findstringsinworddocuments

		 $phrase = $args[0];
		 $wd = new-object -activex "word.application";
		 $p = pwd;
		 if ($args.length > 1) {
		    $docs = $args[1];
		 } else {
		    $docs = "*.doc";
		 }
		 foreach ($a in $(get-childitem $docs -name)) {
		   $doc = $wd.documents.open("$p\$a");
		   if ($doc.content.find.execute("$phrase")) { write-host $a }
		   $doc.close();
		 }

Usage : save the above as, say, FindStringsInWordDocs.msh and invoke
FindStringsInWordDocs.msh "This phrase" *.doc \.doc

It emits the name of any document given (by default, all .doc files in the current working directory) that contain the string given as first argument. This works a good deal faster than the demo grep-string command does, for word documents, though that does also typically find strings as well. -- BradfordHull