Handle Word document on Unix box?

[Roy Smith]

dsin at noc.ntua.gr wrote:
> Does anyone know if there is a way to extract information from a M$
> Word document or at least how to convert it into something useful (xml,
> html etc.), on a Unix machine?

GOK what this has to do with python, but you might want to look at 
StarOffice, a freeware MS Office replacement from Sun.  Runs on Solaris 
and Linux (and probably a few other Unix flavors).  Requires X.