Pages nor keynote will open on ipad2

last night both pages and keynotes were working however toady is not the same
when i go to open the apps there is just a blink and then back to the normal home screen
so ive tried to connect it up to my computer
which told me
the 2 apps cant transfer to my itunes libruay as im not authorised to on my computer
i needed to authorise the ipad to my computer
which i thought i have already done as ive had this ipad for a month now.
anyways even if i do it doesnt change any thing.
HELP
i dont want to restore the ipad im scared i will lose all my work. As it says it will

Try a reset. Press & hold the Power and Home buttons together for 10+ seconds, ignoring the red power-off slider, until you see the Apple logo. This will not harm any content on the iPad. This is like rebooting your computer.

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