Q: Pages has suddenly refused to save and quit.  I must force quit the application.

What version?

Just one document or all documents?

Peter

So Pages '08.

Do you also have Pages 5 on your Mac?

Are you sure you haven't opened that by mistake?

Peter

Search for "Pages" in Spotlight not "Pages 5".

It should be in your Applications folder.

Pages 5 has a new orange icon and it looks distinctively different when you use it:

Menu > Pages > About Pages

Peter

Pages 5 is not a great choice at the moment, it has so many features missing and problems of its own.

Pages '08 is an old version but it should still work, even in Mavericks.

Have you tried opening it from another User account?

If it works there it would indicate either a font problem or a damged .plist (preferences).

Peter

Elysedee, click on Go in the Finder menu and press the Option key> now you have the option Library > click on it > open the Preference folder and look for com.apple.iwork.pages.plist >drag to the Trash. Start Pages again and see if it works better.