Can I get word documents on my iPad?

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Of course, but you need Pages on the iPad. To save Word documents onto your iPad, open http://www.icloud.com, login with your Apple ID, select iWork and drag the documents onto the window

If you don't want to use pages, there are plenty of other apps out there, some free, some pay. I have documents to go and it opens word, excel, powerpoint and other file types.

Can you receive word documents? Yes by email or syncing

via iTunes.

Can you create or edit word documents on an iPad. Yes, if you

get an app - search the AppStore. Some are free, some are pauy.

I use Pages by Apple and am quite happy with it. But there are

many others - search the AppStore, read the reviews, make you

choice.