Opening a Tab or Comma Sep Doc in Pages 9 vs. Pages 10

Question

I just had an interesting, and frustrating, experience.  Using FilemakerPro, I Exported a file, with the goal of Opening that file in Pages.  I used Filemaker to Sort a large document, numerically and alphabetically.  My goal was to Open or Import that file using Pages 10, however Pages could not Open the file.  I tried changing from Tab to Comma to Mac to MS to other Translations, none of which would open in Pages 10. 
Luckily, when I upgraded, I kept Pages 9, which I launched, and tried to open the Exported Filemaker File.  It opened perfectly.  So now I saved that file, and opened it with Pages 10.  The goal is accomplished. 
I've read numerous compliants about things that were dropped in Pages 10.  The ability to open a Tab or CVS file in Pages 10 is frustrating for those moments when you need that ability.  To have to go back, open an older version of an Application, and use it as a "Translator" doesn't seem like we've made progress with our new version.
I actually like the new version with the Format editing instead of Inspector.  It took a little getting used to, but now it's great.  There are a few things that could be done to make the Format even more friendly, as sometimes I'm searching for where to find the control for what I'm trrying to change, as it's not under the Format Tab I would expect to find that parameter, but it's still a better solution than Inspector.
Hopefully, someone at Apple monitors this Forum and will fix this aspect of the new Pages 10.  To have to open an older version to open a file is not progressing forward.  Open or Import should offer every Ext file format, to give us the flexibility we need, and not frustrate the end-user or have to use a Go Around like I just did.   Thanks and I hope this is helpful!
Signed - avid Apple devotee....  :-)

Answer 1

You're absolutely right!  I 'm referring to Pages ’09 version. 4.3, versus Pages version 5.01
I'm so used to thinking Pages '09, was updated to Pages 10, along with OSX.   Thank you for the correction!
The NEW Pages won't open the CSV or TAB files, yet the older Pages '09 will.  Once I had the file open with the older pages, I did a Select All, Copy, and Pasted into New Pages, where I am working on the document. 
That's like wanting to watch a movie we purchased on DVD, but we upgraded to Blu-Ray which can't read DVDs.  So we have to pull out our old DVD player, to play the DVD, and Copy it onto our new Blu-Ray system (if we could do that and not deal with copy right infrignement since we purchased the original movie, but that's another story all together.)  Our new Blu-Ray has all the latest bells and whistles, but no longer player our collection of movies we purchased over the years.  
Luckily, the video industry created new Blu-Ray players that will play our old DVDs.  Now we need Apple to make sure the new Pages has all the wonderful features we came to love with Pages '09, and be able to read various file formats as well.
Sorry - off my soap box as I know lots of others have voiced their frustration with the new application updates.  Offering the upgrades for free was awesome!  Just make sure we're moving forward towards incredible new goals, not backwards...