Opening docx with pages

I have many docx documents attached to e-mails, how do I open them and read them?
I boght pages for this purpose, and it doesn't work.

Hi SC,
You've posted in the community for Pages for Macintosh. Since your profile lists only iOS v6, my assumption is that your question concerns Pages for iOS, the version that runs on the iPhone and iPad.
If you are asking about the Mac version you may find some useful information here: Opening Docx files in Pages 09?
Assuming you ae using and asking about the iOS verion, I've requested this question be transferred to the iWork for iOS community.
Regards,
Barry

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