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<blockquote data-quote="pedr" data-source="post: 6233324" data-attributes="member: 33464">You probably want an app like Office 2 HD or Docs to Go. Either of these will open files which you save in Dropbox (or SugarSync, Google Drive, etc) and should be able to save edited copies back. This may not be as seamless as using a Mac with Pages and saving documents in iCloud, but so long as you close documents when you're finished and ensure that the latest version is on Dropbox, that should work.I'm not sure whether any of the iPad wordprocessors will open Open Office's file format, though - you may have to use Open Office's implementation of the .doc or .docx file format to enable editing (<a href="http://support.dataviz.com/support.srch?docid=14354" target="_blank">http://support.dataviz.com/support.srch?docid=14354</a> for Docs To Go, for instance).According to this from two years ago, Docs to Go is best for preserving the formatting etc of documents created on the desktop: <a href="http://www.janet.tokerud.com/writing-on-the-ipad-part-2-rich-text-options/" target="_blank">http://www.janet.tokerud.com/writing-on-the-ipad-part-2-rich-text-options/</a>(The bottom line is that the iPad isn't a great tool for editing documents beyond text editing. It's probably best at it when paired with a Mac and Pages, because Apple have designed Pages, particularly the latest version, to focus on interoperability. One alternative is a cloud-based implementation of Microsoft Word, such as 'Cloud On', but that doesn't make sense in this situation where you're not using Word on the desktop, and it's not free. It looks as if the rollapp office app might do the same thing and work better with Open Office files, so it could be a solution.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pedr, post: 6233324, member: 33464"] You probably want an app like Office 2 HD or Docs to Go. Either of these will open files which you save in Dropbox (or SugarSync, Google Drive, etc) and should be able to save edited copies back. This may not be as seamless as using a Mac with Pages and saving documents in iCloud, but so long as you close documents when you're finished and ensure that the latest version is on Dropbox, that should work. I'm not sure whether any of the iPad wordprocessors will open Open Office's file format, though - you may have to use Open Office's implementation of the .doc or .docx file format to enable editing ([url]http://support.dataviz.com/support.srch?docid=14354[/url] for Docs To Go, for instance). According to this from two years ago, Docs to Go is best for preserving the formatting etc of documents created on the desktop: [url]http://www.janet.tokerud.com/writing-on-the-ipad-part-2-rich-text-options/[/url] (The bottom line is that the iPad isn't a great tool for editing documents beyond text editing. It's probably best at it when paired with a Mac and Pages, because Apple have designed Pages, particularly the latest version, to focus on interoperability. One alternative is a cloud-based implementation of Microsoft Word, such as 'Cloud On', but that doesn't make sense in this situation where you're not using Word on the desktop, and it's not free. It looks as if the rollapp office app might do the same thing and work better with Open Office files, so it could be a solution.) [/QUOTE]

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