Can I synch Word/Excel documents?

I'm running OS X 10.9.5 on both a iMac and a Macbook Air.  I'm new to the use of iCloud, so bear with me.  I'd like to synch Word and/or Excel documents between my two Macs (i.e., edit the file on either Mac and then have the latest version of the file available on the other Mac), but it appears I'll need to wait for Yosemite to do that, right?
If I log on to iCloud.com and click on the "Pages" icon, I get the following message:
"To use Pages, you'll need to upgrade your account to iCloud Drive.  iCloud Drive will allow you to store any file in iCloud and access it any time, on any device."
BUT, the message goes on to say:  "Important:  If you upgrade, you won't be able to access documents in iCloud from devices with IOS 7 or OS X Mavericks.  You'll need to install iOS 8 or OS X Yosemite on the following devices..."
This sounds a bit like a "Catch22".  Since Yosemite is not yet available, the message seems to be saying, in effect:  "to use Pages (to store a document) you need to upgrade.  If you upgrade you won't be able to use Pages"
I'm confused.  Any help is appreciated.

With MacOS X Mavericks on your MacBook Air and iMac, you should be able to use "Documents in The Cloud".
But it works only with iCloud-enabled apps. You would need to open your Word Documents with Pages and the Excel documents with Numbers.  Pages and Numbers can store documents in the cloud and they would be synced to your other Mac.
If you want to keep the Office documents as Word documents, but still sync them in the cloud, try Winston Churchill's user tip. You can create your own iCloud drive, see this link:   Using iCloud to sync multiple document types.
https://discussions.apple.com/community/icloud/icloud_on_my_mac/content?filterID =contentstatus%5Bpublished%5D~objecttype~objecttype%5Bdocument%5D
This will only work, if you did not upgrade a mobile device to iOS 8 and enabled iCloud Drive on that device. In that case you will have to wait till Yosemite will be released.

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