Word on the iPad – here’s how

To use Word on the iPad as well, you can fall back on numerous office apps. We introduce you to the top dog and its five best alternative tools.

• With the free Microsoft Word app for iOS and Microsoft Office Mobile for Android, you can also use Word on the move.

• The apps run on tablets as well as on small smartphones. The only requirement: you need to create a free Microsoft account to edit documents.

• You can import the documents via Dropbox, OneDrive or Mail, for example, and then edit them with Word. Even if the creation of graphics and tables is a bit tricky, texts can be easily inserted and edited.
  

  Word for iPad: The best alternatives

  The word processing apps for the iPad offer more or less comprehensive text editing. Everything is represented, from comprehensive office suites to the more minimalist writing programme. Detailed test reports can be found behind the individual links and also in this practical tip.

  1. Quickoffice: Word, Excel and PowerPoint for editing and creating new documents (free).
  2. Google Drive: Edit Word and Excel, incl. 5 GB online storage (free).
  3. Pages: Comprehensive text editing with layout features, Word, PDF and ePub export (price approx. 9 euros).
  4. Documents Free: Not a full-fledged office suite, but for simple comments and notes the app is definitely enough.