View Excel files on your iPad If you only need to view Microsoft Excel documents, you’re in luck; Apple’s iOS can display them natively.

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.

OpenAI is reportedly developing ChatGPT to support .xlsx and .pptx file formats, expected to enable native editing and creation of Excel and PowerPoint documents.