Problem opening documents created in Pages

i have the new pages installed on work mac mini. created a document at work. tried to open at home on macbook pro on new pages program but it won't open!!! help!!!

1. Is it possible you installed from a demo installer and your 30 day trial period is up, when it goes into Read Only mode?
2. Where and what was your purchased disk?
3. Where are you saving to?
4. Have you tried saving somewhere else eg an external hard drive and see what happens then?
5. The auto-saving issue with Pages 5.2.2 could be problems with iCloud and online access.
Peter

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