The secret can now be told...
While supporting several Office products (both MAC and PC) in the USA (that support is now in India), we found that OpenOffice.org was the best tool we could possibly find to recover corrupted MS Office documents.
{sarcasm mode on} But, of course, Office docs never corrupted -- they're self-repairing. {sarcasm mode off}
{sarcasm mode on} But, of course, Office docs never corrupted -- they're self-repairing. {sarcasm mode off}