I wrote up a simple script to automatically convert .docx to .txt files for those who don’t have Office 2007 (.docx is the new default word format).
There aren’t readers out for Mac/Linux yet, so if you get a file you’re pretty much stuck. Although this should help
Took about 2 and a half hours from idea -> domain reg -> completion. Not bad
If you guys like the idea you can digg it here: http://www.digg.com/apple/docx_converter_now_supports_formatting
Update: NOW SUPPORTS FORMATTING! See page 2 for details!