[Peedee]

I would like to read documents prepared by a colleague using the Linux 'word'
program (not sure of the name), which is the only word program on his
computer. These documents can be given to me on a USB device, to be read on
my Thinkpad, which is loaded only with Windows Office 2003 (including Word).

If Office/Word, as currently loaded, cannot read these files, is there
something I
can load onto my computer (short of the whole Linux program) in order to be
able to read these files and, if necessary, to upload the files onto my
computer so that I can edit them in Word?

Will my colleague (with only Linux) be able then to read the documents that
I have edited in Word (if I send them back to him in Word? Will he need to
load Word?

Thanks.