Convert/Import word documents to excel

Hi,

I have a set of 350 microsoft word documents which are all one of two templates. I wish to convert to a new format. In order to do this i wish to extract all the current information from the current word documents to excel, then use mail merge for the new template.

Is there a way to set a rule to extract the information from the word documents. All headings will be the same.

Any ideas are greatly appreciated.