How can I open old Microsoft Word Documents in Pages 9?

My new version of Pages '09 (Ver 4.1) is rejecting older versins of Word documents as unrecognized formats. Is there a means by which I can convince Pages to open these?

Peter,
LibreOffice was an excellent suggestion. It solved my problem and introduced me to what I know will be a valuable utility.
Thanks.

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