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Cannot retrieve a newly formed document out of document file error says it is too old to open

After saving a document in my document file, Pages will not allow me to retrieve it and open it.....notation says the doc is too old .

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Aug 31, 2015 3:06 PM

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Posted on Aug 31, 2015 5:48 PM

You may have Pages '08 and Pages v5.5.3 installed on your Mac. No release of Pages v5 will open Pages '08 documents, and dialogs you to open them in Pages '09, whose files it can open. Can you open the reluctant document in Preview?

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Cannot retrieve a newly formed document out of document file error says it is too old to open

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