Convert Word Docs to Pages - Newbie Needs Help

New Mac user, I have a CD with several hundred Word files that I am trying to convert to pages files. I am not sure what version of word was used but pages will not open them. I am in the free 30 day trial of both iWork and MS Office so I have been opening the files with Office, copy and paste into iWork, then re-saving the file as a pages file. Is there an easier way to change a large number of files all at once? At the end of the 30 day trial I plan to keep iWork but don't want to have to pay for Office as well. Is there another format (PDF?) that I could change the Word files into now that iWork will be able to read at a later date? Any 3rd party app I should consider to make this task easier? I looked at Automator but I think it is WAY over my head. Thanks...

What version of Office? I've seen reports that older versions of Office have this problem. One thing you might want to try is downloading NeoOffice (free download) and seeing if that opens it. If so, try saving it out of NeoOffice and into Pages.
It's kinda kludgy but it might work.
I'm assuming the version of Office you are running is the old version, not the version the files were created in. If you're running Office 2004, try just re-saving them from there.

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