Need a good word processing app

Does anyone know of a good reasonably priced app that I can use to write documents such as is done in Word on the Mac. It would also be nice if it had a spreadsheet program to go along with it. However, I would like to save this on the home screen, if possible. I have Pages, but this will not save on the home screen.

You can send Pages and other iWork documents to DropBox with the WebDav function (sharing via a server) and the sharing options of Pages, Word or PDF are available to you. The good news is this is easily done via a service called DrobDAV. The bad news is there's a fee, but there's a free trial and an educational discount.
This article at Tech Inch explains it. If you rely on DropBox, as I do, and use Pages, etc on your computer, it's really great. Generally, iPad apps that support WebDav can send the doc to DropBox with this add-on.
http://techinch.com/2011/02/02/integrate-dropbox-with-pages-keynote-and-numbers- on-ipad/
There's also a free DropDAV limited service, but files are limited in size 1MB.
And of course Pages, etc can share to iDisk, which is being replaced by iCloud.

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    Hi there and hello everybody.
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    magathon wrote:
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    Method 2: Go into the application (Word, Pages, LibreOffice...) and choose File/Open. Locate and select the document, and click the Open or OK button.
    Method 3: Select the document icon and choose File/Open With, then choose the application you want to open the document with.
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    Pages can export documents in MS Word format. When I last did this (with Pages '09, the Mac version), the result was a .doc file.
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    For a more precise answer wrt Pages for iOS, you should repost your question in the iWork For iOS community. The link will take you there.
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    How do you do word processing on the iPad is there a word processing App?

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  • Is there a way of transferring information from word processing apps to a laptop that is not connected to the Internet?

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    If anyone out there has any advice on what we should do, we would very much appreciate your help on this issue.  Thank you.

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    I have just bought a MacBook Pro with no word processing app. When I visited the Apple store I was informed that the OS was out of date for Pages 5. Being new to Apple I am at a loss as to what to do. I would rather listen to some seasoned heads!!

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