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Have you ever received an email with an attachment that you were just not able to open on your iPad or iPhone.
This may be because there are a limited number of supported file types which your iOS device can open.
The supported formats available for your device are:
.jpg, .tiff, .gif (images/photos); .doc and .docx (Microsoft Word); .htm and .html (web pages); .key (Keynote); .numbers (Numbers); .pages (Pages); .pdf (Preview and Adobe Acrobat); .ppt and .pptx (Microsoft PowerPoint); .txt (text); .rtf (rich text format); .vcf (contact information); .xls and .xlsx (Microsoft Excel), .ics (Calendar Item)
Overtime Apple will incorporate more readable file formats. The above list does cover an extensive range of options available.