Find and open all MS Word documents?

Have you tried smart folder?

Create a smart folder. Where to specify Kind select Others..., that gives you a pop up list, there is Microsoft Word Document item.

Once you get all documents in the folder, hit Command+A, and Command+O.

Jonathan,
Here is a quick script for you:
tell application "Finder"
set mypath to "resources1:Temp+Tests:"
open (every file of (entire contents of folder mypath) whose creator type is "MSWD")
end tell


Change mypath to the parent folder on your system. This will look in subfolders. You might try a smaller folder first as it may take a while for the Finder locate the files. If you give it folder with lots of files it may make take a while to locate all of the files, then MSWord might choke if it has too many files open. In short this could tie up your system and force you to restart.
I would make sure you don't have any unsaved docs open.

Reese
PS You do know how to force quit an app? (cmd optionescape)

(Thanks to Camelot for the syntax for this :))