Can I open existing documents in Pages on iPad

I emailed a word document to myself from a windows computer. When I open it on my Mac Pro and iPad some of the alignments are distorted. I tried opening it in the Documents app on my iPad and it still looks distorted. Is this simply because I'm trying to open a word document on this non-word computer/iPad?  Is there a way to open this document, whether in an app or not, so that the word document looks like it does on the windows computer? And if I open it in Pages or Documents app, can I edit it to fix the issues?

Yes you can open it in Pages. You can format it Pages as well. You can also save the document as a Word doc, PDF, Pages or an ePub file.
I take it that you don't have Pages and are trying to make a decision on whether to plunk down the money for it or for another WP app.
There are 6 preinstalled resume templates in the iOS pages app as well. I know that you have already gone to all of the work of setting up the resume in Word, but worst case scenario, you could always choose one of those.
I am not trying to paint a picture of gloom here for you. There will always be some formatting issues going from a Word file to. Pages or any of the other WP iPad apps, but Pages should work just fine for your word processing needs. There are other apps that are supposedly even more compatible with Word files. Take a look here for more ideas.
http://appadvice.com/appguides/show/best-ipad-word-processors

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