Just new to the forum as I just made my first Apple purchase. The iPad 2. Loving it so far. I used filebrowser to connect my iPad2 to my time capsule. Now I would like a good MS office file app that will allow me to create and edit docs on my iPad and save them without taking away any of the formating when I reopen the files in Microsoft Office.

I use Apple's 'Pages' app. You can read about the capabilities of the Apple iWorks suite of Office apps here....


http://help.apple.com/iwork/1.3/mobi...ml#tan724868a9

Tim

DocsToGo works well for me. It covers Word and Excel.

Dropbox for viewing/editing for me.

Thanks to both. I've been debating between them both. Seems pages has a lot of limitations. As for Docs to go there's not a lot of reviews, well on the app store anyways. Any issues editing with docs to go, particularly in excel?

Originally Posted by cypress

Dropbox for viewing/editing for me.

Is there another part of this app that is used for editing? I know you stated editing in your post but from what I'm reading on this app, its strictly an online file storage and sharing. Maybe I'm missing something..

I think dropbox is just for viewing. I use it for my Mac, iPhone and iPad. I've not tried any other file sharing platform though. I'm very happy with dropbox. There is a great thing about it. When u choose a file you have the option to send it to another app. So if you find a .doc and want to edit it you just use the option "open in".

About office I still thinks what to buy as well.

Vegas

Try these - all are paid

Office 2 HD - cheapest
iWork (Pages, Keynote, Numbers)
Doc to go
Quick Office

But if your spread contains complex forumlas and your Word document contains complex formatting with images, diagrams etc. then note that none of these apps will be 100% compatible.

Hi,
I'm using Office2HD. So far so good

Originally Posted by vegaswallacy

I think dropbox is just for viewing. I use it for my Mac, iPhone and iPad. I've not tried any other file sharing platform though. I'm very happy with dropbox. There is a great thing about it. When u choose a file you have the option to send it to another app. So if you find a .doc and want to edit it you just use the option "open in".

About office I still thinks what to buy as well.

Vegas

Yesterday I just read about 'dropbox' on a magazine too. And I've just downloaded it too