Pages quits when opening an old file

I just purchased a new Mac Pro and transferred all of my old files from my MacG5. I purchased a new copy of iWorks 06 (Universal). When I opened an old file from Pages (PPC), Pages (Universal) would quit on me. I tried to open an old Keynote file, and Keynote (Universal) would also quit on me. Basically, I am unable to open any of my old Pages or Keynote files that were created with my older Mac G5. Any ideas what's going on here?
Thanks,
Mac Pro   Mac OS X (10.4.9)   PPC files will not open in Universal

I'd suggest first going into the /Library/Preferences folder (the one at the root of your hard drive) and deleting any preference files associated with iWork -- these will be of the form "com.apple.iWork/iWork06/Pages/Keynote.plist". Once this is done, I would re-install iWork '06, and see if the problems is solved.

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