I recently purchased a new Mac and I am having difficulty opening older Pages documents.
Pages, This document can't be opened because it's too old. To open it, save it with Pages 09 first still can't open pages document
iMac, Mac OS 9.1.x
Pages 5 can't open Pages 08 (v.3) documents. Pages 5 can open Pages 09 documents but PAges 09 can't open Pages 5 documents.
Which version did you use for your older documents?
You profile says you have MacOS 9.1.x. I presume it is MacOs 10.9.1 you mean.
Even if it were possible to update iWork '08 to the new versions, you would have many, many problems. The new versions cannot open any iWork '08 or earlier documents or templates. You will get an error saying to open the files in iWork '09 then open them in the new version. I suggest that you buy a retail copy of iWork '09 from a third party such as Amazon or eBay & then update to the new iWork apps in the Mac App Store. You might check this link for the iWork '09 trial. I have no idea if it is still available.
Try exporting the Pages '08 to Word .doc files.
Pages 5 can open those but don't expect them to look exactly the same.
Peter
I'm having this same problem.
If you can't open it, you can't export it.
Either you have access to Pages ’08 v3, Pages ’09 v4, or neither. One of these older, but more functional versions of Pages can open, and export the document in question to Word. Preview on OS X 10.9.5 and Yosemite can view Pages ’08 documents (in my experience). It is not obvious to me that Preview may be using the installed Pages ’09 v4.3 to assist in opening these '08 documents.
Once opened in Preview, you can select/paste text into Pages v5.2.2, or v5.5. If you want the images from the PDF, then export it from Preview as PDF, and then drag/drop onto latest free LibreOffice icon in the Dock, which will open the PDF for editing. Select, copy, and paste the images into Pages v5, or incorporate into Text boxes, or Shapes. When pasted, images will be in their original size/resolution, not necessarily as small as they appear in the PDF.
If the second paragraph is a chore, then follow Peggy's advice above on the sources for purchase of Pages ’09.
In the future, I would not recommend trusting document architecture to Apple, and use a more accessible format (.doc/x) for better cross-platform access, longevity, and application choice. You may find LibreOffice, or Office for Mac 2011 a better choice for features.
Right-click (command-click) and choose to open the Pages document in Preview. Then either export as PDF or cut & paste text into a new document.
Pages, This document can't be opened because it's too old. To open it, save it with Pages 09 first still can't open pages document
