iPad 2 and open office?

I'm debating on a macbook or iPad 2 but I need to have open office for school.

Try "Open Office on iPad" service: https://www.rollapp.com/OpenOffice

I use Quick Office Pro for my iPad, it works great. Has the ability to read and write all Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power Point files. This being all versions from 1997-2010. I haven't found any that I haven't been able to work with or load. However, the Power Point program in Quick Office cannot change 2010 versions of the files. It can read them, but cannot create them...If you want to work with them or create them, they have to be from verisons of Office before 2010....Very easy to get the files to the iPad as well, you can use the computer itself with iTunes. You can also use any computer connected to the same Network as the iPad using the address on listed on the window shown on the iPad and any web browser, or you can even use any web storage to get it on there as well. However, for full compatability I would stick with the MacBook. If you are looking for something a little more convenient to use, the iPad would be that...Good luck on your decision!

Open Word Processor for iPad claims it can create and edit OpenOffice word processing documents (.odt). I have no experience with it. Perhaps someone else has used it.

I made a hours-long studying of different office working programs for iPad2. Found out (subjective) that worth buying would be DocsToGo. I'm not regretting the decision. Works fluently, opens wide variety of file types (including iWork and MS Office plus others). Allows editing, saving, creating etc. Is able to save files in cloud/local flash/syncing app. Copy/paste works. Plus it has its own app for syncing with your main computer. And Dropbox is helpful. iTunes file sync is least preferable. Though - by .doc files - it is not able to process text boxes and spreadsheets / images / charts in text - sometimes they are left out at all or layout is messy. So for large text massives .pdf format is better to review (and to comment/mark). Basically - the problem of inconveniency is not about the program but the closed nature of iOS. Looking at the reviews - other similar kind of programs tend to freeze and/or not so convenient to use.

Regards,

Mike

Pages is great for iPad (and mac). It can open MS office files and edit them well enough, if there's more complicated things like tables and graphs sometimes it can mess up and have borders in the wrong place etc... So for reading the office files it's good enough but if you plan to open it and edit it, it can be difficult unless it's just a simple word file, in which case pages is great.

If you are still looking for Open Office on your iPad 2, check out AstralPad. It is free and its built on Libre Office(its a flavor of Open office). It will open MS office documents too. Just make sure that you have a strong wifi connetion when you use this app.

The original post was 2 years ago. I hope they found something since then.