Pages documents will no longer open in Microsoft Word.

IWork 08 -- Microsoft Office 2004
Any ideas?
Thanks.

If I right click on the .pages file it no longer gives me an option to open with Word.
Nothing can open a .pages file except pages. To be opened with Word, Pages needs to share/export as .doc.

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Turn off auto-update here:
Menu > Apple > System Preferences > App Store
2. The Icons on your dock are Aliases not real apps
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For Pages '09 in your Applications/iWork folder
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