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Does the iPad support Microsoft word office can I type documents on them for work

I need help if I get an iPad 2 can I type documents on it by using microsoft word

iPad 2

Posted on Apr 17, 2011 12:08 PM

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Apr 17, 2011 12:48 PM in response to vanessafromrichmond hill

the quick answer is yes, if you puchase Pages (MS Word), Keynote (Powerpoint) and/or Numbers (Excel). the longer answer depends on the versions of the MS Office suite you are using at work, what formats you are saving in, etc.


I have had a number of issues with Excel spreadsheets in Numbers, especially row spans, col spans, and some more tricky formatting that Office 2010 on Windows supports. As far as Word goes, i'd say that 99% of the docs I have opened in Pages have no issues- but as it is a different app, there may be something screwed up in the translation.


Saving Pages docs back to MS Word have no issues for me at this time, ditto for Keynote - Numbers is still the odd man out so I avoid editing xlsx files whenever possible on my iPad


I hope this helps, are there specific types of docs that you are concerned with? Knowing more specifics may give more background for a better answer ;)

Apr 17, 2011 1:44 PM in response to vanessafromrichmond hill

Count me in as a supporter of using Pages to produce and to edit Word documents. I work at a university where most of my students use Word and where I collaborate on technical documents in Word. 99.9 % of the time the export from Pages and the import into Pages goes flawlessly. The exception is likely to be student papers using extensive images where the formatting can get a little wonky in Pages--nothing I can't adjust easily if, for example, I need to save a copy of the document.


And I find that I perform do many functions faster in Pages than my colleagues can in Word.


And Pages on the iPad is a dream!


Similarly with Keynote. I had to export a lengthy and visually intensive presentation into PowerPoint for delivery at a conferrpence and I only had to tweak two slides.

Apr 17, 2011 2:35 PM in response to vanessafromrichmond hill

You might also look at Documents To Go or Quick Office Connect Mobile Suite. Both rare available on the app store and by reading reviews both sound like they do a fair job of reading, creating and editing the MS office suite documents. I've never used either as I've been able to do well with numbers and pages thus far. As to the comment above about numbers...I have had issues with others opening my numbers spreadsheets but find viewing spreadsheets in numbers works well.

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