microsoft office for iPad?
How can I continue to use my Microsoft office files on the iPad, especially Word?
How can I continue to use my Microsoft office files on the iPad, especially Word?
Download a compatible iPad app like Documents to Go or Pages (for Word files). Then when you transfer the files to the iPad, you can open and save those files in the appropriate apps.
Take a look at some of these apps.
http://appadvice.com/appguides/show/best-ipad-word-processors
You also need to transfer the files to the iPad which can be done via email, DropBox or another cloud service, or iOS file sharing that you use with iTunes.
iOS: About file sharing
microsoft office for iPad?