Sharing Files With Mac and iPad Q. I use Word on my MacBook Pro and I have an iPad with the Pages app. Can I download or transfer my Microsoft Word files onto the iPad so I can work on either device without e-mailing the files back and forth? A. Using an online cloud storage service is one way to share files between Mac and iPad. Since Apple has a hand in all the components in play here, the company's own iCloud service might be the easiest option (but it is not the only one). To use iCloud, you need to set it up on your computer and iPad; instructions are on the service's setup page. Once you set up an account, you can save the files you have edited in the iPad's Pages app to iCloud. You can then download the files as Word documents from the MacBook Pro using a Web browser, as explained on an Apple support page. To upload a Word file from the computer when you are logged into iCloud, just drag the file into the browser window or use the Upload Document option on the Settings menu. Apple's iWork for iCloud service, due out later this year, will allow editing right in the Web browser. If you do not want to use iCloud, the Pages app can export files as Microsoft Word documents and save them to several other online cloud services that have iPad apps, including Dropbox, Evernote and Microsoft SkyDrive. Tap the Tools menu icon in Pages, choose "Share and Print" and then "Open in Another App." Select Word Document as the export format and save the file by choosing a cloud service app that you have installed. Then you get the file later through the cloud service by using your computer's browser or a shared folder. Apple's Pages app for the iPad can import and export Word documents, but special fonts and formatting may get lost in the conversion. Apps like Documents To Go or Quickoffice Pro HD may preserve the files better and synchronize with online services. If you prefer to keep your documents closer to home, you can sync them between the iPad and MacBook Pro using iTunes on the Mac instead. Details are on Apple's support site. Reducing E-Mail From Twitter Q. Twitter e-mails me every time someone sends me a direct message, but I get those alerts on my phone anyway. How can I turn off the redundant e-mail? A. You can turn off most of Twitter's e-mail notices, including those informing you of direct messages, new followers and shared tweets. Log into your Twitter account on the Web, click the gear-shaped icon and choose Settings. On the Settings page, click "E-mail notifications" and turn off the checkboxes next to the types of e-mail messages you do not want to receive. Click the Save Changes button at the bottom of the page. TIP OF THE WEEK Planning your own wedding can save money - but also can take a huge amount of time and organization. You can use dedicated wedding apps and sites to keep track of things, but programs you already use can pitch in, too. For example, Microsoft has a free wedding budget planner template for recent versions of its Excel spreadsheet program available to download and tips for using its OneNote program to organize the event. The Evernote note-taking program (available on the Web and for most mobile devices) has a series of blog posts on effective wedding planning with its software. The Google for Weddings pages offer a free collection of Google Docs templates for guest lists, seating charts, budgets and a guide to making a customized Web site for the celebration.