Viewing .doc/.docx files on new iMac

Hello folks,
I have a new iMac running 10.9.4. I don't seem to be able to open .doc or .docx files in either the new Pages (5.2) or Pages '09, which I've installed. Pages '09 can view both file types quite happily on my old iMac (10.7.5) so I'm a bit mystified.
Can anybody help? Not being able to open these files is a real problem ...
thanks in advance.

Are these Word documents native to your new iMac filesystem, or are they resting on a Google, Dropbox, or other attached storage solution?
What error message is generated when you attempt to open a random Word document in Pages v5.2? Pages ’09? Preview? TextEdit? Do any of these applications just hang attempting to open the Word document?
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