the icon for Numbers and drag it to the Dock to install an alias to the new version there.
Note the differences between the icons for Numbers '09 and the new Numbers (one more bar, and different colours).
(Repeat with Pages and Keynote, it you have also installed the new versions of those.)
The new version of Numbers has several significant improvements, particularly in regard to compatibility with Numbers for iOS and Numbers for iCloud, but it has also lost several useful features that were present in the earlier version.
You may want to keep both available, at least for now, and use whichever version has the features you need for a particular job.
You can specify which version is to open a document by:
right-clicking on its icon then choosing Open with > and the application you want to use
dragging the document's icon to the Docked icon of the Numbers version you want to use and dropping it there.
launching the application version and opening the document from the File > Open menu path
Note that once opened by and saved from Numbers 3, a document cannot be opened by Numbers '09 unless it is exported from Numbers 3 in Numbers '09 format.
Regards,
Barry

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