Pages file can't be opened

Hi, I was working on a pages file, then a message appeared, once i selected the "Revert" option, the file has been closed and i can't re-open it again.
the message is: " the file name.pages" can't be opened. i upgraded all versions and deleted the old ones but nothing happened. I also tried to use different online website to convert the file to any other format but all trials failed. Please help!
BR
Ahmed

Matthew
I do not know if you have come across warnings against using Pages 5 for any valuable work.
I have posted them almost incessantly, but you are only one of a series of users with unopenable files.
There are obvious warning signs against the new file format. It is incredibly complex and undocumented, proprietary and constantly shifting. Pages 5 damages older files and has a very restricted feature set that is not constant.
The only thing that opens Pages 5.1 files (and then not always) is Pages 5.1 running on very restricted hardware and very restricted software/OS.
It is handled across multiple conversions if it passes through iCloud and iOS devices, perhaps even iWork for iCloud beta. Despite what Apple says these are not the same.
If something goes wrong in the compressed bundle, that is the Pages 5 file format, then there is no known way of parsing the contents. All you can do is right click on the file to open the package and open Document.iwa which will reveal the occassional snippet of text amidst a lot of hexadecimal code.
Pages 5 is beta in all but name.
DO NOT USE PAGES 5 FOR VITAL WORK.
In fact avoid it at all costs.
Peter

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