How can I transfer document ie word and exel files between my iPad and my laptop

Question

How can I transfer files ie Word and Exel between my iPad and my laptop.

Answer 1

It depends on what app(s) that you are using on your iPad that you want to transfer the documents between - without and app the documents cannot be saved (apart from as email attachments), as unlike 'normal' computers the iPad doesn't have a file system and files/documents have to be stored/associated with an app. Once you've got an app then, depending on what it is, transfer might be done via the file sharing section at the bottom of the iPad's apps tab when connected to your computer's iTunes, via wifi, email attachments, Dropbox etc.
Documents To Go supports (http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/documents-to-go-office-suite/id317117961?mt=8) supports both Word and Excel files and how to transfer to/from it is described on this page http://support.dataviz.com/support.srch?docid=14497&pid=198
Apple's Pages app supports Word documents : http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pages/id361309726?mt=8 (how to transfer files http://help.apple.com/pages/ipad/1.4/#tanb5b5c055)
and their Numbers apps supports Excel documents : http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/numbers/id361304891?mt=8# (transferring files http://help.apple.com/numbers/ipad/1.4/#tanb5b5c582)