Import Word 2003 docs into Libre Office-how to?

Unless you are using a lot of macros and special formatting, just open the file with Libre Office. You might have to make some formatting adjustments, but usually the documents will display just fine.

Here's a link that will help you configure Libre to save documents in MS Office formats. http://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/4803/save-as-ms-office-format-by-default/