For Indesign CS4. Import a Word file into a text frame

placeWordFile.jsx

#target indesign
app.documents.add();
app.documents[0].save();
app.documents[0].pages[0].textFrames.add({geometricBounds:[40,40,180,180]});
var wordFile = File.openDialog ("Choose a text file", "*.doc");
var myFrame = app.documents[0].pages[0].textFrames[0];

myFrame.insertionPoints.item(-1).place(wordFile);