Pages '09 won't open Word documents since installing Lion

Since installing Lion I can no longer open Word documents. I get the following window
My intel iMac is just a year old and all software is current, both Lion and Pages.  If I transfer the word documents to my 4 year old Macbook running the same Pages and Snow Leopard the files open as they should.  Can anyone suggest a solution.  I would be very grateful.  Thanks.

That's what I have done, but then I am a long term Apple user and wised up years ago.
Rodney Boyce wrote:
"You can't open the application Microsoft Word because Power PC applications are no longer supported."
That does sound like you are simply double clicking on the exported .doc file which will open Word.
Try dragging it onto Pages or right mouse clicking > Open with…
I installed Lion on an external Hard Drive so I could still get my work done in Snow Leopard.
Peter

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