Applescript not working for pages on new computer - applescript

Running a brand new mac (OS 10.10.4) with Pages 5.5.3
I have always used Word for typing, but i'm going to try to get by with pages for now.
I often have to convert docs to PDF in batch and have always relied on applescript - not only can I not create a script to do that with pages, it seems Pages will not understand anything beyond 'open'/'activate':
tell application "Pages"
activate
set myDoc to front document
end tell
Returns:
error: "Pages got an error: Can't get document 1."
I have tried numerous other very simple scripts posted by others (who claim to use them successfully) to no avail. Is this a known issue? Am I missing something horribly simple?

In case anyone runs into this same problem, I updated OS X software (which I hadn't done since I bought the computer) and it now works.
#CRGreen above points out that it works for him with 10.10.4, mine is at 10.10.5 and works fine (don't think it's the version that was the issue, but perhaps some app support that didn't come preinstalled? who knows)
Also as a sidenote for anyone interested, the batch convert to PDF that works for pages is
open myFile
export document 1 to pdfFile as PDF
close document 1 saving no
If anyone can shed some light as to what was actually going on & post as an answer it'd be very welcome.

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