Microsoft Word Documents

Is there a way to add the contents of a Microsoft Word document to a field so that it's searchable but without physically copying and pasting it?

I'm creating a script database for a local tv show and there are tons of archived scripts I need to add to this database...all in Word documents. I know I can create a container field to hold the Word document but the contents of the Word document will not be searchable in the container field, right? They want to be able to search the scripts.

Ideally I would like to just drop the Word file on a field and have it automatically populate the field with the text of the word document. (No formatting required. Just plain text.) I really, REALLY don't want to have to copy and paste the contents of each.and.every.single Word file into this database. 🙁

Is there an elegant solution?