catdoc, wordview
...they'll open MS Word docs just fine. Even on console or over remote ssh sessions in mutt ;-)
I actually use them to create an automated phone number lookup tool here by scanning a copy of the corporate contact list stored as an MS Word document.
For GUI type stuff, AbiWord or KWord will work, though OO is the champ at near 100% compatibility.
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