Spolight does not search old Microsoft Word files

Hi,
I have a large number of Microsoft Word files in in the Word 5 format, which Spotlight fails to find. Is there a way of getting Spotlight to index and find these? Or is there a program that can convert the old Word files to a new format? Doing so one by one would take far too long.
I appreciate your help.
Michel

Most versions of Word® can update the files, and Neo-Office can, but you'd need a script to load then save them.
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http://www.devon-technologies.com/download/
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