Pages document won't save or open

got a new macbook air... pages is 5.0.1
After i start a document, when i want to save it I get: The file “Untitled.pages” couldn’t be opened.
Any help out there?

Well, Did you save it as Untitled? Where did you save it? On the HD or on iCloud? Is it just this untitled document or are you having problems with more Pages documents? what else haven't ypu told us?

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