ruby + win32ole

# SAVING document
word.activedocument.saveas file_name, wdFormatText
# notice the 2nd parameter which is a numeric constant
# indicating the file format to save in thusly:
# I believe omitting 2nd parameter would save in native .doc)
# wdFormatDocument = 0 (no conversion)
# wdFormatTemplate = 1
# wdFormatText = 2
# wdFormatTextLineBreaks = 3
# wdFormatDOSText = 4
# wdFormatDOSTextLineBreaks = 5
# wdFormatRTF = 6
# wdFormatUnicodeText = 7 # it repeats!
# wdFormatEncodedText = 7
# wdFormatHTML = 8
# wdFormatWebArchive = 9
# wdFormatFilteredHTML = 10
# wdFormatXML = 11