Pages quits when opening large file

Question

I spent the day creating (and saving) a large document in Pages... about 105 pages, each with up to six images. It's 732MB in size... and when I try to open it, Pages quits after several minutes of trying to open the file and the error I get is "Insufficient memory to allocate pixel data buffer". My machine has 8GB RAM, and no other apps (except the Finder) are running... Scratch disk was purged, caches were cleared, preferences trashed and I still get "Insufficient memory to allocate pixel data buffer" error.

Answer 1

@ Peter:
From the initial post:
" It's 732MB in size..."
@ MacinTek:
"I think Apple needs to rethink Pages if they ever hope to compete with professional page layout apps."
Apples "professional" applications used to come in at a price point in the $300 range. Some have come down recently, but not to the 'consumer'  product level occupied by Pages. With Pages selling at $20, I highly doubt Apple is aiming for the "professional" market with this product.
Regards,
Barry