PAGES CRASHES ON OPENING DOCUMENT IMPORTED FROM WORD - HOW TO RECOVER DOC?

I have a new iMac with Pages, updated. Opened a word file, edited extensively and saved in documents.
Upon trying to reopen the file, saved as a pages file, it immediately crashes the program.
Any ideas on how I can recover (reopen) this file and extract the contents? Text editor doesn't handle pages files.
Would appreciate any suggestions.

Hmmm. all caps and no responses. I wonder why.
Each Pages (and Keynote) file is a special folder called a package.
To see inside the package (hmmm... ladies, don't take that the wrong way) you must choose "show package contents" and a new finder window will appear. Surf to the document and control-click on it to get the contextual menu with that selection.
Inside the package you will find a copy of all graphics and sounds and movies you placed in the document or presentation. Inside will also be a compressed file named 'index.xml.gz' This is a file with all the text in it. However, it also contains xml code. Strip out the stuff you need and paste it in a textedit file (unless you use a different program, say Macjournal or what have you)
Now. That explains where your text lies, and how to get it back. An alternative might be to troubleshoot and see if it is the Pages program itself causing the problem. Can you open any other Pages files? If yes, then it is the file you had been working on. Did you add any images or movies? If yes, then create a copy of the document, surf back into the package and start removing images/movies/etc and see if taking one out lets it open. If it does, then that one image is the problem.
If it was just text, then I haven't the foggiest idea what may have caused it.

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