[derek murray]

"Sometimes" Word can open *.swp directly... if the file opens, you will have to go hunting for the text among a sea of symbols, characters, etc. If you have a hard copy, scanning and using Object Character Recognition software will also work... but there will be lots of clean-up and re-formatting to do. If you have a PDF file, Adobe Acrobat (not Reader)will convert it directly to Word.

Hopefully someone else will have a better solution.

Good luck.