Cannot enable file sharing

Hello,
I recently bought my ipad and since i want to use it for taking notes in class i bought the pages app from itunes. File sharing should be available for pages right? But i cannot enable file sharing in my ipad, there's no file sharing tab in the general settings. I have the latest 4.2.1 operating system and 10.1.2 version of itunes. How do i enable file sharing in my case? Or are there models of iPad that intentionally do not have the file sharing ability? Please help.

Hi, and welcome to Apple Discussions.
File sharing is performed when you connect the iPad to iTunes. The following support article explains how you do this.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4094

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