Importing Word docs to pages via PC

Hi - can anybody help me? I would like to use pages to edit Word documents on my ipad. Now this seems to be straightforward from a Mac, but I cannot get it to work from my PC. According to the instructions, you drag and drop (or use import) into i-tunes, then sync. However, i-tunes refuses to accept any Word documents that I try to drag into it (whether ipad is plugged in or not).
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks

I don't know where you saw anything about using drag-and-drop to import Word documents. To the best of my knowledge, that doesn't work. Here are the steps given in the Help:
1. Connect your iPad to your computer and open iTunes on your computer. After a moment, your iPad appears under Devices on the left side of the iTunes window.
2. In iTunes, select the name of your iPad and click Apps.
3. Scroll to the bottom of the Apps window and select Pages (in the Apps list under File Sharing).
4. Click Add, and then locate the document you want to import in the “Choose a File: iTunes” window that appears.
5. Select the file and click Choose.
(you at this point need to allow your iPad to sync - DS).
6. Open Pages on your iPad.
7. In My Documents view, tap (the folder icon).
8. Tap the name of the document you want to import. The document opens.
Hope this helps.

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