Excel's templates use Microsoft's restrained but elegant designs, less elaborate than Apple's templates for its Numbers spreadsheet, but more than good enough for graphic-intensive users. The File ...

There are any number of spreadsheet apps available for the iPad, but recently the market changed dramatically when Microsoft released the full Office suite for iPad, including a version of Excel.

Google Docs and Google's Cloud Connect toolbar for Microsoft Office combine to let you do simple editing of Word and Excel files on an iPad without having to pay for a separate app. Dennis O'Reilly ...