Post Lion/Unable to open .doc or .docx files from MS Word!! Ideas??

In Snow Leopard Pages (iWork '09) version 4 worked fine opening existing .doc and .docx files. Recently installed Lion and tonight needed to open a Word document. No joy. I can open as a PREVIEW but not as an editable Pages document. As a work-around, I can copy/paste PREVIEW to a new Pages document, edit and save as Word to ship back to fellow collaborator. VERY UNFRIENDLY "feature"!!!!!

A Google search using the terms <document "could not be opened" iwork"> turns up two possible solutions:
Pages '09 refuses to create/open existing doc after Lion upgrade
Re: The document “navidad.numbers” could not be opened.
The first discussion's solution is to delete/reinstall/update iWork. The second is to edit the underlying code within the document and remove any Unicode characters.
I recommend you go with solution no. 1. Use Yvan Koenig's script to delete iWork completely (see below), then reinstall and update iWork before attempting to open a Word document. Then let us know how you went.
Go to https://public.me.com/koenigyvan
Choose For iWork > iWork '09 > uninstall iWork '09.zip
Download Uninstall iWork '09.zip, decompress it, open it in AppleScript Editor and click the Run button

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