Pages won't save a document

Pages '09 4.3.
OS 10.8.4.
Mac Desktop
I can't save a document that has already been saved once.
"The document “xxx.pages” could not be saved."
I've tried copying the original but I get the message "The document “xxx. copy” could not be saved as “xxx. copy.pages”. Invalid argument"
It saves to iCloud as a 'tef' doc, but I don't want to save to iCloud (just a 'thing')
Does this mean that iCloud MUST have a copy of any document I produce in Pages? And if so, WHY?!
And what does this mean? "The document “xxx copy” is on a volume that does not support permanent version storage."?

Are you saving to a network volume, that is not formatted MAcOS X Extended (Journaled)? See:
OS X Server: "The document 'file name' is on a volume that does not support permanent version storage" alert
Try "File > Move to" instead of save and move the document to your system drive. Then save the changes.
Does that work?

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