MS Word 2007 has a publish straight to Drupal option which I am testing out. If you'd like to try it out register for an account and read this post for set up instructions:
http://www.sysarchitects.com/node/64

Addendum.
An important addendum I might add.
I added this via OpenOffice Writer which is a less encumbered word processing application than Word. It did require me to install a small weblog publishing add-on but it works perfectly.
As you can see.