Pages won't open document

I have typed documents in Pages and saved them to Readdle Documents. When I try to move the file from Readdle to open back in Pages for editing, the file doesn’t open, the spinning wait cursor does its job. When I try and cancel, the spinning wait cursor just keeps on spinning, and I have to exit Pages. I have the latest version of Pages. Is there any way to get the old one back? I really don’t like the 3.3.1 version. Format is really wonky. I much prefer the older versions. Then my files seem to be tangled in the iCloud web, which is extremely frustrating!

Since I updated the operating system last week I can't open any Pages documents.

I have everything in iCloud. I have checked many documents, some recently created some a couple of years old and nothing happens with any of them. Some have been opened on my iPad as well, some have not. Files that are listed under - open recent - won't open either. I downloaded a Word document from an email and tried to get Pages to open it and nothing happened there either. As far as I can see all my files are now inaccessible. Although as stated by previous posters I can see the document in preview. I have Dropbox but don't sync anything to it.

I am having the same problems. I can't open any files that I have created. The App crashes and I have had an error window pop up under certain circumstances. my files are saved to iCloud I can open the document int he web browser and print it but can't open it locally after i has been saved. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling but nothing changed. the error message is "The owner stopped sharing, or you don’t have permission to open it."

If you are emailing a Pages document from iOS, then it will be attached as filename.pages.zip file. When you receive it in your Mac email, save that zipped attachment to your Desktop. In the Finder, double-click it to uncompress, and then open it with Pages normally.

Since iPad upgraded a week or so ago (iOS 11.1.2), I find Siri very slow but, more importantly, I can't create a new Pages document. If I try to create a new document I get the following error message: iPad PAGES DBQueuedUploadManagerErrorDomain error 0. "(null)" can't be opened right now. Pages couldn't read the file

Existing documents seem to open ok and can be edited (though fonts are lost and replaced with other fonts).

Sylvie

I experience this problem with one (and only one) Pages file. When I double-click the file, Pages starts but the file does not open and eventually the Pages File dialog opens. The same thing happens if I start Pages and opens the file from the File dialog.

At one occasion, the file did open after some time but the wheel kept spinning and I couldn't do anything but force quit. If it helps, I've saved the error report and can send it if needed.

Pages version 5.6.2, OS X El Capital 10.11.6 (neither Pages, nor OS X has been updated recently).

File lasted edited 2 August 2017 to make a correction and print to a PDF file.

File size 89.2 MB (but not larger than other files that open normally).

I use Google Drive but have only edited the file on my MacBook Pro - never on any other device.

Thank you to all of you for your comments. Pages is ok (so far) on my laptop; it's iPad that's the problem. I do all the necessary upgrades for the iPad as well as upgrading the various apps (including Pages) as and when. You say, Peter, that Pages is at 6.3.1. On my iPad it's 3.3.1. I've gone into Apple Apps and the only Pages app is this one. I've gone into settings to see if I can upgrade Pages from there but (as far as I can see) there's no way of upgrading from there. So I'm stuck with 3.3.1.

It's not a matter of trying to save a file, I can't even create a new file from templates (or, indeed, open existing Pages files).

It seems to me that iPad has updated to iOS 11.1.2 but left some of its own apps behind. I guess I'll have to keep switching to my laptop if I want to open or create in Pages.

Sylvia

I am suffering from the same issue. A document previously created on my iPhone and never moved from my iPhone now won't open on the iPhone. I've previously only edited and printed the document on the iPhone, but now it refuses to open. I can create other documents, but being unable to open an existing file has me flummoxed and irritated. I've done the usual regarding shutting down the phone. I have not tried deleting pages because I've never backed my files up to the cloud.

Thanks for any available help!

It’s a file I made with pages.

11.1.2. Are you going to tell me I have to update to use my iPhone now?:-) anytime an update is available sometime has to stop working...

I’ve been using my iPhone to open the pages file I update it every 6 weeks.

The last time I used pages I was trying to name the files and that wouldn't work anymore. Now it will let me name them, but I cannot open so I have not Idea what is in the file. So frustrating! Any advise.

Since I wasn’t able to change a name or do anything to the file but write it I don’t feel this is my problem. I didn’t change the Extension at all. When I clicked to change the name nothing happened. Now none of them open not even files from 6 months ago that I didn’t try to change a name on.