Using Automator to change a font in word documents

Hi,
I have hundereds of word documents that are all in a horrible font. I would like to change the font to a more suitable one. Rather than opening every single document - can automator do this? Or is there an alternative solution? Thanks in advance

See http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2039384 and Introduction to Automator tutorial at http://automator.us/leopard/video/index.html and peruse the AppleScript forum.

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