Up date for Numbers

When I bought my mac,2 and a half year ago, it was equipped with numbers '09. I have always made my up dates regularly. Today, my computer refuses to open my documents unless I up date my Computer. If I want to update it, it will again cost me another 17.99 €
Now come ???? W>hen I surf the Appstore, they tell me the application is installed on my mac ?????
Please help me out!
Chris

Hi Chris,
It seems that App Store has automatically given you Numbers 3.1 (even if you did not ask!)
Numbers 3.1 lives in your Applications folder. It did not replace the old version of Numbers (which has been moved to a sub-folder called iWork '09 within your Applications folder). It did not replace the Numbers icon on your Dock which continues to point to Numbers '09 (Numbers 2.3). That icon is launching Numbers 2.3 and is trying to open a Numbers 3.1 document, hence the message that you need a newer version.
Here is my Dock with icons (Aliases) for both versions of Numbers.
Numbers 2.3 on the left (three column graph).
Numbers 3.1 on the right (four column graph).
Open your Applications folder (not the sub folder iWork '09) and drag the Numbers icon to your Dock. Right click on it and Options > Keep in Dock. Now you can choose which to run. Use Menu > File > Open.
A quirk that I only recently discovered is that if Numbers 2.3 is the only version running, it dominates and tries to open any Numbers document when you double click on a doc in Finder. Handy if you are working on Numbers 2.3 docs! If no Numbers version is running (or if both versions are open) Numbers 3.1 is dominant.
Numbers 3.1 gives a warning if you open a Numbers 2.3 Document and start to edit.
You can stop App Store automatically downloading updates in System Preferences > App Store
Those are my settings. I get a daily nagging reminder, but I can tell it to 'Remind me tomorrow' and get on with my work. When I choose to do so, I can go to App Store to see what updates I really need. Security updates are well worth downloading.
Regards,
Ian.

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