How to edit a document on a variety of devices?

I need to edit the same Word document on both my Mac and my iPad.

I tried using Dropbox with the Word app, but that app gives me an error when I try to edit the document on iPad. ("This document has certain edit capabilities that have been locked." The document is not locked for editing, btw.)

Anyone know what else I can use to do this?

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