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Up until today I had no trouble opening Pages documents submitted to Blackboard, the college academic suite. I could open them, and return them with annotations for correction. But this semester one student with Pages '08 had difficulty, because being unaware of the student's version of Pages, I would return the annotated document saved as Pages '09, and the student was unable to open it. In Pages '09 there is no notification that a Pages '08 document is being opened.
Now the student submits Pages '08 documents in a way that I cannot open them at all. If I attempt to open the student document with Pages '08, this message appears:
+You need a newer version of Pages to open this document.+
I tried opening the same student document with Pages '09 and this message appears:
+The document "---- .pages" could not be read. The document does not have a valid format.+
Opening the student document's Information window, Pages '09 (version 4.0.3) is the default application. Under "more info" the "where from" details are as follows:
http://bb.grcc.edu:80/courses/1/SP101.4784.F09/attempt/29502701/s/(student name).pages?bsession=11755035&bsessionstr=session_id=11755035,user_id_pk1=37601,user_id_sos_id_pk2=1,one_timetoken=, https://bb.grcc.edu/webapps/blackboard/assignments/instructor/gradeassignment.jsp?course_id=_92633_1&outcomeDefinitionId=_312408_1&courseMembership Id=_23108551_1&cancelGradeUrl=%2fwebapps%2fgradebook%2fdo%2finstructor%2fviewGra deDetails&source=cp_gradebook2_view_grade_details&attempt_id=_29502701
Does anyone have an idea what I need to do?

I notice you say you have something on iOS 7.1 which does not work with Pages '08.
Peter
As I recall, the dropdown menu had no option for os 10.6.8. The sending computer works on os 10.7.5 and the receiving computer operates on 10.6.8. Both iMacs. The Pages app was downloaded from the same CD some time ago. The CD purchase was for three computers and has worked well until recently. No recent upgrades. Are the OSystems above compatible? Frank

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