I file it for 1.1.1 although it does not exist yet. What follows refers to 
1.1.1rc BUT IT IS NOT IN THE LIST: "FOUND IN VERSION".

OOo has a bulit-in Document Converter which can be opened from File---
AutoPilot. 
In 1.1.0 this converts Microsoft Word docs to OOo Writer files all right. 

However, it does not work for Word or Excel in 1.1.1rc. (It does convert SO5.2 
files with no problem!) 

It gives a 
"Basic runtime error. Object variable not set." signal and hangs at the last 
line of what is quoted below as code: 

Code: 
Sub CreateLogTable(ApplIndex as Integer, CurFileContent as String, sFilterName
() as String) 
Dim oLogCursor as Object 
Dim oLogRows as Object 
Dim FilterIndex as Integer 
Dim sDocumentType as String 
Dim oTextCursor 
Dim oCell 
   bFilterTracerIsinsideTable = False 
   FilterIndex = GetIndexForPartStringinMultiArray(sFilterName(), 
CurFileContent, 0) 
   sDocumentType = sFiltername(FilterIndex,3) 
   oLogCursor = oLogDocument.Text.createTextCursor() 


It never gets further so I do not know what else may be wrong even after the 
line in question. 

I managed to find an interim solution: 

I copied the Import Wizard from OOo1.1.0 and inserted it into OOo1.1.1rc 
instead its own which I deleted and now the built-in Document Converter works. 

Unfortunately I don't know if this workaround did something terrible deep 
inside OOo1.1.1rc or not.

It is definitely a mistake to ask for comments for a non-existing product i.e. 
OOo1.1.1 since 1.1.1rc is the highest version so far and no comments are 
allowed for that.